Browsing by Author "Skaggs, Chris"
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Pratt, Orry James (2016-03-07)Adoption of green manures and cover crops among Paraguayan smallholder farmers may be more easily achieved if researchers, extensionists, and stakeholders understand social processes that drive farmers to adopt these ...
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Skaggs, Chris; Boleman, Chris T. (AgriLife Extension, Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University. Libraries, )
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Marr, Matthew Lawrence (2017-05-10)A true definition of what agricultural literacy actually means, has yet to be agreed upon by researchers. The agriculture industry, after all, is constantly evolving and changing. As time passes, much of society continues ...
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Lewis, Lauren Joanna (2012-07-16)The purpose of this study was to assess student knowledge and perceptions of factors influencing participation in Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) programs. This descriptive study was conducted in 120 randomly ...
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Rambo, Zachary Joseph (2011-08-08)Cattle consuming low-quality forage may have decreased forage organic matter intake as a result of decreased nitrogen (N) intake. To date, a value has not been assigned to dried distillers' grains as a protein supplement ...
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Schroeder, Sasha Brooke (Texas A&M University, 2005-11-01)Due to the seasonal nature of E. coli O157:H7 shedding and of hormone production by the thyroid gland, two studies were initiated to determine whether chemical inhibition of the thyroid gland influences fecal shedding of ...
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Long, Jeanie Marie (2009-05-15)The purpose of this study was to determine awareness, knowledge, and perceptions of the National Animal Identification System (NAIS) among college students in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Texas A&M ...
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Real, Laura A; Real, Laura A. (Texas A&M University, 2005-02-17)Many youth organizations, including 4-H, FFA, and Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA), offer countless opportunities for their members to learn and further develop leadership life skills that are ...
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Zwilling, Clayton R (2015-05-27)Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) is one of the founding pillars of agricultural education. As agricultural education has changed and adapted, Supervised Agricultural Experiences have grown in scope and diversity. ...
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Early, Lonisa Marie (2017-12-14)Sixty multiparous, late-gestation beef cows (462 kg initial BW) were limit-fed, high-concentrate diets. Cows were blocked by BW and individually fed one of four treatments (70, 85, 100, and 115% of NRC-predicted maintenance ...
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Franke, Jake Andrew (2009-05-15)A 2-yr study using Mashona- (M, yr 1 and 2) and Tuli-sired (T, yr 2) cows produced from a three-breed diallele cow base comprised of Brahman (BB), Romosinuano (RR), and Angus (AA) was conducted to determine effects of breed ...
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Bingham, Bobby Cleave (2012-02-14)In 1999-2000, the Texas A&M University Ranch to Rail Program evaluated 1311 steers in two feedlots. The first was the Swisher County Cattle Company in Tulia, Texas and the other was Hondo Creek Cattle Company in Edroy, ...
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Newberry, Quest James (2019-07-17)he objectives of this study were to evaluate the effects of residual feed intake (RFI) classification on growth efficiency, feeding behavior patterns, carcass ultrasound and fertility traits in growing bulls. In study 1, ...
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Scasta, Jennifer Ann (2018-05-02)Preparing students for the agricultural and natural resource workforce requires university agricultural programs that consider the needs of industry. This investigation sought to explore employer expectations of entry-level ...
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Tucker, Stefen (2015-05-05)The overall objective of this research was to evaluate impacts on growth of Droughtmaster cattle in northern Queensland based on four years (2009-2012) of repeated weight records from a single operation. Animals (total ...
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Mazurkiewicz, Stephanie Diane (2015-07-29)The 2014 Farm Bill eliminated direct payments to farmers in favor of two alternative safety net programs; Price Loss Coverage (PLC) and Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC). Farmers must make a one-time, irrevocable choice of ...
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Henly, Callie Grace (2019-04-09)The need to produce enough food to feed the world is met with a quickly growing world population and new perspectives of agriculture amongst consumers, creating a divide from producer to purchaser. Consumers no longer have ...
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Dube, Crystal Adela (2014-04-25)Higher order thinking is a cognitive process that occurs at higher-levels of thinking. Institutions of higher education desire to graduate persons with the ability to think critically and to be able to contribute effectively ...
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Casas, Ana C (2022-06-10)Due to the world becoming increasingly interconnected and technologically advanced, and extenuating circumstances due to the COVID-19 global pandemic, institutions of higher learning have had to adapt. Traditional study ...
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Doss, William Lee (2014-04-03)The purpose of this study was to determine why agricultural science teachers do not consider all agricultural mechanics projects to be a supervised agricultural experience (SAE). This descriptive study was conducted using ...