BASEL, Switzerland, Jan. 17 -- Agriculture, a peer-reviewed scientific open access journal on the science of cultivating the soil, growing, harvesting crops and raising livestock, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2024 edition (Vol. 14, Issue 12). Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * * Article - A Classification Model for Fine-Grained Silkworm Cocoon Images Based on Bilinear Pooling and Adaptive Feature Fusion * Article - A Comparative Transcriptomic and P  more

BASEL, Switzerland, Jan. 17 -- Agriculture, a peer-reviewed scientific open access journal on the science of cultivating the soil, growing, harvesting crops and raising livestock, published research articles on the following topics in its Jan. 1, 2025, edition (Vol. 15, Issue 1). Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * * Article - A New Grazing-Vegetation Tradeoff and Coordination Indicator: The Grazing Intensity and Vegetation Cover Harmonization Index (GVCI) * Article - A Specific Time Lag   more

BASEL, Switzerland, Jan. 13 -- Agronomy, an international, peer-reviewed journal on agronomy and agroecology, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2024 edition (Vol. 14, Issue 12): * Article - A Comparative Study of Agroecological Intensification Across Diverse European Agricultural Systems to Assess Soil Structure and Carbon Dynamics * Article - A Comparative Study on Rapeseed Sprayed with Film Antitranspirant Under Two Contrasting Rates of Soil Water Depletion  more

MEDFORD, Massachusetts, Jan. 13 -- The Journal of Food Process Engineering, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features applications of engineering principles and concepts to food and food processes, published research articles on the following topics in its January 2025 edition (Vol. 48, Issue 1). Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * * CFD-DEM Simulation Study on Heat and Mass Transfer of Wheat Particles in Gas-Solid Fluidized Bed * Freezing Characteristics of Beef Chunks by Air Blast   more

BASEL, Switzerland, Jan. 16 -- Precision Agriculture, a peer-reviewed journal that says it provides a forum for advancing precision farming, published research articles on the following topics in its February 2025 edition (Vol. 26, Issue 1). Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * * A bio-inspired optimization algorithm with disjoint sets to delineate orthogonal site-specific management zones * A new method to compare treatments in unreplicated on-farm experimentation * Delineation of manage  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency issued the following news release on Jan. 13, 2025: * * * Producers Can Enroll in the 2025 Agriculture Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage Programs Beginning Jan. 21 and Dairy Margin Coverage Beginning Jan. 29 * * * The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the 2025 enrollment periods for key safety-net programs - Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) as well as Dairy Margin Cove  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Jan. 15 -- The Wisconsin Historical Society issued the following news release: LAKE MICHIGAN, Wis. - The Wisconsin Historical Society announces the listing of the St. Peter Shipwreck in the National Register of Historic Places on December 19, 2024. The schooner is located in Lake Michigan, in Ozaukee County. St. Peter was built by master builder Peter Perry in New Baltimore, Michigan, in 1868. The vessel operated in the Great Lakes grain, lumber, and other bulk cargo trades   more