Chlorophenoxy herbicides are used both in cereal grain agriculture and in nonagricultural settings such as right-of-ways, lawns, and parks. Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Montana grow most of the spring and durum wheat produced in the United States. More than 90% of spring and durum wheat is treated with chlorophenoxy herbicides, in contrast to treatment of approximately 30% of wint...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: This paper examines Latino migration to a " new destination " county in the southeastern U.S., Hall County, Georgia, where environmental equity is considered in terms of Latino communities' walking access to public and private parks in the county. Park access is considered an environmental equity or justice issue because some research shows less park acreage available to mino...

Weed control is generally the first major decision to be made once alfalfa has germinated. Managing weeds in a timely manner is necessary to provide maximum production of high quality alfalfa hay. A poor weed management decision can lead to stand loss, poor quality hay, unacceptable weed control, alfalfa injury and a loss of money. Herbicides are applied to 75% of newly planted alfalfa in Calif...

Russia is one of the main producers agricultural products, which determined by large size its territory, natural conditions, land suitable for production products and other factors. Agriculture a significant industry, development focused on both making profit ensuring food national security. The leaders in are: Krasnodar Krai, Rostov region, Belgorod Voronezh region. Kurgan region an industrial...

Early-season crop mapping and information extraction is essential for growth monitoring yield prediction, it facilitates agricultural management rapid response to disasters. However, training classifiers by remote sensing classification features early prediction can be challenging, as early-season only use image data during part of the period. In order overcome this limitation, study takes Sanj...

There are few empirical tests that support the existence of information asymmetry. We add to this literature using bid-ask spread to capture differences in the level of information asymmetry just prior to the announcement of an open market acquisition of acreage or reserves by U.S. oil and gas firms over the period 1993 to 2011. Acreage is an area of land that is believed to contain reserves an...

THOMAS J. DOKER Investigating the Association of White Male Lung Cancer Mortality and State of Residence (Under the direction of MICHAEL P. ERIKSEN) Lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer-related death. Most lung cancer is the result of a preventable cause, smoking. Nevertheless, U.S. tobacco production remains the fourth highest globally. This study examined the spatial aspects of U.S....

Crop residues are sustainable feedstock for bioenergy production. The gross crop residue potential generated in India is 696.38 million tonnes/year. Cereal crops generate about 364.27 tonnes/year of residues. (rice, wheat, sorghum, pearl millet, maize), sugarcane and horticultural (coconut, areca nut, banana) found to have immense generation potential. 209.69 available as surplus can be explore...

Evaluating market value of timberland can be difficult because of the various factors that influence it. In this analysis, 58 timberland sales were obtained from Maine, New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont for the years 1998 to 2012. The data was used to assess the relationship between the sale price, commercial timber value (CTV), acreage, and other factors like distance to the nearest town. O...

Abstract Cover crops can generate both on-farm and water-quality benefits. However, their use in Iowa remains subdued, partly due to implementation costs faced by farmers. We tested the hypothesis that monetary incentives through cost-share programs are effective at increasing area of farmland planted cover Iowa, as opposed alternative which participants would have same cover-crop acreage absen...