THOMAS J. DOKER Investigating the Association of White Male Lung Cancer Mortality and State of Residence (Under the direction of MICHAEL P. ERIKSEN) Lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer-related death. Most lung cancer is the result of a preventable cause, smoking. Nevertheless, U.S. tobacco production remains the fourth highest globally. This study examined the spatial aspects of U.S....

Teff [Eragrostis tef (Zucc.) Trotter] is a relatively new forage crop that is attracting much interest among hay growers in the United States and Utah (Creech, et al., 2012). Teff plants have fine stems, shallow roots and are not frost tolerant. This annual, warm-season grass grows best during the hottest months of the year when cool-season grasses suffer their “summer slump.” Since Teff does n...

Using a stochastic version of the POLYSYS modeling framework, an examination of projected variability in agricultural prices, supply, demand, stocks, and incomes is conducted. Random yield and export shocks are introduced in each of 100 iterations of a ten-year simulation and planted acreage, production, total use, ending stock, stock-to-use, season average price, and net return results are pre...