Looking for some reading material about farming? One place to look is the science magazine of the United States Department of Agriculture. The descriptions of work by the department's Agricultural Research Service can be complex. But the monthly magazine, called Agricultural Research, is generally easy to understand without having to be a scientist. Subjects in January included how researchers in the state of Mississippi have identified tens of thousands of genes in catfish. The American industry in farm-raised catfish is worth billions of dollars. That includes processors, feed producers and other related industries. Learning the secrets of the catfish genome could lead to increased quality and production. Paid subscriptions to Agricultural Research are available for printed copies. But an electronic version of the magazine is free of charge on the Internet. The easiest way to find the address is to do a search for the words "Agricultural Research magazine."Many universities in the United States have agricultural extension services that provide information and advice. The Extension Service at Oregon State University, for example, has a new publication for small farms. This is available online for free at smallfarms.oregonstate.edu.
1.department's-department 听力问题
2.Subjects in January-Subjecting in gerneral 连读问题
3.Mississippi-Mississipi 少拼一个p
4.catfish-casfish 鲶鱼
5.raised-raise 辅音问题
6.processors-processers 拼写问题
7.genome-基因组,染色体组
8.Paid-Pays 辅音问题
9.extension-extention 拼写问题
10.Oregon-俄勒冈州
寻找有关农业的阅读资料？一个选择就是美国农业部出版的科学杂志。其中农业研究服务部门的工作成果可能较为难以理解，但另一份农业研究月刊阅读起来则不需要太多的专业知识。一月份的内容有密西西比州的调查研究发现鲶鱼体内成千上万的基因。美国鲶鱼养殖业数额价值上亿美元，其中包括加工业，养殖工业和其他相关产业。了解鲶鱼的基因排列有助于提高其产量和质量。农业研究的支付用户可以得到其印刷版。但其电子版可以在网上免费获得。最简单得到其网络地址的方式是以“农业研究杂志”为关键字进行搜索。许多美国大学都有提供农业信息与建议的延伸服务。比如，俄勒冈州大学的延伸机构为小型农业提供新的出版物。你可以在smallfarms.oregonstate.edu网站上免费获得。
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