Sentences with phrase «center of agricultural production»

It does not help that the most powerful nation in the world, a center of agricultural production and research, is now governed by a kakistocracy.

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September is National Rice Month, and the Agricultural Research Service's (ARS) Dale Bumpers National Rice Research Center in Stuttgart, Arkansas, is well positioned — literally and figuratively — to support the production, harvest, and public enjoyment of this versatile and nutritious grain.

The 2014 program schedule included: culinary demonstrations centered around adventurous flavors and new menu trends; presentations and panel discussions focused on sustainable agricultural practices, the role of wheat in our diet vs. seekers of gluten - free options, and water issues affecting food production; discussions on how American menus are often shaped by millennials, health and nutrition concerns, and global cuisines; a Friday field trip to the CIA Farm in St. Helena and through Marin and Sonoma Counties to visit Pozzi Ranch, Dutton Ranch (where Valley Ford Cheese Company joined), and Gourmet Mushrooms with tastings and presentations by the farmers as well as farm bureau and land trust experts; and the exciting and interactive Saturday Market Basket Exercise, where attendees were divided into six teams to develop menu concepts using sponsor products for the following categories:

Building such efforts into our tourism economy, I have assisted in the introduction and expansion of creative, low - impact forms of development, such as support for film production and agricultural tourism and the construction of the Maurice D. Hinchey Catskill Interpretive Center.

«China has much potential to improve its domestic milk and feed production efficiencies,» says Lin Ma, the paper's corresponding author and a professor at the Center for Agricultural Resources Research, Institute of Genetic and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

U.S. Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service Grain Marketing and Production Research Center

Wheat and maize are the most important crops for food security; they are also at the center of Ethiopia's increasingly vibrant agricultural output markets and have been the focus in recent years of public investment to raise national production.

With generous funding from the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) over the last 15 years, Afghanistan research organizations and the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) have helped supply Afghan farmers with improved varieties and farming practices to boost production of maize and wheat.

Department of Diagnostic Medicine / Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS (Niederwerder, Nietfeld, Bai, Peddireddi, Kerrigan, Oberst, Rowland, G. Anderson, Hesse) Kansas State Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS (Niederwerder, Nietfeld, Bai, Peddireddi, Breazeale, J. Anderson, An, Oberst, G. Anderson, Hesse) National Animal Disease Center, United States Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service, Ames, IA (Crawford, Lager) Department of Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, IA (Madson).

Agricultural production, including dairy, fruit, and maple syrup, are likely to be adversely affected as favorable climates shift, while the center of lobster fisheries is projected to continue its northward shift and the cod fishery on Georges Bank is likely to be diminished.

Those include: USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference Germplasm Resources Information Network Farm Program Atlas Climate Prediction Center (CPC) U.S. Seasonal Drought Outlook (SDO) 2012 Census of Agriculture World Agricultural Production... Continued

As noted previously on this site (here and here), Vilsack and the RFA tout a study by Iowa State University's Center for Agricultural Research and Development (CARD), which concluded that if ethanol production had remained at year 2000 levels, the U.S. motor fuel supply would have been billions of gallons smaller and, thus, significantly pricier in 2010 and 2011.

Indeed, an article in Popular Science cites a study by the Center for Agricultural and Rural Development at Iowa State University that predicts that U.S. ethanol production could consume more than half of corn, wheat and coarse grains by 2012, ratcheting up food prices and potentially causing massive shortages.

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The commission reports to the worldwide network of agricultural centers that undertake frontline research on the problems of food production.