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Current Methods for Life Cycle Analyses of Low-Carbon Transportation Fuels in the United States
Transportation is the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States, with petroleum accounting for 90 percent of transportation fuels. Policymakers encounter a …
Transforming Agricultural Education for a Changing World
During the next ten years, colleges of agriculture will be challenged to transform their role in higher education and their relationship to the evolving global food and …
Frontiers in Agricultural Research
This report is a congressionally mandated review of the US Department of Agricultures Research, Education, and Economics (REE) mission area, the main engine of publicly funded …
Nutrient Requirements of Beef Cattle
Since 1944, the National Research Council (NRC) has published seven editions of the Nutrient Requirements of Beef Cattle. This reference has guided nutritionists and other …
Diagnosis and Control of Johne's Disease
Johne's Disease is a chronic, progressive intestinal disease caused by infection with Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (Map) that affects primarily ruminant animals. …
Potential Consequences of Public Release of Food Safety and Inspection Service Establishment-Specific Data
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is the regulatory agency in the US Department of Agriculture that is responsible for ensuring that meat, poultry, and processed egg …
Scientific Basis for Estimating Air Emissions from Animal Feeding Operations
This is an interim report of the ad hoc Committee on Air Emissions from Animal Feeding Operations of the National Research Council's Committee on Animal Nutrition. A final report …
Framework for Assessing Effects of the Food System
How we produce and consume food has a bigger impact on Americans' well-being than any other human activity. The food industry is the largest sector of our economy; food touches …
Sustaining Global Surveillance and Response to Emerging Zoonotic Diseases
H1N1 ("e;swine flu"e;), SARS, mad cow disease, and HIV/AIDS are a few examples of zoonotic diseases-diseases transmitted between humans and animals. Zoonotic diseases are a …
National Research Initiative
Our nation faces daunting challenges to its food and fiber system and to the condition of our natural resources in the coming decades. Rapid increases in world population and the …
Exploring a Vision
Centuries of scientific advances in agriculture have increased the quantity, quality, and variety of our food supply. Food in the United States is abundant and affordable, incomes …
Air Emissions from Animal Feeding Operations
Air Emissions from Animal Feeding Operations: Current Knowledge, Future Needs discusses the need for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to implement a new method for …