The study evaluated the performance of polypropylene bag (PP), polyethylene drum (PD), silo tank (PST), and super grain (SGB) on preserving maize quality. trials were conducted on-station on-farm. Insect density, damage, weight loss, moisture content determined monthly for six months trials. For on-farm, insect density damage assessed every two eight months, acceptability test was performed aft...

The present study aimed at investigating the influence of several production factors, conservation conditions, and extraction procedures on the phenolic compounds and antioxidant activity of blueberries from different cultivars. The experimental data was used to train artificial neural networks, using a feed-forward model, which gave information about the variables affecting the antioxidant...

Abstract This paper proposes an optimal voltage control method for a wind farm (WF) combined with distributed energy storage systems (DESSs), where the DESSs are connected to DC sides of turbines (WTs). In proposed method, WT units and can be coordinated minimize fluctuation terminal buses, distance between buses rated value, power losses inside WF collection system. The (OPC)-based model is fo...

INCE 1974, FOLLOWING PUBLICATION of Schuh’s “The Macroeconomics of Agriculture,” much research effort has been devoted to determining whether and how monetary policy affects the farm sector. One of the more active areas of interest has been the question of whether changes in the money stock affect the farm! nonfarm product relative price ratio. The reason for this particular interest, as descri...

We estimate the impact of an unprecedented surge in ad hoc farm payments on grain inventories held by farmers. Payments thought to be decoupled from production may still distort markets if they affect other outcomes such as inventories. Through Market Facilitation Program, US farmers received approximately 23 billion dollars over two marketing years. The economic theory commodity storage sugges...