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Northeast Research Station Watertown, South Dakota Annual Progress Report, 1997, Agricultural Experiment Station, Plant Science Department
Northeast Research Station Watertown, South Dakota Annual Progress Report, 1997, Agricultural Experiment Station, Plant Science Department
Agricultural Experiment Station and Research Farm Annual Reports
This is the 1997 annual progress report for the Northeast Research Station in Watertown, South Dakota. This report is issued by the South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station and the South Dakota State University Plant Science Department. This report includes information on the 1997 crop season, including: precipitation summary, canola evaluations, flax trials, crop trials and performance test, fertilizer test on corn, row spacing effects on corn, rotation studies.
West River Ag Center Crops And Soils Research Annual Progress Report, 1997, Agricultural Experiment Station
West River Ag Center Crops And Soils Research Annual Progress Report, 1997, Agricultural Experiment Station
Agricultural Experiment Station and Research Farm Annual Reports
This is the 1976 progress report of the West River Crops and Soils Research Projects, South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station. This document includes reports on: weather and climate, wheat and grain variety trials, management and tillage, and weed and pest control.
Southeast South Dakota Experiment Farm Annual Progress Report, 1997, Agricultural Experiment Station
Southeast South Dakota Experiment Farm Annual Progress Report, 1997, Agricultural Experiment Station
Agricultural Experiment Station and Research Farm Annual Reports
This thirty-seventh annual report of the research program at the Southeast South Dakota Experiment Farm has special significance for those engaged in agriculture and the agriculturally related businesses in the nine county area of southeast South Dakota. Reports in this document include information on: temperatures and precipitation data, corn production and performance, soybean research and planting, soil testing, alfalfa yield test, fertilizer testing, herbicide research, crop rotation, sorghum, small grains, livestock research, and pest and weed control.
Changes In Eastern South Dakota Crops Patterns: 1950s To 1990s, Thomas L. Dobbs, Lisa M. Carr
Changes In Eastern South Dakota Crops Patterns: 1950s To 1990s, Thomas L. Dobbs, Lisa M. Carr
Economics Pamphlet Series
This report contains background data for a study on possible impacts of the 1996 Farm Bill ("Federal Agricultural Improvement and Reform Act of 1996") on crop system diversity. The study, being conducted by the Economics Department at South Dakota State University (SDSU), is focused on the 7-county area of eastern South Dakota shown in the map on the following page. This area constitutes a major portion of the Big Sioux River drainage area in South Dakota. The aquifer underlying the Big Sioux River in these counties provides drinking water for a significant portion of the State's population. Therefore, agricultural practices …
South Dakota Farm And Home Research, South Dakota State University
South Dakota Farm And Home Research, South Dakota State University
South Dakota Farm and Home Research: 1949 -1998
Director's comments: Blostress: South Dakota's reality, Ag Experiment Station's focus: The new growth chamber room in the Northern Plains Biostress Laboratory is only the latest addition to our arsenal in South Dakota's continuing battle with biostress. [p] 1
High points of 50 years: Antelope Range Station continues its starring role in beef research [p] 2
Local teams spread the word: Team approach to teaching no-till is 'win-win' when farmers join SDSU and agencies to transfer the technology [p] 4
Native plants again find place in the sun: Modern versions of prairie legumes will be marketed for roadside and gamebird plantings …
1998 Winter Wheat Budgets For South Dakota, Department Of Economics
1998 Winter Wheat Budgets For South Dakota, Department Of Economics
Economics Pamphlet Series
No abstract provided.
Optimal Hedge Ratios For Corn Marketing In Eastern South Dakota, Karen Brovold, Bashir Qasmi
Optimal Hedge Ratios For Corn Marketing In Eastern South Dakota, Karen Brovold, Bashir Qasmi
Economics Research Reports
In the past, few South Dakota agricultural producers have made use of the futures market to manage their risk exposure. According to a survey, conducted in 1970, only eleven percent of South Dakota producers used futures contracts and five percent used options to market their grain (Shane). The need for producers to become more market-oriented has increased with the passage of the 1996 Freedom to Farm Act. The Freedom to Farm Act gives producers increased flexibility to adjust production based on market incentives. Prices are expected to become more volatile due to changing market conditions over the next few years. …
South Dakota Farm And Home Research, South Dakota State University
South Dakota Farm And Home Research, South Dakota State University
South Dakota Farm and Home Research: 1949 -1998
Director's comments [p] 1
Antelope Station celebrates 50 years of service at field day in September [p] 2
Efficient meat production is goal of two SDSU biotech researchers [p] 4
Advice is to prepare for the weather and know the market before planting wine grapes [p] 6
Researcher expects to solve puzzle of why cattle won't eat leafy spurge [p] 8
Five decades of problems solved, questions answered, at Antelope Range [p] 10
SDSU researcher is re-writing rulebooks for range management [p] 12
Conflicts between work and famlly shrink In a supportive work environment [p] 14
Viewers determine the content …
Grain Marketing Patterns In South Dakota: Methods Of Purchase, Methods Of Sale, Grain Destinations, And Modes Of Transportation, Bashir Qasmi, Kelly Mcdaniel
Grain Marketing Patterns In South Dakota: Methods Of Purchase, Methods Of Sale, Grain Destinations, And Modes Of Transportation, Bashir Qasmi, Kelly Mcdaniel
Economics Research Reports
The U.S. Agriculture is going through a transition. Federal spending on farm programs are being curtailed and agricultural policies are being modified to make production of farm commodities responsive to the market forces. In this competitive environment, efforts on the part of the commodity groups for market development are becoming increasingly more important. However, in order to devise any market development plan for a commodity, the understanding of the present status of the marketing system is important. At the minimum, one needs to know the methods of purchase and sale, types of buyers, shipment destinations, and transportation modes for the …
Wheat Marketing Patterns In South Dakota: Regional Variations, Bashir Qasmi, Kelly Mcdaniel
Wheat Marketing Patterns In South Dakota: Regional Variations, Bashir Qasmi, Kelly Mcdaniel
Economics Research Reports
U.S. Agriculture is going through a transition. Federal spending on farm programs is being curtailed and agricultural policies are being modified to make production of farm commodities responsive to market forces. In this competitive environment, efforts on the part of the commodity groups for market development are becoming increasingly more important. However, in order to devise any market development plan for a commodity, understanding of the present status of the marketing system is important. At the minimum, one needs to know the methods of purchase and sale, types of buyers, shipment destinations, and transportation modes for the commodity. These aspects …
South Dakota Farm And Home Research, South Dakota State University
South Dakota Farm And Home Research, South Dakota State University
South Dakota Farm and Home Research: 1949 -1998
Director's comments: Citizen Input helps set research agenda [p] 1
Calving later, weaning earlier - will it cut wintering costs? [p] 2
IBR protection in cattle starts at the call surface [p] 4
'The plagues are here, Baby' [p] 6
Safflower fits all West River cropping condition but needs a market [p] 8
Biostress research projects go beyond Northern Plains Biostress Lab [p] 10
Sheep can be custom fitted to almost any farm or ranch [p] 12
Economists outline rules for surviving under new farm bill [p] 14
Grain destinations determine producer marketing plans [p] 16
Internet -surfing farmers can …
West River Ag Center Crops And Soils Research Annual Progress Report, 1996, Agricultural Experiment Station
West River Ag Center Crops And Soils Research Annual Progress Report, 1996, Agricultural Experiment Station
Agricultural Experiment Station and Research Farm Annual Reports
This is the 1996 annual progress report of the West River Crops Soils Research and Extension Center, South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station. This report includes a weather summary, wheat variety trials, oat and barley trials, safflower variety trials, field pea variety trials, soybean variety testing, management, tillage and cultural practices, fungicide, herbicide and insecticide studies.
Central Crops And Soils Research Station Highmore, South Dakota: Annual Progress Report, 1996, Agricultural Experiment Station, Plant Science Department
Central Crops And Soils Research Station Highmore, South Dakota: Annual Progress Report, 1996, Agricultural Experiment Station, Plant Science Department
Agricultural Experiment Station and Research Farm Annual Reports
This is the 1996 progress report for the Central Crops and Soils Research Station at Highmore, South Dakota State College. This document represents the research conducted at the Station during the 1996 crop season including: weather data, alfalfa cultivar yield test, wheat breeding, crop performances effect of harvest date on forage production, the correlation of phosphorous soil tests for winter wheat, weed control, cheatgrass control, no-till crop demonstrations, broadleaf weed control, and safflower demonstrations.
Weed Seed Bank Emergence Across The Corn Belt, Frank Forcella, Robert G. Wilson, Jack Dekker, Robert J. Kramer, John Cardina, Randy L. Anderson, David Alm, Karen A. Renner, R. Gordon Harvey, Sharon Clay, Douglas D. Buhler
Weed Seed Bank Emergence Across The Corn Belt, Frank Forcella, Robert G. Wilson, Jack Dekker, Robert J. Kramer, John Cardina, Randy L. Anderson, David Alm, Karen A. Renner, R. Gordon Harvey, Sharon Clay, Douglas D. Buhler
Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science Faculty Publications
Field experiments, conducted from 1991 to 1994, generated information on weed seedbank emergence for 22 site-years from Ohio to Colorado and Minnesota to Missouri. Early spring seedbank densities were estimated through direct extraction of viable seeds from soil cores. Emerged seedlings were recorded periodically, as were daily values for air and soil temperature, and precipitation. Percentages of weed seedbanks that emerged as seedlings were calculated from seedbank and seedling data for each species, and relationships between seedbank emergence and microclimatic variables were sought. Fifteen species were found in 3 or more site-years. Average emergence percentages (and coefficients of variation) of …
Dairy Digest 1996-1997, South Dakota State University Dairy Club
Dairy Digest 1996-1997, South Dakota State University Dairy Club
Dairy Digest
No abstract provided.
Eastern South Dakota Wetlands, Rex R. Johnson, Kenneth F. Higgins, Michael L. Kjellsen, Charles R. Elliot
Eastern South Dakota Wetlands, Rex R. Johnson, Kenneth F. Higgins, Michael L. Kjellsen, Charles R. Elliot
Natural Resource Management Faculty Books
Diverse and extensive wetland resources have always been familiar parts of the landscape to farmers, hunters, and residents of eastern South Dakota. The journals and oral histories of adventurers, trappers, and natives and immigrants reveal how wetlands shaped the wildlife and the people who lived on and modified the land to meet their own needs. The history of South Dakota wetlands parallels the history and interactions of people and wetlands elsewhere in North America and the world. This interaction can best be characterized as constant conflict. Driven primarily by economics, farmers the world over expended tremendous energy to "reclaim" and …
Wetland Resources Of Eastern South Dakota, Rex R. Johnson, Kenneth F. Higgins
Wetland Resources Of Eastern South Dakota, Rex R. Johnson, Kenneth F. Higgins
Natural Resource Management Faculty Books
The mere mention of the word "wetland" in coffee shops and other gathering places on the prairies today brings out emotions and opinions that run the gamut from saving them all to draining them all. To some people, what we do with wetlands has been, and still is, a personal choice, a matter of exercising individual rights on private property. To others, wetlands are community resources that provide values that touch all of society. They contend that what is done to and about wetlands is a community decision regardless of ownership. Herein lies the controversy we have experienced over wetlands …
South Dakota Farm And Home Research, South Dakota State University
South Dakota Farm And Home Research, South Dakota State University
South Dakota Farm and Home Research: 1949 -1998
Director's comments: Look at research as a 'continuum of discovery' [p] 1
Efforts to add value to ag products spread across the state [p] 2
Researchers look for ways to Improve sow reproductive efficiency [p] 4
Unique SDSU research documents Intergenerational farm transfer 6
SDSU engineers measure stress on posts designed for cheaper, stronger pole barns [p] 8
Workday for SDSU scientist begins early, ends late [p] 10
SDSU plans futuristic development center for rural South Dakota [p] 12
New 'Ag Center' boosts research, Extension In West River [p] 14
SDSU dedicates new laboratory honoring veteran MIibank cheese makers [p] …
Leafy Spurge - A Review, Sharon A. Clay, Chad M. Scholes
Leafy Spurge - A Review, Sharon A. Clay, Chad M. Scholes
Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science Faculty Publications
Leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula L.) is a perennial herbaceous weed that infests millions of acres of range and pasture in the northern Great Plains. It outcompetes grasses and lowers land productivity because cattle will not graze infested areas even if spurge makes up only 10% of the vegetative biomass. This presentation will cover the history, taxonomy, and phenology of leafy spurge. A discussion of chemical, mechanical, and biocontrol techniques that aid in leafy spurge management will also be included.
Analysis Of Spatial Distribution Of Canada Thistle (Cirsium Arvense) In Notill Soybean (Glycine Max), B. L. Broulik, J. Lems, S. A. Clay, D. E. Clay, M. M. Ellsbury
Analysis Of Spatial Distribution Of Canada Thistle (Cirsium Arvense) In Notill Soybean (Glycine Max), B. L. Broulik, J. Lems, S. A. Clay, D. E. Clay, M. M. Ellsbury
Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science Faculty Publications
The nonuniform spatial distribution of weeds across a field landscape complicates sampling and modeling, but allows site specific rather than broadcast management of weed populations. Where weeds are aggregated, densities measured at random locations are not independent, but rather spatially related or autocorrelated. Geostatistical methods were used to describe and map nonrandom distribution and variation of shoot density across ten well established patches of Canada thistle, a perennial weed, in a 65 hectare notillage soybean field in Moody county, South Dakota in 1996. Canada thistle densities were determined by counting the number of shoots present in a 20 by 50 …
Atrazine And Alachlor Adsorption Characteristics To Benchmark Soil Series In Eastern South Dakota, Z. Liu, S. A. Clay, J. Gaffney, D. Malo
Atrazine And Alachlor Adsorption Characteristics To Benchmark Soil Series In Eastern South Dakota, Z. Liu, S. A. Clay, J. Gaffney, D. Malo
Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science Faculty Publications
Corn, grain sorghum, and soybean are grown on about six million acres in eastern South Dakota each year. Two herbicides used routinely for weed control are atrazine(6-chloro-N-ethyl-N’-(1-methylethyl)-1,3,5-triazine-2,4-diamine) in corn and grain sorghum and alachlor (2-chloro-N-(2,6-diethylphenyl)-N-(methoxymethyl)acetamide) in all three crops. Six benchmark soil series that include a majority of the cropped acres treated with these herbicides are the Egan, Moody, Nora, and Brandt silty clay loams, and Clarno and Enet loams. Batch adsorption studies determined atrazine and alachlor binding characteristics to these soils and aids in assessing the amount of herbicide available for movement. These data also provide a basis for …
Factors Affecting Atrazine Fate In North Central U.S. Soils, W. C. Koskinen, Sharon Clay
Factors Affecting Atrazine Fate In North Central U.S. Soils, W. C. Koskinen, Sharon Clay
Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science Faculty Publications
Atrazine (6-chloro-N-ethyl-N′-(l-methylethyl)-l,3,5-triazine-2,4-diamine) is a herbicide of the triazine family used for controlling broadleaf and some grassy weeds in corn and sorghum. Since its introduction in the late 1950s, atrazine has been a popular herbicide because it is relatively inexpensive and, in most cases, gives good season-long weed control. It can be applied pre-or postemergence and is often tank mixed with grass herbicides, such as alachlor (2-chloro-N-(2,6-diethylphenyl-N-(methoxymethyl)acetamide), metolachlor(2-chloro-N-(2-2ethyl-6-methylphenyl)-N-(2-methoxy-l-methylethyl) acetamide), butylate (S-ethyl bis(2-methylpropyl)carbamothioate), or EPTC (S-ethyl dipropylcarbamothioate), or with other broadleaf herbicides, such as dicamba (3,6-dichloro-2-methoxybenzoic …
Use Of The Relative Dose Response Assay To Determine The Vitamin A Status Of Neonatal Calves: Effects Of Season On Colostrum Quality And Immunological Parameters, Mary Jo Boner
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Plasma vitamin A is not a reliable indicator of vitamin A status. Therefore, the feasibility of using the relative dose response (RDR) assay as a method for determining vitamin A status of calves was examined. In addition, effects of colostrum quality and season on vitamin A status and health of calves were determined. Blood was sampled from the jugular vein of 16 newborn calves to establish values over a 24 h period for immunoglobulin M (IgM) concentration, hematocrit, serum protein concentration, and leukocyte differentials. Liver biopsies were performed at birth, and successfully completed for 11 calves. Blood samples were obtained …