Dr. Mike Burton, an Ag professor at Missouri State, and Cody Wallace, a graduate student, are constructing rainfall simulators at Mountain Grove. They are studying the bacteria and nutrient characteristics of runoff from areas where biosolids are applied. The rainfall simulators allow them to precisely control and replicate the amount of precipitation that is applied to the … [Read more...] about Rainfall simulator construction
Archives for August 2010
The first variety to be picked at the station is Cayuga White in the Grape Research Vineyard. We finished Cayuga this morning and began harvest of Seyval blanc in the same vineyard. The Cayuga White in the Foundation Vineyard is not ready to pick yet. … [Read more...] about Grape harvest
Here is the grape juice analysis for the berry samples taken yesterday. Cultivar °Brix pH TA Cayuga White GR 17.8 3.21 0.769 Cayuga White F 14.8 3.03 0.882 Seyval blanc GR 21.1 3.33 0.778 Traminette North 15.4 2.94 1.500 Traminette F 16.2 2.87 1.249 … [Read more...] about Grape juice chemistry