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Foil scrap reduction: Continuous improvement in the foil processing industry

Mgbike, Kingsley

The overall objective of the study is to provide insight as to what it takes to reduce scrap levels at a foil manufacturing plant, as well as interpret the essence of Metallizers and addressing the gaps in relation to its ...
A financial feasibility study: Constructing unit train capabilities to access the Pacific Northwest export market

Horn, Kevin

This study focuses on export grain merchandising opportunities for an upper Mississippi River barge terminal (MRBT) centrally located to corn and soybean (grain) production areas in Wisconsin and Minnesota. The main ...
An experimental evaluation of cattail (Typha spp.) cutting depths on subsequent regrowth

Moorberg, Colby J.; Ahlers, Adam A (2020-01-08)

Cattail (Typha spp.) expansions can negatively affect both native wetland flora and fauna diversity, and active management is often needed to maintain wetland habitat quality. Cattail removal is often non-permanent, requiring ...
Evaluation of the H.O.P.E. Project

McCarty, Melanie

The main goal of The Health Opportunities through People Empowerment (HOPE) project is to advance health equity by organizing and providing residents training and support for community organizing, focused in the Northview ...
Environmental & architectural phenomenology. Vol. 31, issue 2

Seamon, David (Kansas State University. Architecture Department, 2020)

Besides “Place and COVID-19,” “Items of interest,” and “citations received,” this issue includes the following items: An “in memoriam” for architect and sacred geometer Keith Critchlow, who died in London in April; A “book ...
Environmental & architectural phenomenology. Vol. 31, issue 1

Seamon, David (Kansas State University. Architecture Department, 2020)

Besides “items of interest,” and “citations received,” this issue includes the following items: An “in memoriam” for architectural theorist Bill Hillier, who died in November; Entries relating to Goethean science as a ...
Effect of hurricanes on cotton yield and output in Georgia and Texas

Merritt, Mindi

Over the past 50 years, Georgia and Texas have both experienced multiple storms and hurricanes with different intensities. Their cotton production industries have successfully remained buoyant despite the challenges ...
Economics of pain management in terminally ill pets

Brainard, Don

Pain management in terminally ill pets is an important and complex issue. Physical therapy, acupuncture, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, steroids, muscle relaxers, holistic herbs, nutraceuticals, cannabinoids, and ...
Economics of calf grower operations in relation to dairy-sourced day-old calf price and feedlot outcomes

Hunsaker, Jade

Holstein steers compose 15% of the U.S. beef supply despite several factors that place Holstein feeders at a disadvantage including higher calf mortality than traditional beef breeds. This study examined how to improve ...
Do farmer demographics influence their preferred type of communication?

Branco, Lenai

Customer satisfaction is an important performance indicator for a company. Given this, a company should devote time and resources to finding ways to provide a unique and differentiated experience to each individual customer ...
Data sets and computer code for: Population genomics of Fusarium subglutinans and Fusarium temperatum from Argentina

Fumero, M. Veronica; Yue, Wei; Chiotta, María L.; Chulze, Sofía N.; Leslie, John F.; Toomajian, Christopher (2020-09-24)

Fusarium subglutinans and Fusarium temperatum are two important fungal pathogens of maize whose distinctness as separate species has been difficult to assess. We isolated strains of these species from commercial and native ...
Dairy-Beef Retention Options

Basham, William

The efficient implementation of sexed semen from Holstein bulls has created an opportunity for dairy producers to change how dairy heifer replacement programs are managed. This technological advance has shortened the genetic ...
Cybersecurity and the future of agri-food industries

Okupa, Henry

The agri-food sector has been undergoing rapid changes in the areas of food production and distribution over the past decades. Over the years, the sector has moved from disconnected, independent and uncoordinated operations ...
Comparing income over feed costs in a protein premium market

Bliss, Ashley

Because dairy producers are subject to market prices, they continually strive to manage input costs and milk output to capture the largest margin. For ABC dairy, the opportunity to sell milk into a high protein market was ...
Childhood Active Transportation Determinants and their Effect on Adult Active Transportation (CADET)

Winslow, Daniel

Saline County Health Department in Salina (SCHD), KS is a unified City/County Health Department of a medium sized town in central Kansas. Saline County is home to 55,000 people, 47,000 of whom live in the county’s largest ...
Characteristics influencing the historical performance of U.S. mutual funds

Jung, Young Hoon

This study examines variables influencing mutual fund performance. Data were collected from U.S. 181 equity mutual funds during the bull market from 2009 to 2018. The overall object of this study is to determine how funds’ ...
Certified organic cropland in the United States: Is perceived value reality?

Stickel, Erin

Valuation of farmland in the United States is reliant on farm income, which relates to geographical factors, social and environmental pressures and commodity demands. In recent years, interest in certified organic cropland ...
Associations of active transportation between childhood and adulthood (CADET)

Winslow, Daniel R. (2020-05-01)

Insufficient physical activity (PA) is a growing issue throughout the world. Diabetes, chronic heart disease, and shortened life expectancy are among the comorbidities resulting from insufficient PA. Studies on the development ...
Annual Wheat Newsletter. Volume 66

Raupp, W. J. (Dept. of Plant Pathology. Kansas State University, )

The Annual Wheat Newsletter is edited by W.J. Raupp and published by the Wheat Genetic and Genomic Resources Center at Kansas State University. The scope of the Newsletter includes current project activities, cultivar ...
Analysis of Yields and Profitability of Utilizing Blended Soybean Seed in Kansas

Newlin, Dustin

Kansas farmers must continue to find ways to alleviate risk and increase profits, especially in a challenging agriculture economy. This study analyzes the economic feasibility of blending two different soybean seed varieties ...