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How To Create A Wildlife-Friendly Yard, Michael R. Kuhns, Megan Dettenmaier
How To Create A Wildlife-Friendly Yard, Michael R. Kuhns, Megan Dettenmaier
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Habitat can be hard to come by for wildlife in urban areas. A wildlife-friendly yard provides food, water, cover, and a safe place to rear young.
Apple Maggot, Diane Alston, Marion Murray
Apple Maggot, Diane Alston, Marion Murray
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Apple maggot is not currently a pest of commercial orchards in Utah, but it is regulated as a quarantine insect in the state. If it becomes established in commercial fruit production areas, its presence can inflict substantial economic harm through loss of export markets. Infestations cause fruit damage, may increase insecticide use, and can result in subsequent disruption of integrated pest management programs.
Shothole Borer, Ryan S. Davis, Michael Caron
Shothole Borer, Ryan S. Davis, Michael Caron
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Shothole borers (Fig. 1) are bark beetles that may attack stressed or injured trees. They have a wide host range, including all fruit trees grown in Utah, quince, loquat, serviceberry, wild cherry, chokecherry, mountain ash, hawthorn and elm. In Utah, apple, cherry, pear, and hawthorn are preferred hosts.
Pest Monitoring Calendar – Cherry, Usu Extension
Pest Monitoring Calendar – Cherry, Usu Extension
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Cherry Pest Monitoring Calendar
Pest Monitoring Calendar – Apple, Usu Extension
Pest Monitoring Calendar – Apple, Usu Extension
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Apple Pest Monitoring Calendar
Pest Monitoring Calendar – Plum, Usu Extension
Pest Monitoring Calendar – Plum, Usu Extension
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Plum Pest Monitoring Calendar
Pest Monitoring Calendar – Pear, Usu Extension
Pest Monitoring Calendar – Pear, Usu Extension
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Pear Pest Monitoring Calendar
Avispas “Chaqueta Amarilla,” Avispones Y Avispas De Papel, Erin Hodgson, Alan Roe, Nicole Peña, Ricardo Ramirez
Avispas “Chaqueta Amarilla,” Avispones Y Avispas De Papel, Erin Hodgson, Alan Roe, Nicole Peña, Ricardo Ramirez
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Las avispas “chaqueta amarilla” o vespula (“yellowjackets”), avispones (“hornets”) y avispas de papel (“paper wasps”) son avispas sociales estrechamente relacionadas que son comúnmente encontradas en Utah.
La Arana Hobo, Nicole Peña, Alan Roe, Erin W. Hodgson
La Arana Hobo, Nicole Peña, Alan Roe, Erin W. Hodgson
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La araña hobo, Tegenaria agrestis, es miembro de la familia de “funnel-web spider”/ “araña de tela de embudo” Agelenidae. Las arañas ‘de tela de embudo’/‘funnel-web’ tienen las patas largas (Fig. 1), corren rápidamente y construyen lugares para retirarse en forma de embudos o tubos.
Spotted Wing Drosophila (Espanol), Diane Alston, Ryan Davis, Cory Vorel
Spotted Wing Drosophila (Espanol), Diane Alston, Ryan Davis, Cory Vorel
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Spotted Wing Drosophila (SWD) is a new Utah pest (first found August, 2010) that can infest un-ripened (pre-harvest), ripe, over-ripe, and spoiled fruits.
Squash Bug (Espanol), Diane Alston, James Barnhill
Squash Bug (Espanol), Diane Alston, James Barnhill
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Squash bug (Anasa tristis) is a “true bug” with piercingsucking mouthparts (Order Hemiptera) in the leaffooted bug family (Coreidae). It is common throughout the U.S. and found from Canada to Central America. Adults (Fig. 1) emit a foul odor when disturbed and may be called “stink bugs”; however, true stink bugs are in a different true bug family.
Preventing Deer Damage To Your Trees And Shrubs, Megan Schwender, Michael R. Kuhns
Preventing Deer Damage To Your Trees And Shrubs, Megan Schwender, Michael R. Kuhns
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Deer/human conflicts have increased due to growing deer populations, limited resources and suburban development in deer habitat. In winter, deer often browse in residential landscapes. This can be reduced by selecting unpalatable plants, protecting woody plants with burlap or trunk protectors, and using deer repellent. In extreme cases, deer can be completely excluded with a fence.
Usu Campus Tree Identification Tour, Michael R. Kuhns, Rose Long
Usu Campus Tree Identification Tour, Michael R. Kuhns, Rose Long
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This is a tour of selected tree species present on the Utah State University campus. Notes about particular species also are included. Green markers indicate gymnosperms and yellow indicate angiosperms.
Livestock Marketing And Risk Management, Dillon M. Feuz, Bridger Feuz, Ryan Feuz
Livestock Marketing And Risk Management, Dillon M. Feuz, Bridger Feuz, Ryan Feuz
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Ranching has always been a challenging and risky operation. Producers deal with production risk on a daily basis. A late winter storm during calving or lambing season can result in sickness and even death for many new born calves and lambs. Drought can reduce available grazed forages and increase feeding costs. Sickness or disease may limit weight gain or be detrimental to reproductive performance
Beaver County Crop Production Costs And Returns, 2012, Mark Nelson, Kynda Curtis, Chris Lewis
Beaver County Crop Production Costs And Returns, 2012, Mark Nelson, Kynda Curtis, Chris Lewis
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Sample costs and returns to establish and produce alfalfa hay, barley, oats, and corn (grain or silage) under pivot irrigation in Beaver County, Utah, are presented in this publication.
Irrigated Birdsfoot Trefoil Variety Trial: Forage Yield, Jennifer W. Macadam, Thomas C. Griggs
Irrigated Birdsfoot Trefoil Variety Trial: Forage Yield, Jennifer W. Macadam, Thomas C. Griggs
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Like alfalfa, birdsfoot trefoil is a deep-rooted legume that fixes its own nitrogen. However, it contains a small amount of tannin which means that cattle and sheep will not bloat, even when grazing birdsfoot trefoil in pure stands. In this bulletin, we report on the dry matter production of a number of cultivars of birdsfoot trefoil and find that it yielded about two-thirds as much as alfalfa in pure stands.
Irrigated Birdsfoot Trefoil Variety Trial: Forage Nutritive Value, Jennifer W. Macadam, Thomas C. Griggs
Irrigated Birdsfoot Trefoil Variety Trial: Forage Nutritive Value, Jennifer W. Macadam, Thomas C. Griggs
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Birdsfoot trefoil is a high-quality forage recommended for irrigated perennial pastures, either in mixtures with grasses or in pure stands. In this bulletin we report on the forage nutritive value of pure stands of birdsfoot trefoil harvested at 6- week intervals, and compare it to alfalfa harvested at the same intervals.
A Well Designed Goat Grazing Plan Can Reduce Noxious Weeds, Sterling Banks
A Well Designed Goat Grazing Plan Can Reduce Noxious Weeds, Sterling Banks
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Goat grazing can be an effective tool in reducing noxious weeds, if the right grazing plan is designed and implemented. Areas where herbicides are not an option or limited, goat grazing can reduce noxious weeds by reducing seed production and plant growth.
Annual Costs To Establish And Maintain Birdsfoot Trefoil Pastures In Northern Utah, 2012, Kynda Curtis, Trevor Knudsen, Jennifer Macadam
Annual Costs To Establish And Maintain Birdsfoot Trefoil Pastures In Northern Utah, 2012, Kynda Curtis, Trevor Knudsen, Jennifer Macadam
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This publication is meant to reflect birdsfoot trefoil establishment and maintenance costs on a small-scale cattle grazing area (5 to 10 acres). Birdsfoot trefoil is a perennial legume, and under proper irrigation and management, stands in northern Utah can persist for up to 8 years after seeding. Establishment costs are amortized annually based on a 6 year stand life.
Gardening For Native Bees In Utah And Beyond, James H. Cane, Linda Kervin
Gardening For Native Bees In Utah And Beyond, James H. Cane, Linda Kervin
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Utah is home to more than 20 percent of the 4,000+ named species of wild bees that are native to North America. Except for bumblebees and some sweat bees, our native bees are solitary, not social, many with just one annual generation that coincides with bloom by their favorite floral hosts. In contrast, the familiar honeybee is highly social, has perennial colonies, and was brought to North America by settlers from Europe.
Spiders, Ryan S. Davis, Ricardo A. Ramirez
Spiders, Ryan S. Davis, Ricardo A. Ramirez
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Spiders are arachnids, a group that includes other 8-legged arthropods like ticks, mites, sun spiders, scorpions, and harvestmen (daddy longlegs). There are approximately 621 species of spiders known to occur in Utah (Allred and Kaston, 1983). Spiders are beneficial predators and the majority of them are harmless to humans.
Northern Utah Small Cow-Calf Pasture Finished Beef Production Costs & Returns, 2012, Kynda Curtis, Trevor Knudsen, Jennifer Macadam
Northern Utah Small Cow-Calf Pasture Finished Beef Production Costs & Returns, 2012, Kynda Curtis, Trevor Knudsen, Jennifer Macadam
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Sample costs and returns to raise pasture-fed beef cattle for direct to consumer sales on small cow-calf operations in northern Utah are presented in this publication.