F-1 Food Assistance Program State Summary, November 2011

The Food Assistance Monthly Participation Report is a monthly summary of Food Assistance program participation, statewide and for each Iowa county. Breakouts are reported for participants also in the FIP program, those only receiving Food Assistance, and those that are receiving economic assistance under other programs (primarily Medicaid). This report may also be known as the F-1 Report.

Iowa Agri-News, June 7, 2011, Vol. 11, no. 10

Crop and livestock summaries for the state of Iowa, produced by the Iowa Department of Agriculture.

Iowa Agri-News, August 8, 2011, Vol. 11, no. 13

Crop and livestock summaries for the state of Iowa, produced by the Iowa Department of Agriculture. Preious titled Agri-News.

Iowa Agri-News, September 9, 2011, Vol. 11, no. 15

Crop and livestock summaries for the state of Iowa, produced by the Iowa Department of Agriculture.

Iowa Agri-News, September 20, 2011, Vol. 11, no. 16

Crop and livestock summaries for the state of Iowa, produced by the Iowa Department of Agriculture.

Iowa Agri-News, October 7, 2011, Vol. 11, no. 17

Crop and livestock summaries for the state of Iowa, produced by the Iowa Department of Agriculture.

Iowa Agri-News, October 19, 2011, Vol. 11, no. 18

Crop and livestock summaries for the state of Iowa, produced by the Iowa Department of Agriculture.

Iowa Agri-News, November 19, 2011, Vol. 11, no. 19

Crop and livestock summaries for the state of Iowa, produced by the Iowa Department of Agriculture.

Iowa Agri-News, December 7, 2011, Vol. 11, no. 20

Crop and livestock summaries for the state of Iowa, produced by the Iowa Department of Agriculture. Older Title: Agri-News.

Forms of inorganic phosphorus in soil under different long term soil tillage systems and winter crops

The cultivation of crops with different capacity of P uptake and use under long-term soil tillage systems can affect the distribution of P cycling and inorganic forms in the soil, as a result of higher or lower use efficiency of P applied in fertilizers. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of long-term cultivation of different winter species under tillage systems on the distribution of inorganic P forms in the soil. In 1986, the experiment was initiated with six winter crops (blue lupin, hairy vetch, oat, oilseed radish, wheat and fallow) on a Rhodic Hapludox in southwestern Paraná, under no-tillage (NT) and conventional tillage (CT). The application of phosphate fertilizer in NT rows increased inorganic P in the labile and moderately labile forms, and soil disturbance in CT redistributed the applied P in the deeper layers, increasing the moderately labile P concentration in the subsurface layers. Black oat and blue lupin were the most efficient P-recyclers and under NT, they increased the labile P content in the soil surface layers.

F-1 Food Assistance Program State Summary, December 2011

The Food Assistance Monthly Participation Report is a monthly summary of Food Assistance program participation, statewide and for each Iowa county. Breakouts are reported for participants also in the FIP program, those only receiving Food Assistance, and those that are receiving economic assistance under other programs (primarily Medicaid). This report may also be known as the F-1 Report.

Aliments et boissons allégés: qu'en penser [Light food and beverages: what to think about?].

Light food and beverages are increasing on the market for many years, first for economic reasons and, more and more for aesthetisme, however without aimed a defined population. The interest of these products is not evident, reason why it is difficult to get a clear and objective opinion without being influenced by marketing messages. Under what circumstances can they be a solution? Can we advise them? Do they have an influence in the loss or weight control? This article offers some thoughts and suggestions on the use of these specific products.

F-1 Food Assistance Program State Summary, January 2012

The Food Assistance Monthly Participation Report is a monthly summary of Food Assistance program participation, statewide and for each Iowa county. Breakouts are reported for participants also in the FIP program, those only receiving Food Assistance, and those that are receiving economic assistance under other programs (primarily Medicaid). This report may also be known as the F-1 Report.

Begging food provisioning and nestling competition in great tit broods infested with ectoparasites

Ectoparasites are a ubiquitous environmental component of breeding birds, and it has repeatedly been shown that hematophagous ectoparasites such as fleas and mites reduce the quality and number of offspring of bird hosts, thereby lowering the value of a current brood. Selection acting on the hosts will favor physiological and behavioral responses that will reduce the parasites' impact. However, the results of the few bird studies that addressed the question of whether parasitism leads to a higher rate of food provisioning are equivocal, and the begging response to infestation has rarely been quantified. A change in begging activity and parental rate of food provisioning could be predicted in either direction: parents could reduce their investment in the brood in order to invest more in future broods, or they could increase their investment in order to compensate for the parasites' effect on the current brood. Since the nestlings are weakened by the ectoparasites they may beg less, but on the other hand they may beg more in order to obtain more food. In this study we show experimentally that (1) hen fleas (Ceratophyllus gallinae) reduce the body mass and size of great tit (Parus major) nestlings, (2) nestlings of parasitized broods more than double their begging rate, (3) the male parents increase the frequency of feeding trips by over 50%, (4) the females do not adjust feeding rate to the lowered nutritional state of nestlings, and (5) food competition among siblings of parasitized broods is increased. Ultimately the difference in the parental feeding response may be understood as the result of a sex-related difference in the trade-off of investing in current versus future broods.

Iowa Agri-News, January 5, 2012, Vol. 12, no. 1

Crop and livestock summaries for the state of Iowa, produced by the Iowa Department of Agriculture.