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Greenhouse Management: A Guide to Greenhouse Technology and Operations

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Greenhouse Environmental Control Systems. Greenhouse Wireless Sensor Network. The base station, which is the network coordinator, manages the activities of individual nodes by periodically requesting data. In addition to data aggregation and analysis, the base station acts as a door to the Internet (typically a local area network), providing operators with remote access to the WSN’s data. Click on the following topics for more information on greenhouse environmental control systems. Effects of Temperatur...

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The Brewer's Handbook: U.S. Beer Industry

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The market for beer in the U.S. consists of essentially the following ten segments (see Table 1.4): imports, domestic specialties, super-premium, premium regular, light, ice, maltalternatives, malt liquor, popular regular, and others. Table 1.5 lists popular brands by each segment. Although growth in domestic beer segment has been relatively flat except for light beer, the domestic specialty segment has shown strong double-digit growth that should continue in the foreseeable future. This segment incl...

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The Brewer's Handbook: U.S. Beer Industry

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Beer prior to World War II was distributed to wholesalers and then to retailers within an extremely limited geographic region, by today's standards. Beer was a relatively expensive product to transport considering its value, so any brewers wishing to expand their sales area had to consider freight costs in shipping to other markets. Another behavior employed by the big brewers was price wars, especially in the 1970s. Click on the following topics for more information on U.S. beer industry.

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Greenhouse Management: A Guide to Greenhouse Technology and Operations

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Basics of Greenhouse Heat Loss and Gain. Another mode of heat loss is air infiltration. Heat loss by air infiltration depends on the age, condition and type of greenhouse. Older greenhouses or those in poor condition generally have cracks around doors or holes in covering material through which large amounts of cold air may enter. The greenhouse ventilation system also has a large effect on infiltration. Click on the following topics for more information on greenhouse heating. Terms of Use Agreement.

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The Brewer's Handbook: U.S. Beer Industry

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Click on the following topics for more information on U.S. beer industry. Within This Chapter: U.S. Beer Industry. Introduction to the U.S. Beer Industry. History of U.S. Beer Industry. Beer Sales Domestic and Imported. Demographics of Beer Consumption. US Beer Industry References. Brewery Cleaning and Sanitation. Wastewater and Solid Waste Management. Terms of Use Agreement.

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The Brewer's Handbook: U.S. Beer Industry

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This tier includes firms that brew beer and other malt beverages, and firms that import malt beverages for consumption in the United States. The brewing tier also includes company-owned packaging and wholesaling operations. Brewers include major multistate multi-operational brewing companies, regional brewers, microbrewers, and brewpubs. Finally, the third tier of the industry directly sells products to the consumer either by on-premise or off-premise sales. On-premise retailers were those retailers ...

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The Brewer's Handbook: U.S. Beer Industry

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1 Backus, Richard. 1997. The Robert Weinberg Interview. The New Brewer 14 (2). 2 Barsby, Steve L. and Associates. 1999. Beer Wholesalers: Their Role and Economic Performance. Alexandria, Virginia: National Beer Wholesalers Association. 3 Charlier, Marj. 1994. Specialty Beers' Success Prompts Big Brewers To Try Out the Niche. The Wall Street Journal January 5. 4 Demetrakakes, Pan, ed. 1997. Getting Crafty. Food Processing 58 (2). 5 Edgar, David. 1997. 1996 in Review. The New Brewer 14 (3). 14 Khermouch, G...

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The Brewer's Handbook: U.S. Beer Industry

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Beer brewers spent about $975 million in 2007 on advertising promoting their brands in major media channels. Not surprisingly, the Big Three accounted for most of the expenditures, with Anheuser-Busch leading the pack at $378 million, followed by SAB-Miller at $175 million and Molson Coors Brewing Co. at $151 million. The Big Three spend most of their advertising dollars on premium and light beers. Click on the following topics for more information on U.S. beer industry. Beer Sales Domestic and Imported.

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The Brewer's Handbook: U.S. Beer Industry

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Click on the following topics for more information on U.S. beer industry. Within This Chapter: U.S. Beer Industry. Introduction to the U.S. Beer Industry. History of U.S. Beer Industry. Beer Sales Domestic and Imported. Demographics of Beer Consumption. US Beer Industry References. Brewery Cleaning and Sanitation. Wastewater and Solid Waste Management. Terms of Use Agreement.