A group of Upper Peninsula farmers in the US are participating in a pilot program designed to explore new ways to address small farm food certification. Through this programme, the farmers are assisting the UP Food Exchange and US ...
Tags: Food Safety, Pilot Program, Agriculture
Verdezyne, Inc., a privately-held industrial biotechnology company focused on producing renewable chemicals, announced that it has produced more than one metric ton of bio-based dodecanedioic acid (DDDA) using its proprietary yeast platform ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, Powder Coatings, Coatings
Research by Smithers Pira has determined that the authenticity and trust of brand owners and their products is growing in importance in the eyes of consumers. Given increased scrutiny in the wake of high profile food recalls over the last ...
Tags: Metal Packaging, Packaging, Printing, food packaging
The Michigan Dairy Ambassadors Program provides youth who are passionate about the dairy industry a unique leadership opportunity by offering trainings in agriculture advocacy and public relations. For many youth, what starts as a love ...
Tags: dairy industry, dairy, Agriculture, Food
The concept of integrated pest management (IPM) first developed during the 1950s and 60s out of concern among scientists and the public that overreliance on pesticides was creating secondary pest management and environmental problems. ...
Tags: IPM, GAAMP, MAEAP, Pest Management
There is widespread concern about potential sulfur (S) deficiencies in corn and soybeans in the North Central region. Sulfur is relatively immobile within the plant, so symptoms usually appear in the new growth. Atmospheric deposition used ...
Red and green traps attract more sweetpotato weevils than other colors, and a Montana State University researcher who made that discovery wants to know if Montana insects react the same way. Gadi V.P. Reddy, superintendent and ...
Tags: Montana State University, Montana insects, trapping system, color
Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) is a voluntary program that is available to cattle producers throughout the country and gives guidelines on production and management. Practices taught through BQA certification classes promote management ...
Tags: Beef, Food, Agriculture
Soybean producers should utilize several sources of information when selecting soybean cyst nematode (SCN)-resistant varieties (see the Michigan State University Extension article “Characteristics to consider when selecting soybean ...
An apparel designer for a prominent national retailer told Mississippi State University students that the clothing industry is a good career choice since about 25 percent of the global economy is involved in it. Ellen Sheppard is the lead ...
Tags: Fashion Industry, apparel designer
Steels know the parameters of the project announced in the spring of "Voronezhmedsteklo" for the construction of the Voronezh region in a full production cycle for the production of glass of the first hydrolytic class for the pharmaceutical ...
Tags: "Voronezhmedsteklo, Production
A nearly two-year-long, ugly legal battle between Oracle and Montclair State University over a troubled PeopleSoft ERP (enterprise resource planning) project has ended in a settlement both sides are calling amicable. "Montclair State ...
Tags: Oracle, Montclair State University, lawsuit, PeopleSoft software project
The MSU Department of Virology headed by Professor Joseph Atabekov is studying the in vitro assembly of compositions, consisting of artificial plant virus particles and antigens, potentially attractive for vaccines development. Artificial ...
Tags: Nanoparticle Measuring System, Vaccine Characterisation
Moscow State University Hospital (MSU), Lomonosov has deployed Ekahau RTLS in its new hospital and adjacent teaching facilities. Established in 1755, the institute remains the most prestigious healthcare teaching facility in the Russian ...
Tags: RTLS, healthcare teaching facility, teaching facilities
From March 21st-23rd, 2013 Michigan State University's School of Packaging will be hosting the 28th annual Student Packaging Jamboree. The Jamboree will provide an opportunity for Packaging students throughout the nation and Canada to unite ...
Tags: MSU, Student Packaging Jamboree, Packaging