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Nebline, June 1991

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

Ag Update: Agricultural News & Events

Home Extension News

On-the-Grow: Horticulture News & Recommendations

The Cloverline: 4-H News and Events

Extension Calendar

and other extension news

Agricultural Experiment Station News June 1991

Agricultural Research Division: News and Annual Reports

CONTENTS:
EMPHASIS ON EXCELLENCE
UPDATE ON RESEARCH PROJECTS
ARD ACTION PLANS
NATURAL GAS MAIN INSTALLATION AT ARDC/MEAD
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH DIVISION CURRENT GRANTS & AWARDS
ARD Administered Grants and Awards Summary
NEW OR REVISED PROJECTS
GRANT AND CONTRACT INCOME DURING THE LAST THREE CALENDAR YEAR EXPRESSED ON DOLLARS PER RESEARCH FTE BASIS
GRANTS AND CONTRACTS RECEIVED APRIL & MAY, 1991

Nebline, May 1991

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

Ag Update: Agricultural News & Events

Home Extension News

On-the-Grow: Horticulture News & Recommendations

The Cloverline: 4-H News and Events

Extension Calendar

and other extension news

Biological Detoxification Of Mercury Contaminated Soil, Shiying Zhang

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

This study examined biological mercury removal from soil using mercury-resistant bacteria in soil microcosms. Mercuric chloride was used to artificially contaminate Kidman soil to mercury concentrations of 5 ppm and 10 ppm. Soil moisture content was maintained at three levels, 20%, 30% and 50%. Mercury resistant-bacteria were added to soil samples and the mercury removal rate was compared to control samples without added bacteria. Mercury removal rate was initially enhanced by the addition of bacteria. After 30 days, no difference was observed between samples and controls with initial mercury concentration of 5 ppm when soil moisture content was 20%. At …

Nebline, April 1991

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

Ag Update: Agricultural News & Events

Home Extension News

On-the-Grow: Horticulture News & Recommendations

The Cloverline: 4-H News and Events

Extension Calendar

and other extension news

Ard News April 1991

Agricultural Research Division: News and Annual Reports

CONTENTS:
INFORMED CONSENT OF HUMAN RESEARCH SUBJECTS
PEER REVIEW
FACTS ABOUT RESEARCH FUNDING
AGRICULTURE IN PERSPECTIVE
LASER INTERFEROMETER GRAVITATIONAL WAVE OBSERVATORY
RACE/ETHNICITY TRENDS IN Ph.D. DEGREES AWARDED BY U.S. INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION
RACE/ETHNICITY TRENDS IN M.S. DEGREES AWARDED BY U.S. INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION
"AGRICULTURE IN CONCERT WITH THE ENVIRONMENT" PROGRAM
NEW OR REVISED PROJECTS
GRANTS AND CONTRACTS RECEIVED FEBRUARY & MARCH, 1991
THE U.S. AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SYSTEM
CHARACTERISTICS OF NORTH CENTRAL REGIONAL RESEARCH PROGRAM
CHARACTERISTICS OF SAESs - 1989

South Dakota Farm And Home Research, South Dakota State University

South Dakota Farm and Home Research: 1949 -1998

Director's comments Our special guest for this issue is SDSU President Robert Wagner, with some words of welcome to the NPBL ground breaking. [p] 2
The basics of biostress What is biostress? And how will the new laboratory fight it? Insights into the nature of the problems the NPBL was created to solve. [p] 3
Relationship building equips biostress building To outfit the new Biostress Laboratory with the finest new equipment, new funding relationships with foundations and corporations must be formed. [p] 6
Breaking the boundaries Cooperative research is the key as the NPBL presents new opportunities to interdisciplinary teams …

Louisiana Agriculture Magazine, Spring 1991, Lsu Agricultural Experiment Station

Louisiana Agriculture

No abstract provided.

Nebline, March 1991

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

Ag Update: Agricultural News & Events

Home Extension News

On-the-Grow: Horticulture News & Recommendations

The Cloverline: 4-H News and Events

Extension Calendar

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Bulletin No 4189 - Training And Care Of The Sheep-Dog, John Charlick, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia

Bulletins 4000 -

A well trained sheep-dog is a considerable asset to a farmer — in a recent Queensland Department of Primary Industries study, participating graziers estimated the value of a good working dog to be up to $20,000 a year.

Despite their value, dogs can be maintained cheaply. The Queensland study quoted $130 a year as the most any grazier spent on an individual dog — for dry food, vaccine and treatments for internal and external parasites.

This Bulletin aims to show how to train a sheep-dog from a raw pup to a highly useful and well trained, mature dog. The methods …

Nebline, February 1991

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

Ag Update: Agricultural News & Events

Home Extension News

On-the-Grow: Horticulture News & Recommendations

The Cloverline: 4-H News and Events

Extension Calendar

and other extension news

Ec91-123 Drought Management On Range And Pastureland: A Handbook For Nebraska And South Dakota, Patrick E. Reece, Jack D. Alexander, James R. Johnson

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Drought is generally defined as a prolonged period during which annual precipitation is less than 75 percent of average. Based upon this definition, drought has occurred in 21 percent of the years in the northern Great Plains since 1940. Poor distribution of precipitation in a single year or less than average precipitation in successive years can also cause drought conditions.

This extension circulation discusses the following: how plants respond to drought, management preparation for drought, herd management, animal response to drought, predicting forage production and stocking rates, drought management plans, rangeland resource inventory, grazing management, and plant recovery after drought.

G91-1032 Dairy Cow Health And Metabolic Disease Relative To Nutritional Factors, Duane N. Rice, Rick Stock

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

This NebGuide describes the various implications and effects of dairy cow metabolic problems, their causes, and management recommendations for prevention.

Nutritional imbalances, deficiencies, or erratic management of feeding programs for dairy cows can create large numbers and various types of health problems generally categorized as metabolic diseases.

Compounding the problem are the ever-changing nutritional needs of the cow, her lactation/dry period needs, feed quality changes, and producer personal management practices.

Ec91-269 Domestic Poultry Feed Formulation Guide, Earl W. Gleaves, Thomas W. Sullivan, F. John Struwe

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

This publication provides basic, practical information about nturition and diet requirements for poultry. Nutrient requirements, diet formulations, feed ingredient analyses, and feeding methods are ever changing. Feed cost is the largest single item of expense in producing poultry meat or eggs. Poultry producers should adopt a comprehensive feeding program based on sound nutrition principles tailored to a specific production purpose. This publication provides the basis for such a feeding program.

Background Papers To Wawa's South-West Irrigation District Strategy Study, G J. Luke, I Af Laing, P R. George, G R. Olney, R L. Taylor, I F. Wilkinson, P T. Arkell

Resource management technical reports

No abstract provided.

G91-1047 Acidosis, Rick Stock, Robert Britton

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

This NebGuide discusses why acidosis occurs, its economic considerations, and methods to prevent and treat acidosis.

Acidosis is the most important nutritional disorder in feedlots today. Caused by a rapid production and absorption of acids from the rumen when cattle consume too much starch (primarily grain) or sugar in a short period of time, acidosis causes cattle to be stressed. As long as cattle are finished on grain, cows are grazed on cornstalk fields (grain consumption) or high energy (grain) diets are fed to dairy cows, acidosis will be an important problem.

Cattle evolved digesting roughages that ferment slowly in …

G91-1048 Average Composition Of Feeds Used In Nebraska, Rick Stock, Rick Grant, Terry Klopfenstein

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Analyses of frequently used feedstuffs are shown on a dry matter basis in the following table. Because the moisture content of feedstuffs varies widely, formulating rations on a dry basis contributes to accuracay in feeding cattle, compared to formulating on "as-fed" analyses.

Nf91-28 Psittacosis (Chlamydia Psittaci Infections) In Pet Birds, Eva Wallner-Pendleton

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Companion birds continue to increase in popularity as pets in the United States. Birds most frequently kept belong to the family psittacidae, or the parrot family. Although domestic breeding of parrots is becoming more widespread, a large number of birds are still imported from outside the United States. By law, these birds must enter the country through quarantine stations. There they spend at least 30 days and are tested for disease and fed food containing tetracycline, an antibiotic. The antibiotic treatment is to hopefully eliminate infections with Chlamydia psittaci, the bacterium that causes psittacosis.

Nebline, January 1991

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

Ag Update: Agricultural News & Events

Home Extension News

On-the-Grow: Horticulture News & Recommendations

The Cloverline: 4-H News and Events

Extension Calendar

and other extension news

Nf91-32 A Quick Consumer Guide To Safe Food Handling, Dennis Burson, Julie A. Albrecht

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

This NebFact provides strategies to avoid foodborne illnesses.

Nf91-21 Cutting Family Living Food Expenses, Kathy Prochaska-Cue

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

This NebFact discusses reducing family food expenses.

G91-1010 Managing Corn And Sorghum Residues During The Ecofarming Fallow Period, Robert N. Klein, Gail A. Wicks

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

This NebGuide explains how to maintain an appropriate residue cover with ecofarming in the fallow period before winter wheat to reduce soil erosion and conserve soil moisture. Ecofarming is a system of controlling weeds and managing crop residues throughout a crop rotation with minimum use of tillage. This will reduce soil erosion and production costs while increasing weed control, water infiltration, moisture conservation and crop yields. In the winter wheat-ecofallow corn or grain sorghum-fallow rotation, corn or grain sorghum is no-till planted into winter wheat stubble in May. During the previous summer or fall the winter wheat stubble was treated …

G91-1034 Evaluating The Feeding Value Of Fibrous Feeds For Dairy Cattle, Rick J. Grant

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

This NebGuide describes what makes fiber unique as a nutrient, how it's measured, and the impact different dietary fiber levels have on milk production and feed intake.

Fiber content of feed or forage affects its feeding value. Understanding fiber and how it is used is necessary to properly feed dairy cows. Each of the following topics will be addressed to better understand fiber nutrition in the dairy cow:

1. What is fiber?

2. How will too little or too much fiber in the diet affect the cow's metabolism and subsequent production?

3. What are optimal levels of fiber in the …

G91-1027 Protein And Carbohydrate Nutrition Of High Producing Dairy Cows, Rick J. Grant

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

This NebGuide discusses the protein and carbohydrate requirements for milk production by dairy cows, and feeding guidelines to meet those requirements.

Crude protein makes up 14 to 19 percent, and carbohydrates 65 to 75 percent of the total ration dry matter in common dairy cow diets. As milk production per cow increases above 19,000 to 20,000 pounds per year, understanding how these nutrients are used by the dairy cow for milk production allows the formulation of diets that optimize solids-corrected milk production.

G91-1041 Feeding The Bovine Somatotropin (Bst) Treated Dairy Cow, Rick J. Grant, Jeffrey F. Keown

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Proper feeding management of dairy cows treated with bovine somatotropin is emphasized.

When dairy producers decide to use bovine somatotropin (BST) in their herds, proper nutritional management is critical to its success.

The final decision to use BST is likely an economic one: will the use of BST in a producer's operation generate a positive cash flow?

Nf91-34 Food Safety For Farmers' Market Vendors, Julie A. Albrecht

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

This NebFact discusses food safety issues for farmers' market vendors.

Nf91-33 Handling Eggs Safely At Home, Julie A. Albrecht, Alice Henneman

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

This NebFact discusses egg handling safely.

An Investigation Into The Government Extension Services Operating In South Australia, Victoria, Queensland, North And South Island, New Zealand : June 1 To July 7, 1991, Philip Hawker

All other publications

Brian Carlin Memorial Award Study Tour Report

Farm Management Memo - Advice To Help Farming Through The Rural Downturn, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia

Farm Systems and Economics published reports

Historically, commodity prices cycle between a "boom and a bust" every few years. Farmers are often able to adjust their operations to reduce the impact of a downturn in commodity prices by:

• Increasing efficiency through reducing or maintaining input costs while maintaining or increasing production levels.

• Maximising returns through seeking price premiums on commodities (protein, noodle quality, finer wool, increased clean wool yield).

• Reducing overhead costs

• Seeking cheaper finance or refinancing costly loans

• Careful planning and management with a high degree of attention to detail.

• Seeking advice

Inheritance Of Acid-Soil Tolerance In Sorghum (Sorghum Bicolor) Grown On An Ultisol, C. I. Flores, L. M. Gourley, Jeffrey F. Pedersen, R. B. Clark

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

Inheritance of acid-soil tolerance (generally considered AI-toxicity tolerance) i.n sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] is not clear. Forty F₁ sorghum hybrids and their 14 parents were grown two seasons in the field at relatively high (67 and 71%) and low (43 and 42%) Al saturations on an acid Ultisol in Colombia, South America to evaluate the effects of acid soil on agronomic component traits and to better understand inheritance of acid-soil tolerance of sorghum. For plants grown at the high Al saturation levels, hybrids from acid-soil tolerant [AS-T] x acid soil-sensitive [AS-S] crosses were as tolerant as hybrids from …