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Quality of U.S. Agricultural Products
Accurate assessment of the quality of agricultural products is essential in today’s rapidly globalizing economy. […]
Competitiveness of U.S. Agriculture and the Balance of Payments
U.S. agricultural producers and food processors will need to focus on adding value to agricultural […]
Waste Management and Utilization in Food Production and Processing
Comprehensive report on wastes from crop production, poultry farms, swine production, cattle feedlots, dairy farms, food processing, and seafood production and processing. Chairs: Larry L. Boersma, Department of Soil Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, and Ishwar P. Murarka, Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, California.
Conservation Reserve: A Survey of Research and Interest Groups
This CAST Report summarizes Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) policy literature and a survey of key […]
Sustainable Agriculture and the 1995 Farm Bill
Summary of a January 1995 conference sponsored by CAST. Topics include legislative, environmental, conservation, rural […]
Public Perceptions of Agrichemicals
Understanding public perceptions, risk perception, and the public, risk acceptability and pesticides, and consumer perceptions […]
Challenges Confronting Agricultural Research at Land Grant Universities
Agricultural, corporate, scientific, political, environmental, and social communities are asking the agricultural research system to identify and pursue a broadened range of research priorities.
Foodborne Pathogens: Risks and Consequences
Better data on microbial risks are needed to make the U.S. food supply safer. Cochairs: Peggy M. Foegeding, Department of Food Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, and Tanya Roberts, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Labeling of Food-Plant Biotechnology Products
Review of scientific evidence in response to proposed U.S. Food and Drug Administration policy for labeling of foods from new plant varieties.
Risks and Benefits of Selenium in Agriculture
Scientists found no evidence that supplemental selenium use for farm animals and poultry, including feedlot concentrations, was involved in any environmental problems.