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Farmland Leasing In South Dakota, S. R. Peterson, L. L. Janssen

Research Bulletins of the South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station (1887-2011)

This report contains South Dakota findings from a joint study of South Dakota and Nebraska farmland markets, funded by a USDA Economic Research Service grant and by the agricultural experiment stations of South Dakota and Nebraska. A similar research report, Farmland leasing in Nebraska, was prepared by Michael Lundeen and Bruce Johnson of the University of Nebraska. These reports are closely related, making it easier for interested readers to compare farmland rental market characteristics in both states.

Sdsu Collegian, November 30, 1988, Student Association Of South Dakota State University

The Collegian Archive : 1980 to 1989

Vol. 97, No. 12

Sdsu Collegian, November 9, 1988, Student Association Of South Dakota State University

The Collegian Archive : 1980 to 1989

Vol. 97, No. 10

Sdsu Collegian, November 2, 1988, Student Association Of South Dakota State University

The Collegian Archive : 1980 to 1989

Vol. 97, No. 9

Sdsu Collegian, October 26, 1988, Student Association Of South Dakota State University

The Collegian Archive : 1980 to 1989

Vol. 97, No. 8

Sdsu Collegian, October 19, 1988, Student Association Of South Dakota State University

The Collegian Archive : 1980 to 1989

Vol. 97, No. 7

Sdsu Collegian, October 5, 1988, Student Association Of South Dakota State University

The Collegian Archive : 1980 to 1989

Vol. 97, No. 5

Sdsu Collegian, September 28, 1988, Student Association Of South Dakota State University

The Collegian Archive : 1980 to 1989

Vol. 97, No. 4

Sdsu Collegian, September 21, 1988, Student Association Of South Dakota State University

The Collegian Archive : 1980 to 1989

Vol. 97, No. 2

Sdsu Collegian, September 7, 1988, Student Association Of South Dakota State University

The Collegian Archive : 1980 to 1989

Vol. 97, No. 1

Economic Feasibility Methods: New Agricultural And Rural Enterprises, T. L. Dobbs

Research Bulletins of the South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station (1887-2011)

The purpose of this bulletin is to outline and describe methods of economic feasibility analysis for a new business enterprise. In some cases, individuals and groups can conduct their own feasibility analysis. In other cases, where investments are large and complex, professional assistance may have to be employed. In either case, this bulletin can be useful in clarifying what needs to be included in a feasibility analysis.

Farm/Ranch Financial Management Issues For 1990 Extension Programming, Cindy Snyder, Burton Pflueger

Economics Staff Paper Series (1969 - 2017)

The articles in this paper are adapted from talks and papers presented at the North Central Regional Extension Farm Management and Marketing Workshop: The New Agriculture: Enhancing Profitability and Competiveness in a changing Structure: An Evolving Role for Extension Farm Management, May 3-5, 1988, Iowa State University, Ames Iowa. These papers are presented here as a summary of, and comments on, the ideas and concepts presented at the conference that are most pertinent to extension financial and farm management programming efforts in South Dakota. The Extension farm management staff, consisting of financial management specialist Dr. Burton Pflueger; and Area Farm …

Prussic Acid Poisoning, Cooperative Extension South Dakota State University

SDSU Extension Fact Sheets

This publication provides information on plants that are poisonous to animals because they contain hydrogen cyanide, also known as HCN, hydrocyanic acid, or cyanide. The action of prussic acid in the body, symptoms of poisoning, and feeds involved are explained, as well as the effect of frost, drought, curing, and chopping on these plants. Confusion with nitrate poisoning, control measures, treatment, and instructions for sampling, interpreting, and analyzing samples are also described.

South Dakota State University One-Hundred Second Annual Commencement, April 30, 1988, Brookings, South Dakota, South Dakota State University

Commencement Programs

Please be advised that the individuals listed in the program do not constitute an official confirmation of having met the graduation requirements. The 102nd Annual Commencement ceremony will commence with introductions by University President Robert T. Wagner. Serving as honorary marshals are Dr. Ernest J. Huggins, Professor Emeritus of Biology, and Ella L. Ollenburg, Associate Professor Emerita of Extension. Dr. Carol J. Peterson, Vice President for Academic Affairs, will extend acknowledgments for student and faculty honors, including Richard C. Wahlstrom, Distinguished Professor of Animal Science. The Commencement address will be delivered by Glenn Brynjulson, candidate for graduation. Commissioning of Air …

South Dakota Farm And Home Research: 100th Annual Report (Spring 1988), South Dakota State University

South Dakota Farm and Home Research: 1949 -1998

This issue contains the 100th South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station Annual Report. This report covers July 1, 1986 - June 30, 1987.

Director’s Comment: We have been our second century; the horizons expand ahead of us [p] 2
Another IPM: Inappropriate political medication’ means others could control farmers’ use of water [p] 3
Not on its deathbed: Just a sickbed, but ag economy will cycle again, because of history we haven’t read [p] 5
The business of research: It’s the production of knowledge, ‘which will push back the frontiers of ignorance [p] 7
The driving force: Energy ‘to spare’ comes …

1988 Little International Agricultural Exposition Catalog, Little International Agricultural Exposition South Dakota State University

Little International "Little I" Agricultural Exposition Catalogs

No abstract provided.

South Dakota State University Summer Session 1988 Catalog, South Dakota State University

South Dakota State University Catalogs and Bulletins: 1935 to present

No abstract provided.

Comparison Of Sire Expected Progeny Differences To Actual Performance Of Crossbred Offspring, B.A. Freking, D.M. Marshall

South Dakota Beef Report, 1988

Actual performance of crossbred calves produced at the Antelope Range Livestock Station was evaluated and compared to the sire's expected progeny differences (EPDs) as reported in 1988 beef breed association sire summaries. Comparisons were made between high EPD and low EPD sire groups in retrospect for actual birth weight and weaning weight performance of crossbred progeny. Separate analyses were completed for Polled Hereford, Simmental, Tarentaise and Angus sires. Progeny of high EPD sires ranked higher for average birth weight than progeny of low EPD sires for all sire breeds. Rankings for calf weaning weight were less consistent than for birth …

Relationship Of Sire Expected Progeny Differences To Maternal Performance Of First-Calf Daughters In A Commercial Herd, D.M. Marshall, B.A. Freking

South Dakota Beef Report, 1988

Maternal performance for first calf production was evaluated in retrospect for daughters whose sires had expected progeny differences (EPDs) available from 1988 beef breed association national genetic evaluation summaries. When grouped into high EPD and low EPD groups, sire EPD group averages for actual daughter milk production and weaning weights of daughters' off spring consistently ranked the same as sire group average EPDs for milk and maternal weaning weight, although differences between groups were not statistically significant.

Breed Evaluation For Efficiency Of Feed Utilization For First Calf Production, D.M. Marshall, C.A. Dinkel

South Dakota Beef Report, 1988

Individual feed intake was measured in drylot on first-calf females for a 1-year period through weaning of their first calf. Dam breeds included crossbred Simmental-Hereford, Angus-Hereford, Salers-Hereford and Tarentaise-Hereford produced in two-breed rotations and straightbred Hereford. Cow weights were heaviest for Simmental-Hereford and lowest for Tarentaise-Hereford and straightbred Hereford. Calf weaning weights were heaviest for Simmental-Hereford and Lightest for straightbred Hereford and Angus-Hereford. Intake of cow feed TDN was highest for Simmental-Hereford cows and Lowest for Tarentaise-Hereford and straightbred Hereford. Breed group rankings for total cow feed and calf creep feed TDN intake were the same as rankings for cow …

Serum D-Β-Hydroxybutyrate And Urea Nitrogen As Indicators Of Beef Cow Nutritional Status, P.A. Momont, R.J. Pruitt, R.H. Pritchard

South Dakota Beef Report, 1988

Mature Simmental x Angus crossbred cows were fed differing levels of nutrition before and after calving (mid-March to early May) to determine if blood serum levels of d-β-hydroxybutyrate (BHB) and urea nitrogen (SUN) could be used as indicators of nutritional status. Visual condition scores and condition score change were used as subjective appraisals of cow nutritional status. BHB levels prior to calving were elevated for cows close to calving and those carrying male fetuses. SUN levels prior to calving were higher for thin cows that were losing body condition. If on a low plane of nutrition after calving, BHB values …

Effects Of Administering Progesterone And Gnrh Before Puberty On Age At Puberty And Reproductive Response In Crossbred Beef Heifers, H.L. Miller, J.J. Wagner, R. Hanson

South Dakota Beef Report, 1988

One hundred six crossbred heifers were utilized to determine prepubertal treatment of progesterone or progesterone plus Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone (GnRH) on age at puberty, conception to a synchronized estrus and conception during the breeding season. Days to puberty were 369.5 ± 6.2, 363.1 ± 9.9 and 360.4 ± 7.8 or control, progesterone primed and progesterone plus Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone (GnRH), respectively. There was no difference (P>.05) in age of puberty, number cycling before synchronization or conception rate during a 35-day breeding season. The percentage of heifers conceiving to synchronized estrus was lower (P<.10) for control compared to progesterone or progesterone plus GnRH treated heifers. Injecting GnRH at breeding had little (P>.05) effect on increasing conception rates …

Effects Of Bull Exposure And Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone On Postpartum Interval And Fertility In Beef Cowsa, H.L. Miller, R.H. Haigh

South Dakota Beef Report, 1988

Spring calving beef cows were utilized in a study to determine the effects of bull exposure (BE) and Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone (GnRH) administration on return to estrus and reproductive efficiency. Cows were either exposed to an epididectomized bull soon after calving until the breeding season or not exposed to bulls (NE). All cows were synchronized with Synchro-Mate B (SMB). One-half of the BE and NE cows were implanted with GnRH at SMB implant removal in 1987 or given an injection of GnRH at breeding in 1988. Each year, 20 cows were bled hourly for 80 consecutive hours after SMB removal. …

Economic Analysis Of Using Mixing Equipment For Growing Heifers, J.J. Wagner, D. Peterson, R. Hanson, H.L. Miller

South Dakota Beef Report, 1988

Seventy-two Simmental cross and Charolais cross heifers (475 lb.) were utilized in a growing study to estimate the economic value of using a mixer wagon and feed scale to feed light cattle a high roughage diet. Cattle fed the mixed diet gained an additional 22.6 lb. on 61.2 lb. less dry matter over the 133-day trial than did cattle fed the unmixed diet. Annual ownership and repair costs were assumed to equal $2356. If yearling feeder cattle sold for $8O/cwt and if corn, hay and corn silage were worth $90, $80 and $25 per ton, respectively, it would take a …

Relationships Between Body Condition Scores And Live Animal Measurements Of Beef Cows, P.A. Momont, R.J. Pruitt

South Dakota Beef Report, 1988

Records from 133 mature Simmental x Angus cows collected over a 3-year period were used to determine the relationships between body condition scores and other measurements of cow body condition. Positive correlations were found between condition scores and backfat, weight/height ratios and cow weight. Correcting weight/height ratios of pregnant cows for weight of the conceptus did not improve the correlations with condition score. Backfat measurements had limited use in describing body condition, since backfat wasnear zero for cows less than condition score 5. Equations using condition scores accurately predicted weight/height ratios.

Effects Of Cow Body Condition And Calving Date On Calf Performance, P.A. Momont, R.J. Pruitt

South Dakota Beef Report, 1988

Records from 285 Charolais-sired calves out of 133 Simmental x Angus crossbred cows taken over 3 years were used to evaluate the influence of cow body condition at calving, condition score change following calving and calf birth date on calf performance. Calves nursing cows with higher condition scores in March had increased daily gains from birth until May. However, at weaning time average daily gain and weaning weights were similar regardless of cow condition at calving. Cows which maintained body condition or lost less than two condition scores from March to May weaned heavier calves than cows which lost two …

Effects Of Body Condition On Reproductive Performance Of Range Beef Cows, R.J. Pruitt, P.A. Momont

South Dakota Beef Report, 1988

Mature Simnnental x Angus crossbred cows were fed differing Levels of nutrition from December to May in each of 3 years to create a wide range in cow body condition or fleshiness at the beginning of the calving season (beginning mid-March) and when turned to summer pasture (early May)1 month prior to the beginning of a 60-day breeding season ( early June). Cows that were fleshier in March, May or June cycled earlier and conceived earlier. Being thin in May or June had a more detrimental effect on pregnancy rate for cows that calved late in the calving season. A …

Effect Of Early Weaning On Feedlot Performance And Carcass Characteristics Of High Growth Potential Feeder Calves, R.H. Pritchard, M.A. Robbins, D.H Gee, R.J. Pruitt

South Dakota Beef Report, 1988

Steer and heifer calves produced at Ft. Meade were used to evaluate early weaning and accelerated feeding as a management tool when retaining ownership of calves. Calves were weaned at 5 1/2 (EM) or 7 mo (NW) of age and started immediately on a 60% grain feeding program. Slaughter dates represented mean calf ages of 385 or 425 days and days on feed ranged from 179 to 257 days. Range conditions were good and early weaning had little effect on calf weight at any point in the feeding period. Feeding high grain diets to EW calves did not have any …

Observations Concerning The Effects Of Ruminal Evacuation On Intake And Ruminal Recovery Of Dry Matter, M.J. Goetz, J.J. Wagner, P.S. Johnson

South Dakota Beef Report, 1988

The effect of repeated total ruminal evacuations on feed intake and animal behavior and rate of ruminal recovery expressed as percentage of feed bunk dry matter disappearance were observed in an observation trial with six Angus crossbred steers. Evacuation stimulated meal size and daily intake in comparison to that of a previous feeding. Feed intake decreased with consecutive evacuations. Two evacuation cycles at a 2-day interval may be the practical Limit to frequency of evacuations without a 1 to 2-week recovery period. Rate of recovery of dry matter from the rumen over a 4-hour period was extremely variable and not …

Effect Of Late Season Supplementation On Performance Of Yearling Steers Grazing Mixed Native Range Or Cool Season, Russian Wildrye Pastures, J.J, Wagner, P.S. Johnson, G. Bennett

South Dakota Beef Report, 1988

Seventy-six yearling, black-baldy steers were utilized in a grazing experiment to study the effect of Level of Late summer, early fall protein supplement (1 versus 2 lb., 40% all natural) and type of f all pasture (mixed native range versus Russian wildrye) on average daily gain. Cattle were purchased i n May as part of a larger group and gained at the rate of 1.4 lb. per head daily prior to initiation of the study on September 1, 1987. Average daily gain was not affected by pasture type. Steers grazing native range and Russian wildrye gained .81 and .72 lb. …