College of Agriculture & Natural Resources: Recent submissions
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Management Tool of Last Resort: Bankruptcy Offers Protections to Qualifying Agricultural Operations and Fishermen to Restructure Business and Survive Tough Economic Times
(2017-10-17)Agriculture like many businesses is full of risks: marketing, financial, production, labor, and legal risks. With each risk area, producers must develop strategies to manage those risks. To manage marketing risks, for ... -
Stormwater Green Infrastructure Climate Resilience In Chesapeake Bay Urban Watersheds
(2017)Stormwater green infrastructure (GI) practices (e.g. bioretention, green roofs) are implemented to reduce stormwater runoff and pollution in urban watersheds. However, current implementation and design is based on historic ... -
WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING ANALYSIS ON SHIGA TOXIN-PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI O157:H7 FROM CATTLE FED WITH DIFFERENT DIETARY PROTEIN CONCENTRATIONS
(2017)Escherichia coli serotype O157:H7 was first recognized in 1982 as a human pathogen associated with outbreaks of bloody diarrhea in the United States and is now considered a major cause of foodborne infections because of ... -
Climate Change Impacts and Adaptations in Eastern US Crop Production
(2017)Climate change is affecting crop production in the Eastern US and is expected to continue doing so unless adaptation measures are employed. In the first study, we conducted surveys and interviews to identify crop management ... -
ESSAYS ON QUALITY CERTIFICATION IN FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL MARKETS
(2017)This dissertation features three essays exploring the market impacts of two types of quality certification---a voluntary non-GMO label and a mandatory food safety standard. In the first essay, I use a hedonic framework to ...