Download or read book Farmer Preference for Seed Corn written by Enefiok Paul Ekanem and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Production of Good Seed Corn written by Charles Pinckney Hartley and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Practical Corn Culture written by William Thomas Ainsworth and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Beautiful Corn written by Anthony Boutard and published by New Society Publisher. This book was released on 2012-09-01 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cultivated from sea level to mountaintop, from parched deserts to sodden rain forests, from the rocky Gaspé Peninsula to the plains of Argentina, corn is the grain of the Americas. In terms of culinary uses, it is amazingly diverse, reflecting the breathtaking variety of the continents and environments from which it evolved. The consummate immigrant, corn is grown extensively on every continent except Antarctica. Market farmer and naturalist Anthony Boutard weaves together this unique plant's contribution to our culture, its distinctive biology, and the practical information needed to grow and enjoy it at home. Beautiful Corn advocates a return to the nourishing whole grain that built America, in place of today's genetically modified crops processed by industrial agriculture into synthetic sweeteners and cheap meat. Come along on this lyrical and inspiring journey through the seasons, learning about growing and using corn in the traditional way. Gardeners and market farmers can lead the way to a healthier country by restoring heritage corn varieties to our tables. An unabashed celebration of a much-maligned culinary treasure, Beautiful Corn will forever change the way you view this remarkable plant. Anthony Boutard is a widely recognized advocate in the local food movement, well-known for his efforts in reviving long-lost crops and bringing little-known varieties to market. He and his wife Carol own Ayers Creek Farm, a 144-acre organic market farm in Gaston, Oregon, specializing in berries, beans, grains, and greens for sale to local restaurants and markets.
Download or read book The Book of Corn written by Herbert Myrick and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Product Differentiation Choices and Biotechnology Adoption written by and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The advances in agricultural biotechnology have brought opportunities and challenges to the agricultural input industries including the seed sector over the last few decades. The U.S. seed market has experienced major structural adjustments during this period. Since 1996 the rapid adoption of biotechnology in U.S. agriculture has been associated with mergers and acquisitions, leading to a more concentrated seed/biotech industry. It raises questions about the possible exercise of market power in the U.S. biotech seed industry. Will an integrated biotech seed company differ from an independent one in choosing the line of seed products? How do U.S. farmers evaluate different types of corn seeds? And how are the welfare gains from technological improvement distributed among market participants? This dissertation tried to answer these questions by investigating the product line choices of seed companies under imperfect competition and farmers' adoption of conventional and genetically modified (GM) seeds in the U.S. corn seed market during 2000-2007. In Chapter 2, I examine seed firms' product choices by considering concentration in the upstream biotech market, geographical competition, firm and market characteristics, and technological advancement, by using a system dynamic panel data model. I find that market competition has discrepant impacts on the product choices of biotech firms and independent companies. Firms' willingness to carry more varieties also differs by their market shares. In Chapter 3, I construct a multiple discrete choice model with random coefficients to estimate farmers' demand. I further impose a flexible correlation structure among products' observable characteristics, and panel effects on individuals' seed choices. I use the simulated Generalized Method of Moments for estimation. Results indicate that farmers' preferences are shifted away from conventional and single traited seeds to newly-introduced multiple traited ones. Their preferences could also become unstable by technology development. In Chapter 4, I investigate the welfare distribution of biotechnology advances among market participants and the welfare changes when biotech firms specialize in GM seeds and independent firms specialize in conventional seeds. I find that the benefits of biotechnology advances are received mostly by medium-to-large farms and a few biotech companies. Biotech firms also benefit from market segmentation.
Download or read book Selecting Corn Seed written by Ernest Brown Babcock and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Production of Good Seed Corn written by Charles Pinckney Hartley and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Corn Growing Judging Breeding Feeding Marketing written by Melville LeRoy Bowman and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Successful Corn Culture written by Perry Greeley Holden and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Corn Growing written by Aretas Wilbur Nolan and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Farmers Should Test Their Seed Corn Sugar Beet Seed written by University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campus). Agricultural Experiment Station and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Practical Corn Culture Written Especially for the Corn Belt Farmers written by William Thomas Ainsworth and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-25 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Practical Corn Culture Written Especially for the Corn Belt Farmers During the past ten years great progress has been made in the cultivation and care of corn, both for seed and market. During this time few books have been written which have kept up with this progress. What has been written has pertained largely to the attacks of insect and fungous pests and to the selection and care of corn for seed. Very little that would be of practical benefit to the busy, farmer has been written on the culture of corn. We have long felt the need of such a book and have at length been induced by our friends to attempt the work ourselves. The result is seen in the volume now placed before the public. Our aim has been to make this book up-to-date in every particular and to cover the entire practice of corn growing, from the cutting of the stalks in the spring to the selection and testing of the seed for next year's crop. We have purposely started with the preparation of the seed bed because we know that some readers will start this book and will not finish it. If only a little is read, we are especially anxious that the reader get that part pertaining to the growing of the crop. The writers are both actively engaged in farming seven hundred acres of land, and W. T. Ainsworth has been growing corn on his Cloverdale farm for over thirty-five years. No apology is offered for the manner in which the subject is treated. The public must be the sole judge as to whether the book is deserving of commendation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Selection of Seed Corn written by Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Organic Seed Grower written by John Navazio and published by Chelsea Green Publishing. This book was released on 2012-12-17 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in Paperback “A fantastic guide for organic seed breeders and producers. [Navazio] has taken organic seed production to a higher level.” —Suzanne Ashworth, author of Seed to Seed The Organic Seed Grower is a comprehensive manual for the serious vegetable grower who is interested in growing high-quality seeds using organic farming practices. It is written for both home seed savers and diversified small-scale farmers who want to learn the necessary steps involved in successfully producing a seed crop organically. Detailed profiles for each of the major vegetables provide users with practical, in-depth knowledge about growing, harvesting, and processing seed for a wide range of common and specialty vegetable crops, from Asian greens to zucchini. In addition, readers will find extensive and critical information on topics including: • Seed-borne diseases • The reproductive biology of crop plants • Annual vs. biennial seed crops • Isolation distances needed to ensure varietal purity • Maintaining adequate population size for genetic integrity • Seed crop climates • Seed cleaning basics • Seed storage for farmers • and more . . . This book can serve as a bridge to lead skilled gardeners, who are already saving their own seed, into the idea of growing seed commercially. And for diversified vegetable farmers who are growing a seed crop for sale for the first time, it will provide details on many of the tricks of the trade that are used by professional seed growers. This manual will help the budding seed farmer to become more knowledgeable, efficient, and effective in producing a commercially viable seed crop. Written by well-known plant breeder and organic seed expert John Navazio, The Organic Seed Grower is the most useful guide to best practices in this exciting and important field.
Download or read book Improved Methods of Corn Growing and Intense Cultivation written by Jerome Boneypart Armstrong and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
