The objective of this study was to assess the effects of restricting access time to pasture and time of grazing allocation on grazing behaviour, daily dry matter intake (DMI), rumen fermentation, milk production and composition in dairy cows. Twenty-one autumncalving Holstein cows were assigned to one of the following 3 treatments: providing access to a daily strip of pasture for either 8 h bet...

BACKGROUND Lignocellulosic bioethanol is expected to play an important role in fossil fuel replacement in the short term. Process integration, improvements in water economy, and increased ethanol titers are key considerations for cost-effective large-scale production. The use of whole steam-pretreated slurries under high dry matter (DM) conditions and conversion of all fermentable sugars offer ...

Yield differences between resident and improved pastures were quantified over a 3-4 yr period on three rainfed farms located in North Canterbury (Stockgrove, north of Amberley), Banks Peninsula (Willesden Farm) the Mid-Canterbury foothills (Inverary Station). Improved produced two- to three-times more feed annually than unimproved at each property. At Stockgrove, chicory/white clover-based 14.1...

In this paper, we introduce the class of ideals with $(d_1,ldots,d_m)$-linear quotients generalizing the class of ideals with linear quotients. Under suitable conditions we control the numerical invariants of a minimal free resolution of ideals with $(d_1,ldots,d_m)$-linear quotients. In particular we show that their first module of syzygies is a componentwise linear module.

Joint processing of common-mode (CM) and differential-mode (DM) signals in wireline transmission can yield significant improvements in terms of throughput compared to using only the DM signal. Recent work proposed the employment of an adaptive CM-reference-based interference canceller and reported performance improvements based on simulation results. This paper presents a thorough investigation...

BACKGROUND Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in adults with diabetes mellitus (DM). Counseling by physicians is effective in inducing lifestyle modification. OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of modifiable CVD risk factors and counseling by physicians among adults with DM. METHODS Data on 9496 adults with DM and 150 493 adults without DM from the 1999 Behavioral...

Water regulations have decreased irrigation water supplies in Nebraska and some other areas of the USA Great Plains. When available water is not enough to meet crop water requirements during the entire growing cycle, it becomes critical to know the proper irrigation timing that would maximize yields and profits. This study evaluated the effect of timing of a deficit-irrigation allocation (150 m...

Commercial sugarbeet yields range between 50 and 100 t clean beets/ha, with sugar concentrations of 17 to 18% on fresh weight (8 to 18 t sugar/ha; Milford, 2006). For 2010, beet yields in the U.S. averaged 62.2 t/ha. However, in the Imperial Valley (predominant cattle feeding region for the state of California), clean beet yields averaged 98.8 t/ha (USDA, 2010); 9 Imperial Valley beet growers t...