Bradford Research

• Mu Tests Drought Effects with Mobile Greenhouses

With new equipment that allows them to manipulate moody Mother Nature, University of Missouri plant scientists have been able to better test the effects of drought on crops this summer. Two drought simulators purchased with a $1.5 million grant awarded by the Missouri Life Sciences Research Board in 2009 are fully operational for the first time this year at the Bradford Research and Extension Center.

• Columbia Daily Tribune
• August 20, 2011

• Bradford Technologies Partners with Appraisal Management Company Collateral Valuation Research Inc. for CVRTM Report Capabilities.

SAN JOSE, Calif. & SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Bradford Technologies innovator of valuation tools and solutions for residential appraisers and Collateral Val...

• Business Wire
• September 21, 2010

• Kitchen Notes

TOMATO FESTIVAL SET FOR THURSDAY If it is hot and sultry, it must be time for some serious tomato- , pepper- and salsa-tasting. The Bradford Research and Extension Center will hold its seventh annual Tomato Festival from 4 to 7:30 pm. Thursday at the conference center, 4968 Rangeline Road.

• Columbia Daily Tribune
• August 24, 2011

• Rising Cost of Commodities Hammering Developers ; Soaring Prices for Steel, Copper Force Builders to Use Other Materials

The companies that build office towers, distribution centers, highways and hotels in North Jersey are getting squeezed from every angle by escalating materials costs. The price on nearly every material used in the construction of non-residential buildings has surged this year. For the construction industry, this has just been devastating," said Charles Bradford, a metals analyst for New York-based Bradford Research Inc. "Every day, there's another price increase.

• The Record, Bergen County, NJ
• June 23, 2008

• Mu Dining Hall Scraps to Nourish Farm's Crops

Tons of food scraps typically tossed away at student dining halls will now head to a University of Missouri farm instead of the landfill. Bradford Research Center recently unveiled a five-stall, 2,400- square-foot facility called an aerated static pile that will be used to turn leftovers, napkins and other trash into compost that can be used for crop gardens there. And those gardens supply veggies to campus dining halls, creating what Bradford Superintendent Tim Reinbott calls a "closed-loop system.

• Columbia Daily Tribune
• November 29, 2011

• Moosehead Roots Hears Genealogical Reports

GREENVILLE - The April 9 meeting of Moosehead Roots highlighted the personal genealogical research some of the local members have conducted. Patty Bradford, whose family roots are in Appalachia, has found through DNA research that through maternal lines she is of Western European Ashkenazi Jewish descent.

• Bangor Daily News
• April 13, 2011

• Kitchen Notes

Tomato Festival tomorrow If you haven't had your fill of sun-ripened tomatoes or peppers, here's your chance: The fifth annual Tomato Festival is from 4 to 7 p.m. tomorrow at Bradford Research and Extension Center, 4968 Rangeline Road.

• Columbia Daily Tribune
• July 27, 2010

• Alcoa's Losses Shrink to $201 Million in First Quarter

Alcoa Inc. said yesterday that losses for the first three months of the year were less than half of those a year ago, despite a jump in aluminum prices. Results at Alcoa, the nation's largest aluminum producer, were close to analysts' expectations that were revised downward in the past month, said analyst Charles Bradford of Affiliated Research Group LLC of New York.

• Tribune - Review / Pittsburgh Tribune - Review
• April 13, 2010

• Getting a Feel for Farm Life ; High Schoolers Flock to Event.

Savana Broz, a junior at Winfield High School, engulfed her right arm in a blue plastic sleeve similar to a garbage bag. With instruction from Matthew Brooks, an animal science doctoral student at the University of Missouri, Savana stood on her tiptoes, lifted her arm and shoved it into the side of Milly, the 3-year-old dairy cow on display yesterday at MU's Bradford Research and Extension Center.

• Columbia Daily Tribune
• July 27, 2010

• Taking the Slow Boat to a Hard Market

There has been a good deal of speculation in the insurance industry as to when the current soft market will end. Now comes a special report from Advisen Ltd that offers the old good news/bad news scenario. The good news is that the hard market is on its way. The bad news is that it may not be arriving very soon. The usual property and casualty insurance industry cycle is out of whack, according to the Advisen report. Titled "The Hard Market Is Coming (But Don't Hold Your Breath)," the report is authored by Advisen EVP David K. Bradford, a co-founder of Advisen, who leads the research and editorial team. As companies downsize, continues Bradford, the demand for insurance not only decreases, it decreases at a pace faster than the contraction of the overall economy. While going without ins...

• Rough Notes
• Vol. 152 Nbr. 4, April 2009