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7. SummaryInland oyster seed production utilizing artificial seawater in a closed recirculating aquaculturesystems is being developed in Baton Rouge Louisiana at the Louisiana State UniversityInnovation Park. The Gulf Coast (and East and West Coast) oyster industry faces numerouschallenges including increased exposure to anthropogenic pollution climate change oceanacidification harmful algal bloom ...

Fixed film biological reactors must go through a period of acclimation and mishandling of thisprocess leads to toxic accumulations of ammonia or nitrite causing large mortalities across a widevariety of aquaculture applications.This project focuses on the design and production of "start-up"beads that hold promise of eliminating these acclimation losses. In Phase I efforts are focused uponthe ident ...

PROJECT SUMMARYImproperly cleaned soft serve ice cream machines are a known significant contributor to foodborneillnesses worldwide. Studies indicate that from 12% to over 50% of soft serve ice cream machinesare contaminated with unsatisfactory levels of bacteria. Contamination issues are due largely tothe complex and costly disassembly cleaning and sanitizing (DCS) process required for allmachine ...

PROJECT SUMMARYImproperly cleaned soft serve ice cream machines are a known significant contributor to foodborne illnessesworldwide. Studies indicate that from 12% to over 50% of soft serve ice cream machines are contaminatedwith unsatisfactory levels of bacteria. Contamination issues are due largely to the complex and costlydisassembly cleaning and sanitizing (DCS) process required for all machin ...

Maritime companies engage in a vast number of large volume transactions on a daily basis for multiple industries including agricultural grains fertilizers and other bulk commodities.   The Corn Association of America and The US Soybean Association report that for the 2017/2018 harvest at least 1.5 billion bushels of each crop were transported by US waters.  Third party Weight Cer ...

While you complete your review of this proposal America's farmers will spend nearly $3million in fuel to maintain their families' farming operations and ag producers throughout thecountry will be contemplating whether they can afford to continue preparing and planting theirfarms in part because of the fuel costs required to operate the equipment - tractors applicatorscombines pickup trucks tractor ...

Triple N Oyster Farm Private Hatchery Plans: Inland oyster seed production and R&D inrecirculating aquaculture systems is being developed in Baton Rouge LA at the LSU InnovationPark. The Gulf Coast oyster industry faces numerous challenges including increased exposure toanthropogenic pollution climate change ocean acidification harmful algal blooms predationdisease outbreaks and low salinity event ...

Over the past decade the U.S. has experienced substantial growth in the number of new agri- food businesses launched. At the same time rural firms and farms face obstacles impeding theirabilities to fully capitalize on food startup opportunities. A significant barrier to entry is theability to navigate food laws and regulations and legal and regulatory resources for rural foodentrepreneurs are sca ...

Over the past decade, the U.S. has experienced substantial growth in the number of new foodbusinesses launched. At the same time, rural firms and farms faced obstacles impeding theirabilities to fully capitalize on food startup opportunities. A significant barrier to entry is theability to navigate food laws and regulations, and legal and regulatory resources for rural foodentrepreneurs are scarce ...

The project goal is to integrate a fixed-film bioclarifier with suspended growth "biofloc" technology to increase production capacity and improve reliability for small Midwest farmers producing marine shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) in tanks. Research will focus on the determination of nitrification kinetics associated with an external aerated sludge basin, the confirmation of the maximum shrimp den ...