Birdfeeders: What to Consider When Selecting by Mark E. Hostetler, Martin B. Main, Maena Voigt

“…Today, more than 50 million Americans put out a billion pounds of birdfeed each year. Before placing a feeder in your backyard, you should think about a few key points. …”
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How to Convert Liquid Fertilizer into Dry Fertilizer in Fertigation for Commercial Vegetable and Fruit Crop Production by Guodong Liu, David Sui, Gary K. England

“…Typically, UF/IFAS recommendations are expressed as pounds per acre or kilograms per hectare. …”
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Broiler Performance From Cull Eggs by Gary D. Butcher, Amir H. Nilipour

“… In a commercial broiler integration, the objective is to provide the best quality hatching eggs that produce the greatest number of quality chicks per hen housed. …”
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Keeping Bees in Florida by Tomas A. Bustamante, Jamie Ellis, Mary Bammer

“…ENY-134/AA264: Keeping Bees in Florida (ufl.edu) …”
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An Overview of the US and Mexico Strawberry Industries by Feng Wu, Zhengfei Guan, Alicia Whidden

“… The statistics of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations indicate that world production of strawberries has exceeded 4 million metric tons since 2007. With a total production of 1.4 million tons (3 billion pounds) in 2012, the United States is the largest producer among countries where statistical data are available, accounting for about 30% of the world supply. …”
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Instructions on the Use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) by Sri Charan Kakarla, Yiannis Ampatzidis

“…The FAA allows small (under 55 pounds) unmanned aircraft operated solely for hobby and recreational purposes to be flown under the rules and restrictions outlined in Section 336 of the FAA Modernization and Reform act of 2012 (Public Law 11295). …”
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The Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) by Joseph M. Schaefer, Mark E. Hostetler

“…The earliest fossil ancestor of our North American armadillo occurred about 60 million years ago; it was as large as a rhinoceros. Our present-day nine-banded or long-nosed armadillo, Dasypus novemcinctus, is much smaller; adults normally weigh from 8-17 pounds (3.5-8 kilograms). …”
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Specialized Medical Weight Management Intervention for High-Risk Obesity by Gitanjali Srivastava, Chelsea Paris, Jessica Johnson, Emma Barnes, Brittany L. Cunningham, C. J. Stimson, Kevin D. Niswender, Sabrina J. Poon

“…**Methods:** We retrospectively analyzed weight loss outcomes on 157 patients with commercial insurance coverage over a period of 6 months. **Results:** Patients ranged in age from 18-72 years, and 77.7% were female. …”
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