Active Project Abstracts:

• ALTERING LIGNIN STRUCTURE FOR IMPROVED FIBER UTILIZATION
  
  
• COMPARISON OF CONVENTIONAL LINTED AND DELINTED COTTONSEED AS SUPPLEMENTS FOR LACTATING DAIRY COWS
  
  
• CROP AND LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION SYSTEMS FOR IMPROVED STEWARDSHIP AND PROFITABILITY
  
  
• DEVELOPING AND ANALYZING A DATABASE OF WEATHER AND SOIL INFORMATION TO BE RELATED TO FORAGE QUALITY
  
  
• DIRECT MEASUREMENT OF peNDF TO IMPROVE DAIRY RATIONS CONTAINING MINIMUM FIBER
  
  
• EFFECTS OF CRUSHING AND CUTTING TIME ON DRYING RATES AND NUTRITIONAL VALUE
  
  
• ELUCIDATION OF THE PATHWAY FOR NATURAL LIGNIN ACYLATION
  
  
• IMPROVING THE EFFICIENCY OF RUMINAL AMMONIA NITROGEN UTILIZATION FOR MILK PROTEIN SYNTHESIS AND REDUCING NITROGEN LOSSES IN DAIRY COWS
  
  
• INCREASING EFFICIENCY IN THE PRODUCTION OF CHEMICAL FEEDSTOCKS FROM ALFALFA FIBER
  
  
• INCREASING PECTIC CARBOHYDRATES IN ALFALFA LINES TO ENHANCE ANIMAL PERFORMANCE
  
  
• INFLUENCE OF PLANT GROWTH ENVIRONMENT ON THE NUTRITIVE VALUE OF FEEDS
  
  
• RAPID ANALYSIS OF WET FORAGES TO IMPROVE CALIBRATIONS OF DRY MATTER INTAKE AND DIGESTION KINETICS
  
  
• WHAT IS THE EXTENT OF METABOLIC PLASTICITY IN THE LIGNIFICATION PROCESS AND CAN IT BE EXPLOITED?