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Helping Children Understand And Manage Anger, Shannon Cromwell, Naomi Brower Dec 2013

Helping Children Understand And Manage Anger, Shannon Cromwell, Naomi Brower

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Anger is a strong emotion that often leads to negative coping strategies. Children's anger poses challenges for parents and other caregivers and accounts for stress and frustration. Engaging children in a variety of effective coping strategies can assist with their feelings of anger.

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Grand County Crop Production Costs And Returns, 2013, Michael Johnson, Kynda Curtis Dec 2013

Grand County Crop Production Costs And Returns, 2013, Michael Johnson, Kynda Curtis

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This fact sheet is intended to be a guide used to make production decisions, determine potential returns and prepare business and marketing plans.

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How To Create A Wildlife-Friendly Yard, Michael R. Kuhns, Megan Dettenmaier Dec 2013

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.

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Prescribed Fire On Public Lands, Wesley G. Page, Michael R. Kuhns Dec 2013

Prescribed Fire On Public Lands, Wesley G. Page, Michael R. Kuhns

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This fact sheet helps readers understand prescribed fire planning and implementation on public lands.

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Are We Running Out Of Phosphorus?, Nayda Gonzalez, Rhonda Miller Dec 2013

Are We Running Out Of Phosphorus?, Nayda Gonzalez, Rhonda Miller

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Phosphorus is an essential nutrient. The world’s phosphorus supplies are limited. Do we have enough phosphorus to support our needs? This fact sheet addresses this question.

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Permaculture, Roslynn Brain, Blake Thomas Dec 2013

Permaculture, Roslynn Brain, Blake Thomas

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Ceratobasidium Root Rot: A New Disease Of Watermelon In Arizona, Claudia Nischwitz Nov 2013

Ceratobasidium Root Rot: A New Disease Of Watermelon In Arizona, Claudia Nischwitz

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Botrytis Neck Rot Of Onion, Claudia Nischwitz Nov 2013

Botrytis Neck Rot Of Onion, Claudia Nischwitz

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No abstract provided.

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Equine Viral Arteritis (Eva), Dirk K. Vanderwall, Kerry A. Rood, Bruce L. King Nov 2013

Equine Viral Arteritis (Eva), Dirk K. Vanderwall, Kerry A. Rood, Bruce L. King

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Equine viral arteritis (EVA) is a serious viral disease of horses that can affect the respiratory system and/or the reproductive system. Its importance to the U.S. equine industry was highlighted during a 2006 breeding industry outbreak that was associated with venereal spread of the virus in semen. This fact sheet provides background information of EVA, including prevention and control.

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Shothole Borer, Ryan S. Davis, Michael Caron Nov 2013

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.

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Apple Maggot, Diane Alston, Marion Murray Nov 2013

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.

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Training Livestock To Avoid Specific Forage, Beth Burritt, Morgan Doran, Matt Stevenson Nov 2013

Training Livestock To Avoid Specific Forage, Beth Burritt, Morgan Doran, Matt Stevenson

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This fact sheet provides the basics of aversion training for livestock.

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Streptomycin Resistance Of Erwinia Amylovora Isolated From Apple (Malus Domesticus) In Utah, Claudia Nischwitz Oct 2013

Streptomycin Resistance Of Erwinia Amylovora Isolated From Apple (Malus Domesticus) In Utah, Claudia Nischwitz

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Wildflowers & Other Herbaceous Plants Of Utah Rangelands, Mindy Pratt, Chad Reid, Roger Banner, James Bowns Oct 2013

Wildflowers & Other Herbaceous Plants Of Utah Rangelands, Mindy Pratt, Chad Reid, Roger Banner, James Bowns

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Management Of Young Calves For The Small Scale Hobbiest, Part 3: Calf Scours, Allen Young, Kerry A. Rood Oct 2013

Management Of Young Calves For The Small Scale Hobbiest, Part 3: Calf Scours, Allen Young, Kerry A. Rood

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This fact sheet provides information on dealing with calf scours for the small scale hobbiest, including treatment and prevention.

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Management Of Young Calves For The Small Scale Hobbiest, Part 2: Feeding, Allen Young, Kerry A. Rood Oct 2013

Management Of Young Calves For The Small Scale Hobbiest, Part 2: Feeding, Allen Young, Kerry A. Rood

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This fact sheet provides information for small scale hobbiests about feeding young calves, including liquid feeding, calf starter, and hay.

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High Altitude Recommendations For Electric Programmable Pressure Cookers, Debra Proctor, Ellen Serfustini, Susan Haws, Teresa Hunsaker, Karin E. Allen Oct 2013

High Altitude Recommendations For Electric Programmable Pressure Cookers, Debra Proctor, Ellen Serfustini, Susan Haws, Teresa Hunsaker, Karin E. Allen

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This fact sheet describes testing of four electric programmable pressure cookers at high altitudes.

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Management Of Young Calves For The Small Scale Hobbiest, Part 1: New Born Calf, Allen Young, Kerry A. Rood Oct 2013

Management Of Young Calves For The Small Scale Hobbiest, Part 1: New Born Calf, Allen Young, Kerry A. Rood

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This fact sheet provides tips to small scale hobbiests about caring for a new born calf.

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Pest Monitoring Calendar – Apple, Usu Extension Sep 2013

Pest Monitoring Calendar – Apple, Usu Extension

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Apple Pest Monitoring Calendar

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Can Cows Eat Snow?, Jim Keyes Sep 2013

Can Cows Eat Snow?, Jim Keyes

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This fact sheet describes situations where cattle can survive on snow without having any other watagriculer supply.

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Pest Monitoring Calendar – Peach And Nectarine, Usu Extension Sep 2013

Pest Monitoring Calendar – Peach And Nectarine, Usu Extension

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Peach and Nectarine Pest Monitoring Calendar

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Google Search: Basics, Paul Hill, Nicole Jensen, Nick Read, Stacey Macarthur Sep 2013

Google Search: Basics, Paul Hill, Nicole Jensen, Nick Read, Stacey Macarthur

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Knowing how to utilize Google Search is powerful. Search skills are an essential 21st century skill that will serve you in finding, organizing, and leveraging information faster and more reliably, thereby increasing productivity and improving your quality of life online.

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What Makes A Good Bull?, James Keyes Sep 2013

What Makes A Good Bull?, James Keyes

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This fact sheet describes the importance of a good sire and how to select one.

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Pest Monitoring Calendar – Plum, Usu Extension Sep 2013

Pest Monitoring Calendar – Plum, Usu Extension

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Plum Pest Monitoring Calendar

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Pest Monitoring Calendar – Cherry, Usu Extension Sep 2013

Pest Monitoring Calendar – Cherry, Usu Extension

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Cherry Pest Monitoring Calendar

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The Benefits Of Tannin-Containing Forages, Jennifer W. Macadam, Joe Brummer, Anowarul Islam, Glenn Shewmaker Sep 2013

The Benefits Of Tannin-Containing Forages, Jennifer W. Macadam, Joe Brummer, Anowarul Islam, Glenn Shewmaker

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This fact sheet describes tannins, a group of chemical compounds produced by a number of broadleaf forage plants, that can bind proteins.

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Horse Marketing: Answers And Options, Jim Keyes Sep 2013

Horse Marketing: Answers And Options, Jim Keyes

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As marketing a horse in today's world can be difficult, information on marketing options in provided, including preparing a horse for sale and realistic horse values.

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Google Search: Operators, Paul Hill, Nicole Jensen, Nick Read, Stacey Macarthur Sep 2013

Google Search: Operators, Paul Hill, Nicole Jensen, Nick Read, Stacey Macarthur

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Knowing how to utilize Google Search is powerful. Search skills are an essential 21st century skill that will serve you in finding, organizing, and leveraging information faster and more reliably, thereby increasing productivity and improving your quality of life online.

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Pest Monitoring Calendar – Apricot, Usu Extension Sep 2013

Pest Monitoring Calendar – Apricot, Usu Extension

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Apricot Pest Monitoring Calendar

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Pest Monitoring Calendar – Pear, Usu Extension Sep 2013

Pest Monitoring Calendar – Pear, Usu Extension

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Pear Pest Monitoring Calendar

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