in this study, the effects of moisture content and corn variety on the physicochemical properties of popcorn were investigated and modeled using response surface methodology. each of the two corn varieties (hybrid corn ksc 600 pc and american) was prepared with a range of moisture (six moisture levels ranging from 10 to 20%) and popped by a hot air popper. variety and moisture content affected ...

Thirty selected sides (from 30 whole carcasses) received high voltage (500 V, 60 Hz, 90s: HV) electrical stimulation (ES) within 45 min postmortem and the opposite sides served as controls (NES). Twelve unsplit whole carcasses received low voltage (50 V, 60 Hz, 15s: LV) ES within 3 min after stunning. Following stimulation, each side received one of three temperature conditioning treatments: (A...

In semi‐arid areas such as western Nebraska, interest in subsurface drip irrigation (SDI) for corn is increasing due to restricted irrigation allocations. However, crop response quantification to nitrogen (N) applications with SDI and the environmental benefits of multiple in‐season (IS) SDI N applications instead of a single early‐season (ES) surface application are lacking. The study was cond...

One grazing and two feeding experiments were conducted to compare the feeding value of corn grain, corn silage, or corn residue from a second generation insect protected (Bt) hybrid (MON 89034) developed by Monsanto including two proteins (Cry1A.105 and Cry2Ab2) with a non-transgenic parental hybrid (PAR), and two commercially available non-transgenic reference hybrids (REF1 and REF2). Diets fo...

Although rainfall in the United States Mid-South is sufficient to produce corn (Zea mays L.) without irrigation in most years, timely irrigation has been shown to increase yields. The recent interest in ethanol fuels is expected to lead to increases in US corn production, and subsurface drip irrigation (SDI) is one possible way to increase application efficiency and thereby reduce water use. Th...

Silage is a common way of storing and feeding forage in the United States. There are 4 phases (aerobic, anaerobic, stable, and feedout) that silage undergoes. The most critical phases to manage to minimize nutritive losses are when the silage is going from an aerobic to an anaerobic environment and at feedout. The first important step in achieving silage of high nutritive value is to harvest at...

Knowledge of when critical crop stages occur and how the environment affects them should provide useful information for crop management decisions and crop production models. This research evaluated two sources of data for predicting dates of silking and physiological maturityof corn (Zea mays L.). Initial evaluations were conducted using data of an adapted corn hybrid grown on a Typic Agriaquol...