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Promoting Locally Grown Foods In Schools Through Developed Classroom Curriculum And Foodservice Educational Tools, Meredith F. Carter
Promoting Locally Grown Foods In Schools Through Developed Classroom Curriculum And Foodservice Educational Tools, Meredith F. Carter
Senior Honors Projects
The Massachusetts’ Farm-to-School Project has worked for years to bring local farmers and school districts together. Focused on improving the markets and economic stability of farmers, while also improving the quality of foods available to students, the project implemented the first annual “Massachusetts Harvest for Students Week” during the week of September 24, 2007. As part of Harvest Week, selected schools in Massachusetts purchased and served foods grown and made by local farmers. Marketing materials were used in the participating school cafeterias, and classroom education regarding local agriculture, nutrition, and sustainability was provided. Harvest Week had the potential to improve …
Nf05-631 Understanding Watersheds, Thomas G. Franti, Steven R. Tonn
Nf05-631 Understanding Watersheds, Thomas G. Franti, Steven R. Tonn
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials
Watersheds are dynamic and unique places. They are complex webs of natural resources, — soil, water, air, plants and animals. Together land and water make a watershed a whole system.
This NebFacts covers what a watershed is, how it works, its functions, how human activities can alter watershed functions, and its management.
G03-1521 Using Corn Hybrid Yield Data To Improve Selection Of Rapidly Changing Hybrids, Robert N. Klein, Lenis Alton Nelson, Roger Wesley Elmore
G03-1521 Using Corn Hybrid Yield Data To Improve Selection Of Rapidly Changing Hybrids, Robert N. Klein, Lenis Alton Nelson, Roger Wesley Elmore
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials
How often should you change hybrids? One might conclude that to maximize corn yield, hybrids must be constantly replaced. Choosing the proper hybrid can greatly enhance crop production profitability. This NebGuide illustrates how to use corn hybrid test data and adjust it to your farm when selecting seed.
Ec03-1892 Identifying Soybean Rust
Ec03-1892 Identifying Soybean Rust
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials
This four-color extension circular identifies the different diseases of soybeans: soybean rust, bacterial blight, bacterial pustle, and downy mildew. It also shows diseases that are similar looking: Cercospora blight, Frogeye leaf spot and brown spot. It also discusses what to look for when scouting for soybean rust.
Ec01-103 Nebraska Fall-Sown Small Grain Variety Tests 2001, Lenis Alton Nelson, David D. Baltensperger, Robert N. Klein, Roger Wesley Elmore, Todd Campbell, James Krall
Ec01-103 Nebraska Fall-Sown Small Grain Variety Tests 2001, Lenis Alton Nelson, David D. Baltensperger, Robert N. Klein, Roger Wesley Elmore, Todd Campbell, James Krall
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials
This circular is a progress report of variety trials conducted by personnel of the Agronomy Department and the South Central, West Central and Panhandle Research and Extension Centers and their associated agricultural laboratories. Conduct of experiments and publication of results is a joint effort of the Agricultural Research Division and the Cooperative Extension Sersvice.
Ec00-153 Selecting Alfalfa Varieties For Nebraska, Bruce Anderson, Michael Trammell, Patrick E. Reece
Ec00-153 Selecting Alfalfa Varieties For Nebraska, Bruce Anderson, Michael Trammell, Patrick E. Reece
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials
Yield potential, pest resistance and seed price should be considered when selecting alfalfa varieties in Nebraska.
The most important variety decision on many farms and ranches is the selection of alfalfa. The choice of alfalfa variety affects production for three to 10 or more years, whereas varieties of annual crops can be change every year.
This extension circular lists the alfalfa varieties that have been tested in Nebraska with commercial seed for two or more years since 1997 and marketed in the state. These are the 2000 results.
G00-1419 Community Supported Agriculture, Paul Swanson
G00-1419 Community Supported Agriculture, Paul Swanson
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials
This NebGuide explains what community supported agriculture is, how it works and what producers will need to do to participate.
Most Nebraskans have not heard of Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) but the concept is about three decades old in Japan and Europe and about 10-15 years old on the east coast of the United States.
Nf99-403 Livestock Waste Management Act (Revised March 2001), J. David Aiken
Nf99-403 Livestock Waste Management Act (Revised March 2001), J. David Aiken
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials
The Livestock Waste Management Act requires all livestock operations with 300 animal units or more to be inspected by the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to determine whether livestock wastes contaminate surface or ground water. This NebFact discusses the following parts of the Livestock Waste Management Act: Act (how cited); Terms (defined); Livestock operation, exemption, livestock waste control facility, permit, restriction; Construction permit or operating permit (when required), livestock waste control facilities, classification, restrictions; Section (how construed); Cold water class A streams (designation); Permit (acknowledgment required); Livestock operation (request inspection, when, fees, department, duties); Permits (duration, modification); Permit (application …
Ec97-825 Pinto And Great Northern Bean Prices: Historical Trends And Seasonal Patterns, Chyi-Lyi (Kathleen) Liang, Dillon M. Feuz, R.G. Taylor
Ec97-825 Pinto And Great Northern Bean Prices: Historical Trends And Seasonal Patterns, Chyi-Lyi (Kathleen) Liang, Dillon M. Feuz, R.G. Taylor
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials
Dry edible beans, while not a major crop nationally, are an important crop in the Nebraska Panhandle and scattered regions in Colorado, California, Idaho, Michigan, North Dakota, and Wyoming. Lacking widespread cultivation and national prominence as a cash crop, edible bean prices receive little national attention.
The goal of this extension circular is to provide a basic price analysis for Pinto and Great Northern beans, and to show what happened in their prices over time.
Ec93-129 Buying And Selling Alfalfa Hay, Don Ball, Garry Lacefield, Harlan White, Troy Johnson
Ec93-129 Buying And Selling Alfalfa Hay, Don Ball, Garry Lacefield, Harlan White, Troy Johnson
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials
Alfalfa hay is an important agricultural product. Although often fed on the farms where it is produced, much alfalfa hay is also sold as a cash crop. It often constitutes a major source of income for those who sell it, or a major expense for those who buy it. Such transactions involve billions of dollars nationwide each year. This extension circular discusses the seller's and buyer's perspective on buying and selling alfalfa hay.
Ec92-125 On-Farm Trials For Farmers Using The Randomized Complete Block Design, Phil Rzewnicki
Ec92-125 On-Farm Trials For Farmers Using The Randomized Complete Block Design, Phil Rzewnicki
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials
Farmers are interested in evaluating new agricultural practices on their own farms. To produce results credible to themselves, other farmers, and researchers, a systematic method of testing should be used. If a comparison of agricultural practices results in one practice yielding a few more bushels of crop than another, this does not necessarily mean it is a more valuable practice. The difference may simply be due to field variation or chance.
This circular discusses the on-farm trials and incorporation of the two basic requirements in designing experiments: randomization and replication.
G90-958 House Fly Control Guide, John B. Campbell
G90-958 House Fly Control Guide, John B. Campbell
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials
Control and background of house flies are discussed here.
Description
The adult house fly is dull gray, 1/4 inch long, with four distinct stripes behind the head. The abdomen is pale. The underside of the male is yellowish. The larvae are typical whitish fly maggots. The pupae are dark brown and 1/3 inch long.
G77-357 Selecting Alfalfa Varieties For Nebraska (Revised December 1994), Bruce Anderson, David Holshouser, Patrick E. Reece, Michael Trammell
G77-357 Selecting Alfalfa Varieties For Nebraska (Revised December 1994), Bruce Anderson, David Holshouser, Patrick E. Reece, Michael Trammell
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials
The most important variety decision made on many farms and ranches is the selection of alfalfa varieties. The choice of alfalfa variety affects production for three to 10 or more years.
Yield potential, pest resistance and seed price all should be considered in selecting alfalfa varieties in Nebraska. This NebGuide discusses them.
G76-284 Hand Signals For Agriculture, Rollin D. Schnieder
G76-284 Hand Signals For Agriculture, Rollin D. Schnieder
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials
This NebGuide contains hand signals useful for communicating around noisy equipment and from a distance.
Throughout history, man has devised methods of contacting others who were out of voice range or who could not be heard because of excess noise. The Indians were skilled at using smoke signals or by imitating some form of wildlife such as the owl or coyote.
The early explorers used other signs to guide them. The slashing of bark on trees or sticks pointed in a certain direction were keys for keeping the persons from getting lost or for others to follow.
The railroad used …
Rb54-175 Farm Family Housing Needs And Preferences In Nebraska, Virginia Y. Trotter, Margaret I. Liston
Rb54-175 Farm Family Housing Needs And Preferences In Nebraska, Virginia Y. Trotter, Margaret I. Liston
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials
Some farm families in Nebraska want to build new houses. Many others are planning to remodel. These families will be asking architects, engineers, builders, contractors, and dealers for plans that meet their needs. Thus, farmhouse plans should be developed that provide for the basic needs of all farm families and that are adaptable to special requirements of some families.
This 1954 bulletin reports the results of a survey of Nebraska farm family preferences, activities and possessions as they are related to housing needs. The study was part of a cooperative research project for the improvement of farm family housing in …
Ec38-118 Soil And Moisture Conservation In Nebraska, D.L. J. Gross, E.H. Doll
Ec38-118 Soil And Moisture Conservation In Nebraska, D.L. J. Gross, E.H. Doll
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials
When the white men first explored Nebraska, they found little erosion taking place. They found the hills, particularly in eastern Nebraska, covered with a dense growth of grass, underlain with a thick mat of decaying debris. The valleys were even more densely covered with the water-loving grasses and sedges. The soil underneath the prairie was black and spongy, the result of centuries of accumulating humus. The valleys bordering the streams were boggy and abounded with springs. Clear water flowed constantly in the streams. The upland draws in the more favorable parts of the state were heavily covered with the big …
Ec35-50 Bindweed Eradication, T.A. Kiesselbach, P.H. Stewart, D.L. Gross
Ec35-50 Bindweed Eradication, T.A. Kiesselbach, P.H. Stewart, D.L. Gross
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials
Field bindweed, also known as small-flowered morning glory, European morning glory, Creeping Charlie, Russian Creeper, and Creeping Jennie, is becoming each year a greater menace to farm lands. The infestation of cultivated fields with this pest lowers the yield of crops an average of 30 percent, increases the labor costs, and reduces land and loan values. It is therefore important that land-owners learn to identify bindweed and guard against its introduction on their farms. Where it has become established, steps should be taken at once for its eradication.
This 1935 extension circular discusses identifying field bindweed, prevalence and spread of …
Rb32-266 Cooling Milk On Nebraska Farms, P.A. Downs, E.B. Lewis
Rb32-266 Cooling Milk On Nebraska Farms, P.A. Downs, E.B. Lewis
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials
The desire of Nebraska people to continue the improvement of living conditions and to secure more healthful foods has been responsible for many changes in methods of caring for milk. One of the important factors in keeping milk sweet and of good quality is the process of cooling and keeping it cool until used. Three of these processes are as follows: placing containers of warm milk in any quantity of still water or still air at temperatures ranging from freezing to within a few degrees of the temperature of the milk, placing the containers in such positions that air or …
Rb31-258 The Contribution Fo Nebraska Farm Women To Family Income Through Poultry And Dairy Products, M. Ruth Clark
Rb31-258 The Contribution Fo Nebraska Farm Women To Family Income Through Poultry And Dairy Products, M. Ruth Clark
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials
This investigation was made in 1929-1930 for the purpose of studying the activities of Nebraska farm women in the raising of poultry and in the care of dairy products, to discover whether or not such activities resulted in a contribution to the family income. With this in view, a group of women were asked to keep records for one year (from April 1, 1929 to March 31, 1930) of the value and amount of dairy and poultry products sold or used, of all expense incurred in production, and of the time spent both by the homemaker herself and by all …
Rb30-244 Types Of Farming In Nebraska, Harold Hedges, F.E. Elliott
Rb30-244 Types Of Farming In Nebraska, Harold Hedges, F.E. Elliott
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials
"Type of farming" as used in this bulletin is a term descriptive of a group of farms similar in size and enterprise combination. Thus a group of farms having the same kind, quantity, and proportion of crops oand livestock may be said to be following the same type of farming. The term "type-of-farming area" refers to an area within which there is a high degree of uniformity in the type of farming practicse and in the physical and economic conditions under which production takes place. This should not be understood to mean that there is absolute uniformity either in farming …