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PROJECT SUMMARY Title: Developing Pre-Consumer Waste as Low-Cost Cricket Feed for Small Farming Operations PD: Schlafly Sarah Company: Mighty Cricket      Advisor: Morales Ramos Juan A. Institution: USDA-ARS (unfunded in phase I)    Advisor: Rojas Guadalupe M. Institution: USDA-ARS (unfunded in phase I) The goal of this project to develop a s ...

Tick-borne pathogens cause major economic losses to the livestock industry leading to anestimated $19.7 billion in losses for the U.S. including approximately $3 billion in losses for cattleproducers. Among the 900 species of ticks the Asian longhorned tick (ALT) an invasive non- native tick species poses a major threat to animal health and productivity in cattle and otherlivestock. Currently tick ...

Energy-Efficient Extreme Winter Solar Greenhouse for Urban Farms in Rapid City SDProject SummaryThis collaborative proposal from Shende LLC in partnership with the researchers from theSouth Dakota School of Mines and Technology (SDSMT) Rapid City SD seeks to develop anEnergy Efficient Extreme Winter Solar Greenhouse product.Rapid City (RC) was declared as one of the cities with the most unpredicta ...

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Kultevat Inc. is a start-up company that aims to produce natural rubber from Taraxacum kok- saghyz (TKS) at scale and to achieve a price point that is attractive to customers in particular to USbased companies. To date the economics of growing TKS and extracting rubber from its roots at aprice point that is competitive with Hevea rubber has not been demonstrated. This project aims toapply biotechn ...

Project SummaryThe goal of this Phase I effort is to demonstrateCoverCress as a new source of protein for the plant- based protein market. CoverCress is a winter covercrop that is targeted towards corn-soy rotation farmersin the American Midwest. The unique feature ofCoverCress is that it doubles as a cash crop providing$50-70/acre in net returns to the farmer. This givesfarmers a financial incent ...

The University of Missouri-Rolla and the U.S. Department of Defense conducted extensiveresearch from 2003-2011concerning the efficacy of utilizing methyl esters (the chemical namefor biodiesel) a derivative of soybean and other vegetable oils as a decontaminant releasedthrough a fogging machine to impact bacteria and pathogens present in business and agriculturaloperations including viruses.This t ...

The food supply chain consists of many potential contamination points including growingharvesting post-harvest handling transport processing distribution storage and packaging andfinally preparation by the consumer.Food can become contaminated with harmfulmicroorganisms at any point in the supply chain.If left unchecked microbial contamination cancause foodborne illness if the consumer eats contam ...

Field pennycress (Thlaspi arvense L.) a plant in the mustard family is emerging as a premierwinter cover crop for biofuel and edible oil production for the Midwestern agricultural rotationsystem because of its ease of genetic manipulation high oil content winter hardiness and itsability minimize soil erosion and leeching of nitrogen into waterways. Since it is grown off- season between corn and so ...

The production of bioethanol is performed under non-sterile conditions and as a result is subjectto contamination.The industry typically treats the contamination with harsh chemicals and/orantibiotics with residues making their way into the byproducts including animal feed. Estimatesput the losses in production at 2 to 4% which translates at the lower end to an annual industry- wide loss of 316 mi ...