MARKETS FOR NORTHERN PLAINS AQUACULTURE--CASE STUDY OF TILAPIA

The purpose of this study is to identify and investigate alternative fresh and frozen fillet markets for tilapia within the region. The competition for this market is primarily an imported product from Asia and Central America. Total imports plus domestic production has increased from 16.95 million pounds in 1992 to 70.74 million pounds in 1997. Thirty-seven of the 79 respondents handled tilapia in their business. Thirty of these businesses handled and preferred fresh fillets while ten handled frozen tilapia. The tilapia businesses were clear in their preferences: 5 to 7 ounce fillets, quick delivery response time, constant supply, taste and size, and suppliers oriented toward customer service. Twenty-six of the 37 respondents were open to new suppliers. The responding businesses which did not handle tilapia gave their reasons: lack of demand due to customer unfamiliarity, name recognition and taste of tilapia. The need for an established market, i.e., consumer demand, was the major factor. The domestically produced tilapia did not test well in any of the three sensory perception taste tests. The results of these tests indicate both a quality issue and a variation in quality from test to test. These issues need to be solved prior to initiating a marketing effort for fresh and frozen fillets.tilapia, North American Fish Farmers Cooperative, North Central Region, sensory evaluation, production, prices, size, imports, Marketing, Production Economics,

Effects of Alternative Cropping Patterns and Management Decisions on Soil Erosion and Revenue, Region VII, North Dakota

This report focuses on the economic impact of selected agricultural management policies and the corresponding effect upon soil erosion.Farm Management, Land Economics/Use,

Activities and Classroom Demonstrations in Biological Physics: A resource document

We give detailed recipes for a number of classroom demonstrations relevant to biological physics instruction. We developed them mainly for use in 2nd-3rd year undergraduate Physics courses. But you can (and we do) use them for primary school, through high school, up to PhD candidates. You adapt the words for each audience, but a phenomenon is a phenomenon. We also outline a 1-hour introduction to Python for undergraduate scientific computing. Finally we document some outcomes from courses taught at U Pennsylvania using these resources and others cited here. This material was presented at a workshop at the AAPT meeting in July 2018

Letters between A. C. Nelson and William Kerr

Letters concerning a position in the art department at Utah Agricultural College

Land Use and Nonpoint Pollution in the Sheyenne Valley

Agriculture poetesses the greatest potential for affecting the quality of the nation's water resources. Agriculture's potential for lowering water quality appears greater than all other industries combined (1)1. Erosion by surface-runoff produces four billion tons of sediment each year (2). Three-fourths of this sediment comes from agricultural land (3). Sediment carries nutrients (and pesticides) and isa primary hazard to water quality (4* Sediment is felt to be the major agricultural pollutant

Letters between A. C. Nelson and W. J. Kerr

Letters concerning a meeting for the State Board of Education