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Dry Beans, Unknown Unknown
Dry Beans, Unknown Unknown
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This fact sheet lists details of dry bean crop insurance.
When Using Intensive Grazing Practices, Does It Matter How Often You Move Cattle To A New Paddock On Improved, Irrigated Pastures In Utah?, R. D. Weidmeier
When Using Intensive Grazing Practices, Does It Matter How Often You Move Cattle To A New Paddock On Improved, Irrigated Pastures In Utah?, R. D. Weidmeier
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This publication includes results from a study that answers the question of how often to move cattle to a new paddock when using intensive grazing practices.
Diffusion Of Collective-Action Innovations Among Pastoralists In Liben District, Ethiopia, D. Layne Coppock, Solomon Desta, Getachew Gebru, Getachew Kassa, Seyoum Tezera
Diffusion Of Collective-Action Innovations Among Pastoralists In Liben District, Ethiopia, D. Layne Coppock, Solomon Desta, Getachew Gebru, Getachew Kassa, Seyoum Tezera
Environment and Society Faculty Publications
In 2001 PARIMA and her partners began to create collective-action groups among illiterate, settled pastoralists in Ethiopia. These groups—soon dominated by women—focused on savings-led microfinance, small business activity, and livestock marketing to increase incomes and diversify livelihoods. Fifty-nine groups with over 2,100 members were formed using intensive training methods, and they have subsequently merged into legally recognized cooperatives. We regard this approach as successful and sustainable. We were curious, however, if “the word has spread” and collective-action has spontaneously arisen beyond our immediate project area. Preliminary findings from recent surveys of settlements in Liben District indicate that diffusion of collective-action …
Building Effective Community Participation And Stakeholder Partnerships To Promote Positive Change In The Southern Ethiopian Rangelands, D. Layne Coppock, Solomon Desta, Getachew Gebru, Seyoum Tezera, Dadi Amosha
Building Effective Community Participation And Stakeholder Partnerships To Promote Positive Change In The Southern Ethiopian Rangelands, D. Layne Coppock, Solomon Desta, Getachew Gebru, Seyoum Tezera, Dadi Amosha
Environment and Society Faculty Publications
Recently there has been increased recognition that authentic community participation and creating strong inter-institutional partnerships are both important in the process of capacity building, generating innovation, and sustaining development achievements in rural Africa. Here we summarize a process of community participation and formation of institutional partnerships in support of pastoral risk-management interventions over the past seven years on the Borana Plateau. Community involvement has been stimulated using Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) methods. This has resulted in the proliferation of pastoral collective-action groups that have diversified livelihoods, engaged markets, and improved incomes. Implementing and sustaining positive change, however, has also been …
Can Collective Action And Capacity Building Reduce Vulnerability Among Settled Pastoralists?, D. Layne Coppock, Solomon Desta, Getachew Gebru, Seyoum Tezera
Can Collective Action And Capacity Building Reduce Vulnerability Among Settled Pastoralists?, D. Layne Coppock, Solomon Desta, Getachew Gebru, Seyoum Tezera
Environment and Society Faculty Publications
In 2001 PARIMA and her partners began to create collective-action groups among illiterate, settled pastoralists in southern Ethiopia. These groups—dominated by women—focused on savings-led microfinance, small business, and livestock marketing to increase incomes and diversify livelihoods. Fifty-nine groups with over 2,100 members were formed using intensive capacity- building methods. After six years we wanted to compare group members with their neighbors who never participated in the PARIMA program. We surveyed 180 individuals from groups and paired control (traditional) communities. Respondents were asked to assess the extent that they perceived positive, negative, or no change in their lives over the past …
Stakeholder Alliance Facilitates Re-Introduction Of Prescribed Fire On The Borana Plateau Of Southern Ethiopia, D. Layne Coppock, Getachew Gebru, Solomon Desta, Lemma Gizachew, Dadhi Amosha, Feyissa Taffa
Stakeholder Alliance Facilitates Re-Introduction Of Prescribed Fire On The Borana Plateau Of Southern Ethiopia, D. Layne Coppock, Getachew Gebru, Solomon Desta, Lemma Gizachew, Dadhi Amosha, Feyissa Taffa
Environment and Society Faculty Publications
The implementation of a new prescribed fire program to restore bush-encroached rangelands in southern Ethiopia—and hence increase herbaceous forage supplies for livestock—is given as an example of an integrated action involving multiple institutions to address resource-management problems. The resumption of planned fire—traditionally conducted over hundreds of years by pastoralists until the 1970s—was preceded by key activities including mobilization of the pastoral community, review of government proclamations regarding use of fire, interaction with policy makers, capacity building among pastoralists and agency personnel on how to implement and manage planned fires, development of an overall prescribed burn plan, selection of geo-referenced sites, …
Corn, Unknown Unknown
Corn, Unknown Unknown
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This fact sheet lists details of corn crop insurance.
Collective Action Among Agro-Pastoralists In Baringo District, Kenya: Identifying And Nurturing The Entrepreneurs, D. Layne Coppock, Mark N. Mutinda, Stellamaris K. Muthoka, Abdillahi A. Aboud
Collective Action Among Agro-Pastoralists In Baringo District, Kenya: Identifying And Nurturing The Entrepreneurs, D. Layne Coppock, Mark N. Mutinda, Stellamaris K. Muthoka, Abdillahi A. Aboud
Environment and Society Faculty Publications
The rural population of Baringo District in the Rift Valley of north-central Kenya faces numerous challenges including widespread environmental degradation and poverty. The region has endured decades of failed development projects, proliferation of food aid, and has been studied extensively. We have recently undertaken a different approach focused on bottom-up participatory action research and outreach among the Il Chamus and Tugen ethnic communities. The objective is to explore new ways to empower local people via provision of information, novel experiences, and initial access to resources to allow them to envision an alternative future and implement their own activities to better-manage …
Hobo Or Not A Hobo-That Is The Question: A Photographic Key To Discerning Hobo From Non-Hobo Spiders, Ryan Davis
Hobo Or Not A Hobo-That Is The Question: A Photographic Key To Discerning Hobo From Non-Hobo Spiders, Ryan Davis
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This key is intended for use with, at a minimum, a microscope with 8-35x zoom capability. In addition to couplet choices based on anatomy, this key is accompanied by pictures taken with a Leica EZ4D stereoscope (the same scopes given to selected Utah Extension offices) to aid in identification.
Buying Your First Horse, Patricia Evans, Jason Turner
Buying Your First Horse, Patricia Evans, Jason Turner
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This publications gives information about evaluating a horse for purchase, age and experience of new owner, breed and sex of horse, intended use, care and housing, cost of ownership, locating the right horse, and trying it out.
Adjusted Gross Revenue-Lite, United State Department Of Agriculture
Adjusted Gross Revenue-Lite, United State Department Of Agriculture
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No abstract provided.
Swine Artificial Insemination For Beginners: Heat Detection, Dennis Worwod
Swine Artificial Insemination For Beginners: Heat Detection, Dennis Worwod
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Heat detection is the most important and time consuming part of an A.I. breeding program. Your goal is to recognize when the sow or gilt reaches “standing heat,” which is the period when she stands still and rigid when you put weight on her loin.
Swine Artificial Insemination For Beginners: Selecting The Right Boar, Dennis Worwod
Swine Artificial Insemination For Beginners: Selecting The Right Boar, Dennis Worwod
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Artificial Insemination (A.I.) can complement or replace traditional breeding programs for youth swine projects and other small swine operations.
Swine Artificial Insemination For Beginners: The Insemination Process, Dennis Worwod
Swine Artificial Insemination For Beginners: The Insemination Process, Dennis Worwod
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You should not attempt to breed a sow or gilt that is not in standing heat. Put weight on the animal’s loin and watch her response to make sure that she is standing.
Swine Artificial Insemination For Beginners: Ordering And Caring For Semen, Dennis Worwod
Swine Artificial Insemination For Beginners: Ordering And Caring For Semen, Dennis Worwod
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Sows and gilts are usually bred twice, with 12 to 24 hours hours between inseminations. For this reason, boar studs will not ship less than two doses of semen.
Peaches, Unknown Unknown
Peaches, Unknown Unknown
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This fact sheet lists details of fresh Freestone peaches crop insurance.
Apples, Usda
Hay Quality Sensory Evaluation Guidelines, T. C. Griggs, S. C. Franson, M. G. Bohle
Hay Quality Sensory Evaluation Guidelines, T. C. Griggs, S. C. Franson, M. G. Bohle
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Grass, legume, and mixed hays contribute to natural resource conservation, diversity in crop rotations, livestock health and performance, and economic returns from sustainable agriculture.
Corn Silage Performance, 2006; Cache County, Utah, T. C. Griggs, C. E. Israelsen
Corn Silage Performance, 2006; Cache County, Utah, T. C. Griggs, C. E. Israelsen
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This report summarizes on-farm performance of irrigated silage corn hybrids at Benson (Cache County) in 2006. The site is at 4439 ft elevation and has a long-term average of 2800 corn growing degree days (50/86° F) per year. Hybrids were seeded with a six-row planter on May 10 at approximately 35,000 seeds/ac into Kidman fine sandy loam. Plots were six rows wide at 30-in row spacing by 1070 ft long in three randomized complete blocks.
Water-Wise Landscaping: Mulch, Heidi Kratsch
Water-Wise Landscaping: Mulch, Heidi Kratsch
CWEL Extension Fact Sheets
Mulch can provide many benefits in water-wise landscapes. Mulch covers the soil and prevents crusting, compaction, and water evaporation. In fact, mulching around trees, shrubs, and in flower beds can result in a ten-fold reduction in evaporative water loss from soil. Reducing soil water loss means more water is available to plants and less water needs to be provided. Mulch also reduces the number of weeds in a water-wise landscape by preventing light-induced germination of weed seeds. With fewer weeds, less cultivation is required, which can prevent damage to plant roots, soil structure, and soil organisms. In addition, mulch moderates …
Bitting The Horse: Snaffles, Patricia Evans, Dale Barnett
Bitting The Horse: Snaffles, Patricia Evans, Dale Barnett
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This publication describes and suggests when and where it is appropriate to use a snaffle bit.
Bitting The Horse: Shank Or Curb Bits, Patricia Evans, Dale Barnett
Bitting The Horse: Shank Or Curb Bits, Patricia Evans, Dale Barnett
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This publication gives information on different types of bits to choose from and which is best for certain horses and situations.
White Grubs, Erin Hodgson
White Grubs, Erin Hodgson
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White grubs are the most widespread and destructive insect pest of turfgrass. This fact sheet provides a description of them, damage symptoms, life cycles, sampling protocol, cultural control, threshold guidelines, and chemical control information.
Biting The Horse: Snaffles, Patricia A. Evans, Dale Barnett
Biting The Horse: Snaffles, Patricia A. Evans, Dale Barnett
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No abstract provided.
Crop Revenue Coverage, Unknown Unknown
Crop Revenue Coverage, Unknown Unknown
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This fact sheet describes details of Crop Revenue Coverage program.
Hay Quality Sensory Evaluation Form - Grass, T. C. Griggs, S. C. Franson, M. G. Bohle
Hay Quality Sensory Evaluation Form - Grass, T. C. Griggs, S. C. Franson, M. G. Bohle
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Hay Quality Sensory Evaluation Form – Grass
Hay Quality Sensory Evaluation Form - Timothy; Export & Horse, T. C. Griggs, S. C. Franson, M. G. Bohle
Hay Quality Sensory Evaluation Form - Timothy; Export & Horse, T. C. Griggs, S. C. Franson, M. G. Bohle
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Hay Quality Sensory Evaluation Form – Timothy; Export & Horse
Control Or Eradication Of Bvd From A Beef Herd, Clell V. Bagley Dvm, Douglas S. Hammon
Control Or Eradication Of Bvd From A Beef Herd, Clell V. Bagley Dvm, Douglas S. Hammon
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This publication describes ways to control or eradicate BVD from a beef herd, and includes description of the virus caused disease.
Hay Quality Sensory Evaluation Form - Mixed Cereal/Pea Or Vetch, T. C. Griggs, S. C. Franson, M. G. Bohle
Hay Quality Sensory Evaluation Form - Mixed Cereal/Pea Or Vetch, T. C. Griggs, S. C. Franson, M. G. Bohle
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Hay Quality Sensory Evaluation Form – Mixed Cereal/Pea or Vetch
Hay Quality Sensory Evaluation Form - Cereal, T. C. Griggs, S. C. Franson, M. G. Bohle
Hay Quality Sensory Evaluation Form - Cereal, T. C. Griggs, S. C. Franson, M. G. Bohle
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Hay Quality Sensory Evaluation Form – Cereal