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Is Lamb Promotion Working?
Full text linkThis objective of this study is to determine whether the advertising and promotion dollars collected and spent by the American Lamb Board on lamb promotion since the inception of the Lamb Checkoff Program have effectively increased lamb consumption in the United States. The main conclusion is that program has resulted in roughly 7.6 additional pounds of total lamb consumption per dollar spent on advertising and promotion and $41.59 in additional lamb sales per dollar spent on advertising and promotion.Lamb, Lamb Promotion, Livestock Production/Industries, Marketing,
A hedonic model of lamb carcass attributes
Full text linkLamb carcass value is widely reported to be a function of lean meat yield, which is the relationship between muscle, fat and bone. Five retailers and five wholesalers assessed 47 lamb carcasses from diverse genotypes and scored seven attributes. A hedonic model reveals that conformation attributes were more highly valued (16 c/kg) relative to yield characteristics (4 c/kg). Meat colour and fat distribution were significant for retailers, but less important for wholesalers. Genotype was not a strong indicator of conformation. Eye muscle area and depth were correlated with Fat C; however, these were not significant. These results indicate that carcass conformation, meat colour and fat distribution should be incorporated into carcass grading models.Hedonic, lamb, conformation and meat value, attributes, Livestock Production/Industries,
The influence of weight and fat on lamb prices revisited
Full text linkPrevious research has found inconsistencies in the valuation of weight and fat characteristics of lamb carcasses between the saleyard and wholesale markets. In this paper, recent New South Wales saleyard and wholesale price data on different classes of lamb are analysed using hedonic methods to determine the relative influence of weight and fat on prices received. Fat score 2 lambs are heavily discounted relative to fat score 3 lambs, and there are significant seasonal price differentials, but there are no significant premiums or discounts for weight or other fat characteristics. These results hold for both the saleyard and wholesale markets. The implication is that the efficiency of price discovery in the Australian lamb market has improved a little in recent years in the sense that premiums and discounts are now consistent across market levels. However consumers’ stated preferences for large lean lambs are not being reflected in price incentives generated in the live lamb and lamb carcass markets.lamb, marketing, hedonic models, carcass characteristics, Demand and Price Analysis, Livestock Production/Industries, Marketing,
FEASIBILITY OF OPERATING A LAMB SLAUGHTER PLANT IN NORTH DAKOTA
Full text linkA group of North Dakota lamb producers who are members of Valley Wool Growers Association identified several niche markets for high quality North Dakota lambs. The potential availability of a closed, but formerly federally inspected, livestock slaughter and meat processing facility in Steele County heightened their interest in determining the feasibility of a cooperatively owned lamb slaughter and processing facility. The cooperative would be patterned after existing and proposed slaughter cooperatives, whereby cooperative members would own shares to supply lambs to the plant on a year-round basis. The analysis was conducted in several sections corresponding to critical factors which affect feasibility of the plant. The critical factors analyzed included federal inspection requirements, the potential of an adequate supply of lambs, the potential for a viable niche market, plant investment and operating costs, expected return, alternative lamb purchase prices, alternative lamb carcass sales prices, and several investment and expense scenarios. The building and equipment investment was projected to be 3,013,877 per year which included 2,340,000 for lamb purchase. Income from lamb meat sales and pelts was estimated at 0.90 per pound and selling for 213,877 at full capacity. Therefore, other scenarios were investigated which would enable the plant to operate profitably. The maximum price that could be paid for lambs to pay all investment and operating costs, including a 7.5 percent return to member equity, was 0.7358, or a reduction in the lamb carcass sales price to 0.7004. The range in probable prices that could be paid for lambs is 0.80 per pound with a likely price of $0.75. The proposers of the cooperative will need to decide if prices in this range would be sufficient to lure enough member investors to provide the 20,000 lambs necessary to operate the plant.lambs, slaughter, processing, niche market, lamb prices, lamb carcass prices, feasibility, cooperative, federal meat inspection, plant operating expenses, Agribusiness,
THE EFFECT OF MARKET CONCENTRATION ON LAMB MARKETING MARGINS
Full text linkThe national four-firm concentration ratio in the lamb slaughtering and processing industry increased from 55 percent in 1980 to 70 percent in 1992. The effect of increasing lamb packer concentration on lamb marketing margins is examined. A relative price spread (RPS) model for farm-to-wholesale and wholesale-to-retail marketing margins was estimated using three-stage least squares (3SLS). The 3SLS results indicate that increased lamb packer concentration has had relatively small, positive effects on lamb marketing margins.Lamb industry, Market concentration, Marketing margins, Livestock Production/Industries, Marketing,
An acoustic multi-touch sensing method using amplitude disturbed ultrasonic wave diffraction patterns
Full text linkThis paper proposes an acoustic multi-touch tactile sensing method. The proposed method is based on an amplitude disturbed ultrasonic wave diffraction pattern. An A0 Lamb wave transmitted in a thin finite copper plate is processed to provide tactile information, for one or two fingers. A touch event is localized by identifying the diffraction signals among a database of diffracted Lamb wave references. Statistic models are used to improve the localization reliability. An artificial silicone finger is used in the calibration procedure. This touch interface is evaluated as a 2-touch interface
Supporting Data for Accessing broader vinyl ether scope for sequential cationic–anionic polymerization to synthesize multi-mechanism block copolymers
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NMR: nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy data is included for each sample. In each folder is the data as downloaded from the instrument. The .fid file can be opened in any NMR analysis software (e.g. MestReNova).
SEC dRI: size exclusion chromatography (SEC) data for each polymer is included in a separate .csv or .txt file.
TGA data: thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) data for each polymer is included in a separate .csv file
DSC data: differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) data for each polymer is included in a separate .csv file.
Figures: This folder contains .jpg files for the figures in the main text and SI.
UV-Vis data: UV-Vis data is included in a separate .csv file.Experimental data from manuscript and supplementary information for the publication: Hosford, B. M.; Li, J. O'Connor, N. D.; Lamb, J. R.* "Accessing broader vinyl ether scope for sequential cationic–anionic polymerization to synthesize multi-mechanism block copolymers" Polym. Chem. 2026, Advance Article.National Science Foundation (NSF) Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) (DMR-2011401)University of MinnesotaResearch Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program of the National Science Foundation (DMR-2244111)Lester C. and Joan M. Krogh Excellence Fellowship2025–26 Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship (DDF) from the University of Minnesota Graduate SchoolResearch and Innovation Office (RIO)College of Science and Engineering (CSE)Department of Chemistry at UMNOffice of the Director, National Institutes of Health (NIH, S10OD011952)Hosford, Brandon; Li, Jinxiao; O'Connor, Nora; Lamb, Jessica. (2026). Supporting Data for Accessing broader vinyl ether scope for sequential cationic–anionic polymerization to synthesize multi-mechanism block copolymers
. Retrieved from the Data Repository for the University of Minnesota (DRUM), https://doi.org/10.13020/e0kz-8g26
Simulation of ultrasonic lamb wave generation, propagation and detection for an air coupled robotic scanner
No full textA computer simulator, to facilitate the design and assessment of a reconfigurable, air-coupled ultrasonic scanner is described and evaluated. The specific scanning system comprises a team of remote sensing agents, in the form of miniature robotic platforms that can reposition non-contact Lamb wave transducers over a plate type of structure, for the purpose of non-destructive evaluation (NDE). The overall objective is to implement reconfigurable array scanning, where transmission and reception are facilitated by different sensing agents which can be organised in a variety of pulse-echo and pitch-catch configurations, with guided waves used to generate data in the form of 2-D and 3-D images. The ability to reconfigure the scanner adaptively requires an understanding of the ultrasonic wave generation, its propagation and interaction with potential defects and boundaries. Transducer behaviour has been simulated using a linear systems approximation, with wave propagation in the structure modelled using the local interaction simulation approach (LISA). Integration of the linear systems and LISA approaches are validated for use in Lamb wave scanning by comparison with both analytic techniques and more computationally intensive commercial finite element/difference codes. Starting with fundamental dispersion data, the paper goes on to describe the simulation of wave propagation and the subsequent interaction with artificial defects and plate boundaries, before presenting a theoretical image obtained from a team of sensing agents based on the current generation of sensors and instrumentation
The ultra-rapid chilling of lamb carcasses
Full text linkEnd of Project ReportThe practice in Irish commercial abattoirs is to chill lamb carcasses for a period of approximately 16 hours at 2 - 4°C, at which stage the core temperature of the carcass has reached 7°C. Chilling in this manner is considered necessary because it is generally held that faster chilling leads to toughening of the meat. The objective of this work was to develop a continuous ultra-rapid chilling system for lambs which would reduce carcass chilling time without adversely affecting the quality of the meat.Food Sub-Programme (Sub-measure 3 (ii) - Institutional R&D) of the Operational Programme for Industrial Development - Department of Agriculture and Foo
Ewe-lamb bonding behaviours at birth are affected by maternal undernutrition in pregnancy
Get PDFMaternal undernutrition in pregnancy results in low birth-weights and impaired postnatal survival in sheep. Largely anecdotal evidence suggests that the expression of appropriate maternal and neonate behaviours may also be disrupted by undernutrition. In the present study, we investigated the effect of a moderate (35 %) reduction in ewe nutritional intake in pregnancy on the expression of ewe-lamb bonding behaviours in primiparous Scottish Blackface ewes. Low-intake (L) ewes had significantly higher plasma progesterone than high-intake (H) ewes from mid-gestation onwards (e.g. plasma progesterone at 20 weeks (ng/ml): H 15.72, L 22.38, SED 1.80, P</p
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