Author: New York State College of AgriculturePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 1260
Book Description
Annual Report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and the Agricultural Experiment Station
Author: New York State College of AgriculturePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 1260
Book Description
Experiment Station Record
Author: United States. Office of Experiment StationsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural experiment stations
Languages : en
Pages : 1072
Book Description
The Legacy
Author: Norwood Allen KerrPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural experiment stations
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Annual Report of the Agricultural Experiment Station
Author: Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment StationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 276
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Report of the Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station
Author: Hawaii Agricultural Experiment StationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural experiment stations
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Colleges of Agriculture at the Land Grant Universities
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309052955
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Although few Americans work as farmers these days, agriculture on the whole remains economically importantâ€"playing a key role in such contemporary issues as consumer health and nutrition, worker safety and animal welfare, and environmental protection. This publication provides a comprehensive picture of the primary education system for the nation's agriculture industry: the land grant colleges of agriculture. Colleges of Agriculture at the Land Grant Universities informs the public debate about the challenges that will shape the future of these colleges and serves as a foundation for a second volume, which will present recommendations for policy and institutional changes in the land grant system. This book reviews the legislative history of the land grant system from its establishment in 1862 to the 1994 act conferring land grant status on Native American colleges. It describes trends that have shaped agriculture and agricultural education over the decadesâ€"the shift of labor from farm to factory, reasons for and effects of increased productivity and specialization, the rise of the corporate farm, and more. The committee reviews the system's three-part missionâ€"education, research, and extension serviceâ€"and through this perspective documents the changing nature of funding and examines the unique structure of the U.S. agricultural research and education system. Demographic data on faculties, students, extension staff, commodity and funding clusters, and geographic specializations profile the system and identify similarities and differences among the colleges of agriculture, trends in funding, and a host of other issues. The tables in the appendix provide further itemization about general population distribution, student and educator demographics, types of degree programs, and funding allocations. Concise commentary and informative graphics augment the detailed statistical presentations. This book will be important to policymakers, administrators, educators, researchers, and students of agriculture.
Carbon Storage and Accumulation in United States Forest Ecosystems
Author: Richard A. BirdseyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Atmospheric carbon dioxide
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Methods for Calculating Forest Ecosystem and Harvested Carbon with Standard Estimates for Forest Types of the United States
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Carbon sequestration
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
This study presents techniques for calculating average net annual additions to carbon in forests and in forest products. Forest ecosystem carbon yield tables, representing stand-level merchantable volume and carbon pools as a function of stand age, were developed for 51 forest types within 10 regions of the United States. Separate tables were developed for afforestation and reforestation. Because carbon continues to be sequestered in harvested wood, approaches to calculate carbon sequestered in harvested forest products are included. Although these calculations are simple and inexpensive to use, the uncertainty of results obtained by using representative average values may be high relative to other techniques that use site- or project-specific data. The estimates and methods in this report are consistent with guidelines being updated for the U.S. Voluntary Reporting of Greenhouse Gases Program and with guidelines developed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The CD-ROM included with this publication contains a complete set of tables in spreadsheet format.
Field Guide for the Identification of Invasive Plants in Southern Forests
Author: James H. MillerPublisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1437987451
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Invasions of non-native plants into forests of the Southern United States continue to go unchecked and only partially un-monitored. These infestations increasingly erode forest productivity, hindering forest use and management activities, and degrading diversity and wildlife habitat. Often called non-native, exotic, non-indigenous, alien, or noxious weeds, they occur as trees, shrubs, vines, grasses, ferns, and forbs. This guide provides information on accurate identification of the 56 non-native plants and groups that are currently invading the forests of the 13 Southern States. In additin, it lists other non-native plants of growing concern. Illustrations. This is a print on demand edition of an important, hard-to-find publication.
Report on the Agricultural Experiment Stations
Author: United States. Agricultural Research ServicePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural experiment stations
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description