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Vegetated Filter Strip Removal Of Cattle Manure Constituents In Runoff, Teng T. Lim, Dwayne R. Edwards, Stephen R. Workman, Brian T. Larson, Lloyd Dunn

Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Faculty Publications

Pasture runoff can contribute to elevated concentrations of nutrients, solids, and bacteria in downstream waters. The objective of this study was to determine the effects of vegetative filter strip (VFS) length on concentrations and transport of nitrogen, phosphorus, solids and fecal coliform in runoff from plots treated with cattle manure. Three plots with dimensions of 2.4 × 30.5 m were used. The upper 12.2 m of each plot was treated with cattle manure, while the lower 18.3 m acted as a VFS. Runoff produced by rainfall simulators was sampled at VFS lengths of 0, 6.1, 12.2, and 18.3 m and …

The Chickpea Book : A Technical Guide To Chickpea Production, Stephen Loss, Neil Brandon, K H M. Siddique

Bulletins 4000 -

The area of chickpea production in Australia has expanded rapidly in recent years especially in south-western Australia. This has been partly brought about by the keen interest of farmers and a concerted research effort and industry development by Agriculture Western Australia, The Centre for Legumes in Mediterranean Agriculture (CLIMA) and other institutions, in partnership with the Grains Research and Development Corporation and other industry funding bodies. Private consultants, grain traders and other industry groups have also contributed to the expansion of the industry.

Much of the local knowledge generated by these research and development projects has been published in various …

Cropwatch No. 98-21, Aug. 28,1998, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch

Inside

Field reports...........184

Planting wheat too early...........
Disease potential...........185
Hessian fly threat...........185
Fly-safe planting dates...........185

Anhydrous safety...........186

Soybean SCN aid...........186

Weeds in alfalfa...........187

Prairie seminars...........187

Corn tour set...........188

Strategies For Sustainable Economic Development, Duane Olsen

Cornhusker Economics

During a conference highlighting "sustainable Communities," Margaret Thomas presented a paper based upon a 1994 research project designed to explore economic development strategies that would increase local prosperity and also protect the environment and protect natural resources. She described the economy and ecology as two sides of the same coin and proposed reconsidering human systems and industrial systems in the light of these two natural laws: 1) resources are to be used no faster than they are replenished, and 2) matter is ultimately recycled for reuse in biological or physical systems.

Corn And Soybean Basis Patterns For Selected Locations In South Dakota: 1998, Bashir Qasmi, Lisa A. Johnson

Economics Research Reports

For successful marketing and merchandising in commodity markets, it is important to understand the relationship between cash and futures contract prices. The principal measure for relating cash and futures price is local cash basis or "Basis''.

Cropwatch No. 98-20, Aug. 14, 1998, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch

Inside

Wheat videoconference........176

Predicting last irrigation........177

Map weed problems........180

Dry Bean Field Day........181

Herbicide Use Guide........181

Field updates........181

Planting alfalfa........182

GDD........182

Crop water use........182

The Nebline, August 1998

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

Contents:
Harvesting Everlasting Flowers for Drying
Watering tips
Scorch—curse of plants on the plains
New grass faces the big test
Storing extra seeds
Control of ground ivy in the lawn
Audubon purchases 610-acre O'Brien Ranch
Household hazardous waste collection
Don't get stung!
Allergic to bee stings?
Dealing with unwanted guests
How animals stay cool when it's hot!
Fruit, vegetables and freedom to farm
Prescribed burning of CRP
What is LB1209 and does it affect you?
Toxic plants
How often to pump your septic tank
Caring for animals when gone
Flies
Field Day features high-value crops
Buildings
Festival of Color
Fresh, …

Rural Industry Scholarship In Agriculture : Final Report Of The Grains Research & Development Corporation For The Grain Research Committee Of Wa, John Allan

Research Reports

In 1986 the Western Australian Government established an undergraduate scholarship in agricultural science. The scholarship was introduced to attract high calibre students into agricultural science as an alternative to highly rewarded professions such as medicine, law and commerce. The State Wheat Industry Research Committee and Barley Industry Research Committee subsequently provided funding to support the scholarship. In 1992 the Grains Research and Development Corporation agreed to ongoing funding on behalf of the Grains Industry.

Ard News August 1998

Agricultural Research Division: News and Annual Reports

CONTENTS:

Comments from the Dean
Additional Opportunities for the ARD Undergraduate Honors Student Research Program
Widaman Trust Distinguished Graduate Assistant Award
Hardin Distinguished Graduate Fellowship for 1998-1999
ARD Advisory Council Election Results
Proposals Submitted for Federal Grants
Grants and Contracts Received June and July, 1998
New or Revised Projects
Nancy Lewis Selected for Leadership Development Program
Additional Guidance Regarding Tuition Remission on USDA-Funded Graduate Research Assistantships
Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service Budget for FY 1999
NUPROF Program
Fund for Rural America Update

The Effect Of Calf Morbidity On Feedlot Performance And Profitability, Jessica Gentry

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Two "Value-Added Calf (VAC) Programs were evaluated relative to feedlot performance and profitability. Two hundred seventy-three head of feeder calves were included in this study. Ninety-five Certified: Preconditioned for Health (CPH), ninety KCA Gold Tag and eighty-eight "Sale Barn" cattle were fed at Horton's Research Feedyard in Fort Lupton, Colorado. No background information regarding the health status of the Sale Barn cattle was known. Cattle were purchased in December 1997 and were entered in the Rocky Mountain Ranch-to-Rail program on January 6, 1998. The cattle were checked daily for illness and taken to a hospital pen for treatment if symptoms …

Contribution Of Tobacco To Agriculture Receipts In Four Prominent Tobacco Producing States, Brian Lacefield

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Agriculture receipt data were obtained from USDA Agriculture Statistics on four prominent tobacco producing states-North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia--for the period of 1946 through 1995. The data were adjusted for inflation according to the Consumer Price Index and averaged for five-year periods beginning with 1946-1950 and continuing through 1991-1995. There were four objectives of the study. The first objective was to compare these states for annual agriculture receipts, crop receipts, and livestock receipts. State total agriculture receipts ranged from 1.8 to 3.2 billion dollars in 1946-50 and from 1.4 to 4.1 billion dollars in 1991-95. For total agriculture receipt, …

Cropwatch No. 98-19, July 31,1998, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch

Inside

Specialty crops……………….168

Roundup numbers……………….168

La Nina update……………….169

New soybean lines……………….169

Tillage and atrazine……………….170

Farmers surveyed……………….171

Sunflower pests……………….171

Fungicides for dry beans……………….172

Rust worksheet……………….172

Mobile nursery update……………….173

South Central Field Day……………….173

Estimating And Using Probabilities In Farm And Ranch Decisions, Al Wellman

Cornhusker Economics

A probability is a number that measures the likelihood or chance that a particular event will occur. This number, in terms of fractions or percentages, must be between zero (0) and one (1). Zero means there is no chance that the event will happen, and one means it is certain to happen. In between are all the possible probabilities that it will or will not happen. The sum of the probabilities of all the possible events that can occur in a given situation must add up to one.

Cropwatch No. 98-18, July 24, 1998, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch

Inside

Weeds in soybeans……………….162

Field updates……………….162

ECB management worksheet……………….163

Wheat videoconference……………….164

Diagnostic update……………….164

Rust in dry beans……………….165

Dy bean field day……………….165

2-4, D in tassel corn……………….166

Cropwatch No. 98-17, July 16, 1998, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch

Inside

Field updates..............154

Early spiders mites..............156

Wheat disease update..............156

Scouting for beetles..............157

2nd ECB egg-laying..............158

Roundup Ready rates..............158

Western bean cutworm..............159

Grazing corn..............160

Weather data..............160

Cropwatch No. 99-17, July 16,1999, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch

Inside

Field updates ……………….158

White wheat in the future ……………….160

Corn rootworm beetles ……………….161

Diagnostic Clinic ……………….162

Assessing weed control ……………….163

Soybean field days ……………….165

Sustainable ag tours ……………….165

The Orgins Of The Seasonal Cycle In 19th Century Us Money Markets And The Evolution Of Futures Contracts, Joseph Santos

Economics Research Reports

Early scholars of aggregate fluctuations, including Jevons ( 1884) and Kemmerer ( 1910), introduced the notion that seasonal cycles were relevant to the study of other, seemingly more important, fluctuations in macroeconomic time series. Kuznets (1933) continued this approach, recognizing the tendency for seasonal variations to exacerbate the variability of employment and capital accumulation. But, as economic contractions intensified in the J 930's, economists began to discount the relative importance of the seasonal cycle. Work by Mitchell (1927), Pigou (I 929) and later, Burns and Mitchell ( 194 7), promulgated the view that fluctuations in commercial activity were relevant to …

Cropwatch No. 98-16, July 9,1998, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch

Inside

Field updates………………..138

Pesticide labels on-line………………..144

Insect update………………..145

Corn root injury………………..146

Irrigating soybeans………………..147

Weeds in wheat………………..149

Wipers and bean bars………………..150

Precipitation………………..150

Irrigating alfalfa………………..151

GDD and ETs………………..152

Cropwatch No. 98-15, July 2, 1998, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch

Inside

Field updates...................138

Wheat harvest...................138

Correction...................139

Insect update...................139

Irrigation/nitrogen book...................140

Clinic update...................140

First irrigation...................141

Using ET estimates...................141

GDD and ET data...................142

Quality Of Runoff From Plots Treated With Municipal Sludge And Horse Bedding, Elizabeth L. Busheé, Dwayne R. Edwards, Philip A. Moore Jr.

Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Faculty Publications

Land application of horse stall bedding and municipal sludge can increase runoff concentrations of nutrients, organic matter, and bacteria as well as steroidal hormones such as estrogen. Concentrations of materials in runoff from sites treated with animal manure can be reduced by aluminum sulfate, or alum [Al₂(SO₄)₃•14H₂O] treatment. The objectives of this study were to assess plots treated with horse stall bedding or municipal sludge for: (a) runoff quality [concentrations of nitrate nitrogen (NO₃-N), ammonia nitrogen (NH₃-N), orthophosphate-phosphorus (PO₄-P), fecal coliform (FC), chemical oxygen demand (COD) …

South Dakota Farm And Home Research, South Dakota State University

South Dakota Farm and Home Research: 1949 -1998

Director's comments: Consumers are the ultimate beneficiaries of agricultural research, but how do we convince them of the value of our work? [p] 2
Southeast South Dakota Experiment Farm: Questions answered lead to more questions asked. This exchange keeps farm "out front" in agricultural scientific issues. [p] 4
Southeast Farm adds value to swine industry: ·swine research at the station is expanding; latest addition is a hoop barn. [p] 7
The fat little research mouse: Who gets worked up about lab mice anyway? Producers do, when scientists show that mouse and pig have genes for meat quality in common. [p] …

The Nebline, July 1998

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

Contents:
Lancaster County Fair: yesterday, today and tomorrow
Pruning roses
Vegetable gardening in the fall
Bean leaf beetle
Summertime can be hazardous to trees
Thinning is important
Read the label before purchasing and using DEET
Household hazardous waste collection: July 25
A clean-up treasure hunt
The importance of water in your backyard
Wonders of wildlife
Did you know. . .
Scouting for rootworm beetles could save big $ next year
Plant turnips for fall grazing
Forage following wheat
On-farm biosolids research yields
Managing seeding year alfalfa
Acreage enterprises
Who are your neighbors?
Field day will feature high-value crops for small …

Results Of Investigations Into The Groundwater Response And Productivity Of High Water Use Agricultural Systems 1990-1997. 2. Souths' Catchment (Darkan), A D. Smith, Richard J. George Dr, P R. Scott, D L. Bennett, R J. Rippon, G J. Orr

Resource management technical reports

High water use vegetation systems for salinity control were trialed on a 90 ha catchment located 12 km north north-west of Darkan, Western Australia. The catchment receives about 560 mm annual rainfall and 1895 mm annual evaporation. The catchment is characterised by a number of actively expanding seeps which are developing under the strong geological control of quartz and dolerite dykes. Development of salinity is also influenced by high recharge rates in the free draining gravel soils of the upper slope.

Louisiana Agriculture Magazine, Summer 1998, Lsu Agricultural Experiment Station

Louisiana Agriculture

No abstract provided.

Results Of Investigations Into The Groundwater Response And Productivity Of High Water Use Agricultural Systems 1990-1997 1. Wooldridge/Wright's Catchment (Kojonup), A D. Smith, Richard J. George Dr, P R. Scott, D L. Bennett, R J. Rippon, G J. Orr

Resource management technical reports

High water use vegetation systems for salinity control were trialed on a 170 ha catchment located 13 km north of Kojonup, Western Australia. The catchment receives about 470 mm annual rainfall and 1825 mm annual evaporation.

Agricultural Research Division 112th Annual Report 1998

Agricultural Research Division: News and Annual Reports

It is a pleasure to provide you with a copy of the 112th Annual Report of the University of Nebraska Agricultural Research Division (ARD). This report is our chance to provide you with information about our programs and accomplishments and for us to evaluate the effectiveness of our collective research efforts. After examining this report, we hope that you will agree with our assessment that ARD research has provided new knowledge and technology to Nebraskans to improve the profitability of their enterprises, to enhance environmental quality and to improve their quality of life.

This report provides some highlights of research …

Cropwatch No. 98-14,, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch

Inside

Field updates.......................128

Damping off soybeans.......................128

Paramount approved.......................129

Late planting issues.......................130

Economics of replanting.......................131

Water data on-line.......................132

Notes for yield maps.......................132

Cultivation needs.......................133

Cleaning sprayers.......................134

Cleaning procedures.......................135

Cropwatch No. 98-13, June 19, 1998, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch

Inisde

Field updates.................120

Saturated soils: how much is too much?.................122

Residue management.................122

Diagnostic Clinic update.................123

Late post applications.................124

Training to be offered.................125

What might La Nina do?.................126

Farming — Can You Make A Living At It?, Larry Bitney

Cornhusker Economics

I’ve observed that many families are running harder and faster to make ends meet on the farm. Farms that produced living expenses for a family ten years ago are no longer doing so. Many families who found it necessary to supplement farm earnings with an off-farm job in the 1980's have kept that job, and are now struggling again financially. Other families have expanded their farming operations to increase their sales volume, but seem to be reaching their limits of physical and mental energy, and are also struggling.

Cropwatch No. 98-12, June 12, 1998, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch

Inside

Field updates…….110

Yellow corn fields…….112

Low temperatures…….112

Weather update…….112

Row crop diseases…….113

Leaf rust and tan spot…….113

European corn borers…….114

ECB worksheet…….115

Crops update…….115

Selecting sprayer nozzles…….116

Spray droplet size…….117

Herbicide injury…….117

Soil test differences…….118