Highlights WebStart WEPS is a Java enabled browser-accessible version of WEPS. This model-as-a-service cloud-based system provides remote access to model inputs and execution. Default QuickPlot reports are provided quickly visualize results. MapViewer revisions improve map-based site selections. Abstract . The Wind Erosion Prediction System (WEPS) physical process-based wind erosion developed b...

The USMARC beef carcass image analysis system objectively evaluates beef carcass grade factors including marbling score, adjusted preliminary yield grade, and ribeye area (Figure 1). This image analysis system can assess USDA yield grade more precisely and accurately than can be achieved by USDA graders. Furthermore, use of this image analysis system will allow for creation of additional yield ...

The sensitivities and specificities of 17 antibody detection tests for brucellosis in goats were estimated. Tests evaluated included the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) card test with 8% cell concentration (8%Card), USDA rapid automated presumptive test (RAP), Mexican rose bengal plate tests with 8 and 3% cell concentrations (8%RB and 3%RB), French rose bengal plate test with 4.5% cell co...

CSA NewsVolume 68, Issue 8 p. 29-29 FEDERAL CORNER USDA, NASA Advance Exploration and Science First published: 28 July 2023 https://doi.org/10.1002/csan.21091Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare text full-text accessPlease review our Terms Conditions of Use check box below share version article.I have read ac...

The internally transcribed spacer (ITS) sequences of several members within each of 17 soybean bradyrhizobial serogroups were determined to establish whether the regions within all members of each serogroup were identical. The rationale was to provide a sequence-based alternative to serology. The objective also was to link the extensive older literature on soybean symbiosis based on serology wi...

Abstract Livestock Mandatory Price reporting, enacted to increase market transparency, has been in place for more than 20 years. However, immense structural change cattle and beef markets challenged information over that time. Large variation present transaction prices, especially those the Formula purchases category, on any given day made traditionally United States Department of Agriculture (...