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Full-Text Articles in Education
G86-783 Complete Rations -- Should You Feed Them?, Foster G. Owen
G86-783 Complete Rations -- Should You Feed Them?, Foster G. Owen
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials
This NebGuide discusses the advantages and disadvantages of feeding complete rations to dairy herds.
Using the complete ration system for feeding dairy cows has become increasingly popular. Nutritionists generally consider it the ideal method of feeding dairy cattle. Milk production per cow can be maximized, and feed and labor costs minimized, with this system. However, the necessary equipment is expensive and may be excessive for loose-housed herds of less than 100 cows.
G86-778 Do You Practice Good Milking Procedures?, Gerald R. Bodman
G86-778 Do You Practice Good Milking Procedures?, Gerald R. Bodman
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials
This NebGuide outlines good milking procedures to follow to assure high quality milk production while minimizing mastitis and other health problems.
Milking, or harvesting the milk crop, is a critical step between planting crops, building facilities, and paying bills on a dairy farm. While highly productive cows and a properly functioning milking system are essential, how the cows are handled and the milking system is used are equally important. Proper milking procedures are necessary to assure a bountiful harvest of high quality milk.
The nature of milk-secreting tissue and the anatomy of the udder make harvesting the milk crop impossible …
Ec86-113 A Guide For Planning And Analyzing A Year-Round Forage Program, Steven S. Waller, Lowell E. Moser, Bruce Anderson
Ec86-113 A Guide For Planning And Analyzing A Year-Round Forage Program, Steven S. Waller, Lowell E. Moser, Bruce Anderson
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials
Efficient grazing management programs cannot succeed without proper stocing rates. However, proper stocking rate alone will not insure a successful grazing program. Successful grazing management only occurs when all factors affecting production are manipulated properly: season of use; kind, class, and/or combination of animals; grazing distribution; grazing program; fertilization; pest control; and water management as well as stocking rate. The following suggestions in this circular are a guide to initial planning of new pastures and the modification of existing grazing programs.
Ec86-1539 Common Household Pests
Ec86-1539 Common Household Pests
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials
This 4-color extension circular was prepared by Extension entomologists of the North Central States in cooperation with the Federal Extension Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. This publications shows the following insects:
1. Oriential cockroach 2. American cockroach
3. German cockroach
4. Brown-banded cockroach
5. House fly
6. Black carpet beetle
7. Webbing clothes moth
8. Silverfish
9. Flea
10. Brown dog tick
11. Pavement ant
12. Subterranean termite
13. Powder-post beetle
14. Carpenter ant
15. Boxelder bug
G86-815 Reproductive Problems In Rams, Alan R. Doster, Dale M. Grotelueschen
G86-815 Reproductive Problems In Rams, Alan R. Doster, Dale M. Grotelueschen
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials
Systematic examination of all males to be used for breeding can prevent reproductive failure, minimize nonpregnant ewes, and increase numbers of lambs born early during lambing season.
The importance of using only highly fertile, healthy rams in breeding programs cannot be overemphasized. This is especially true in the case of small producers where only one ram is required. The ram represents an often neglected part of sheep production.
Ec86-1546 Common Vegetable Insects
Ec86-1546 Common Vegetable Insects
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials
This 4-color extension circular was prepared by Extension entomologists of the North Central States in cooperation with the Federal Extension Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. This publication shows the following insects:
1. Cabbage looper and imported cabbageworm
2. Cabbage aphid
3. Hornworm
4. Two-spotted spider mite
5. Bean leaf beetle
6. Mexican bean beetle adult, pupa, larvae, eggs
7. Thrips
8. Root maggot
9. Striped cucumber beetle
10. Spotted cucumber beetle
11. Colorado potato beetle
12. Potato flea beetle
13. Potato leafhopper
14. Squash vine borer
15. Squash bug nymphs and adults
Heg86-209 Farm And Ranch Family Living Expenses--Taking Control, Kathleen Prochaska-Cue
Heg86-209 Farm And Ranch Family Living Expenses--Taking Control, Kathleen Prochaska-Cue
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials
This NebGuide describes how families with an irregular income can control living expenses through use of a budget and cash flow plan.
Although farm and ranch family living levels have improved and become more comparable to nonfarm families, there will always be some important differences between these families with respect to managing the family living expenses. Income is irregular for many farm and ranch families and, in the past few years, has been insufficient to maintain the farm/ranch and family at a reasonable level of living. This guide is designed to help the farm or ranch family take control of …
G86-823 Rock Retaining Wall Construction, Richard K. Sutton, Don Steinegger
G86-823 Rock Retaining Wall Construction, Richard K. Sutton, Don Steinegger
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials
Things to consider when constructing a rock retaining wall.
Each building site has terrain that lends itself to individualized design. Natural slopes, with changes of grade or planned changes in the overall grade may lead to more interesting and pleasing landscapes.
Straight lines or lines lending themselves to square, rectangular, or circular areas tend to develop into a formal landscape. Curved, sweeping lines are less formal and more relaxed. Home landscaping often attempts to develop an informal appearance.
A rock wall can increase the beauty of the site as well as add to the area's utility. Uneven terrain can add …
G86-789 Human Lice And Their Control, Shripat T. Kamble, David L. Keith, Wayne L. Kramer
G86-789 Human Lice And Their Control, Shripat T. Kamble, David L. Keith, Wayne L. Kramer
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials
This NebGuide includes information on biology and control of three species of lice that infest humans.
Pediculosis (lice infestation) in humans has been known since ancient times. Three types of lice that infest humans: 1) head lice, 2) body lice, and 3) crab or pubic lice.
Lice are small, flat, dirty white to grayish black, wingless insects. Their legs are short and stout, with a large claw on each leg for grasping and holding onto hair. Lice have piercing and sucking mouth parts. These insects are blood feeders and require close contact with human hosts.
G86-802 Banvel And 2,4-D Damge To Fieldbeans And Soybeans, Roger G. Wilson, Drew J. Lyon
G86-802 Banvel And 2,4-D Damge To Fieldbeans And Soybeans, Roger G. Wilson, Drew J. Lyon
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials
This NebGuide discusses the effects of Banvel and 2,4-D on soybean and fieldbean growth and yield. Banvel and 2,4-D are two herbicides commonly used for postemergence control of broadleaf weeds in corn, wheat, sorghum, pastures, and around field margins. Both herbicides can be moved off target by windy conditions at the time of spraying, or they can volatilize after spraying at temperatures above 85°F and drift off target. Fieldbeans and soybeans are both sensitive to Banvel and 2,4-D, and even rates as low as 0.001 lb/acre (1/100th of the use rate) can cause visual crop injury. The degree of crop …
G86-824 Snow Mold Diseases Of Turfgrasses (Revised February 1991), John E. Watkins
G86-824 Snow Mold Diseases Of Turfgrasses (Revised February 1991), John E. Watkins
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials
How to identify, prevent, and control the principal snow molds of turfgrass in Nebraska.
Principal snow molds of Nebraska turfgrass are Fusarium patch (pink snow mold) and Typhula blight (gray snow mold). Of these two, Fusarium patch is usually the most prevalent and, due to the general lack of continuous snow cover during winter, probably the most damaging. Although snow molds occur on most types of turf grown in Nebraska, fine-leaved turf types are more often seriously injured than coarser lawn grasses.
G86-814 Using Ram Lambs For Breeding, Ted Doane
G86-814 Using Ram Lambs For Breeding, Ted Doane
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials
This NebGuide explains how ram lambs can be most efficiently used in a breeding program and provides management suggestions for a successful program.
Are you planning to use a ram lamb this breeding season? If so, you should consider the capabilities and limitations of ram lambs.
It may be true that some well-grown, aggressive, vigorous, highly fertile ram lambs can settle 50 ewes and maybe more. However, these rams are exceptions. A good rule to follow for practical ram management is 15 to 20 ewes for a ram lamb and 35 to 50 ewes for a mature ram.
G86-821 Weaned Pig Management And Nutrition (Revised August 1992), Duane Reese, Mike Brumm
G86-821 Weaned Pig Management And Nutrition (Revised August 1992), Duane Reese, Mike Brumm
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials
Temperature, space, health considerations, dietary nutrient allowances, feeding management and more are covered here. The weaning age of pigs farrowed in Nebraska is variable. While the average age at weaning is about four weeks, the range is from two to eight weeks. However, industry surveys indicate that more than 50 percent of the pigs in the United States are weaned at 28 days of age or earlier, with the majority weaned between three and four weeks of age. This trend towards earlier weaning is expected to continue with advances in management, housing, health and nutrition. Earlier weaning (under 28 days) …
G86-818 How To Use The Milk Progesterone Tests, Larry L. Larson
G86-818 How To Use The Milk Progesterone Tests, Larry L. Larson
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials
This guide discusses the basis for milk progesterone tests, using the test to confirm estrus, as an early indicator of pregnancy, and the availability and costs of kits. Milk progesterone test kits are now commercially available for on-farm use. Correct interpretation of the test results requires accurate estrous detection and good records. Properly used, these tests can help determine (1) if a cow is near estrus and potentially could conceive if bred, or (2) as an early indicator of pregnancy.
G86-820 How To Maximize Income By Managing Days Dry, Jeffrey F. Keown
G86-820 How To Maximize Income By Managing Days Dry, Jeffrey F. Keown
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials
This guide discusses the benefits of maintaining the optimum calving interval and offers suggestions for accomplishing this reproductive management technique.
Most dairy producers are aware that an optimum calving interval is 365 days. This is a normal lactation length of 305 days with a dry period of 60 days. This interval is often looked at as a goal to strive toward rather than a goal that must be reached to maximize income from the sale of milk.
G86-799 Health Management And Recommended Vaccinations For Dairy Replacements, Duane Rice, R. Gene White
G86-799 Health Management And Recommended Vaccinations For Dairy Replacements, Duane Rice, R. Gene White
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials
This NebGuide discusses the importance of having a good vaccination schedule, and provides recommendations on which vaccinations to give, depending on variables. Correct management decisions are necessary to realize maximum returns on investments in any dairy operation. Dairymen sometimes assume there is a quick remedy for health problems, but the prevention of disease is by far less expensive. Preventing health problems in the dairy herd goes much further than using a veterinarian to treat individual animals with emergency problems. A veterinarian with experience and a genuine interest in dairy cattle is essential to assist the dairyman with herd health problems. …
G86-790 Fumigating Farm-Stored Grain With Aluminum Phosphide (Revised May 1998), Clyde Ogg, David L. Keith
G86-790 Fumigating Farm-Stored Grain With Aluminum Phosphide (Revised May 1998), Clyde Ogg, David L. Keith
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials
This NebGuide provides step-by-step instructions for fumigating stored grain on the farm with aluminum phosphide.
Fumigants act on all insect life stages. They control pests by diffusing through the air spaces between grain kernels as well as into the kernel itself. Fumigants are able to penetrate into places that are inaccessible to insecticide sprays or dusts.
Regardless of formulation, all fumigants are poisonous and toxic to humans and other warm-blooded animals as well as to insects and other pests. Because fumigant chemicals are highly toxic and hazardous to use, they are Restricted Use pesticides. They can only be used by …
G86-826 Irrigating Alfalfa (Revised October 1990), Delynn Hay
G86-826 Irrigating Alfalfa (Revised October 1990), Delynn Hay
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials
Alfalfa has certain water use characteristics. Knowing these and how to monitor soil moisture, apply water, manage irrigation, and schedule water application will help you grow a high quality crop. Irrigation makes it possible to grow high quality alfalfa throughout Nebraska on a wide variety of soils. Alfalfa, relatively drought tolerant, will produce yields almost proportional to the amount of water available to the crop. This means that alfalfa will respond favorably to irrigation. Because of its longer growing season, the seasonal water requirement of alfalfa will be higher than for other crops. Irrigation management must consider characteristics such as …
G86-775 Prussic Acid Poisoning, Norman Shcneider, Bruce Anderson
G86-775 Prussic Acid Poisoning, Norman Shcneider, Bruce Anderson
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials
Prussic acid poisoning and its treatment are discussed in this NebGuide, along with methods to reduce its occurrence.
Sudangrass, forage sorghum, and sorghum-sudangrass hybrids are often used for summer pasture, green chop, hay, or silage. Under certain conditions, livestock consuming these feedstuffs may be poisoned by prussic acid (HCN).
Exposure to excessive prussic acid--also called hydrocyanic acid, hydrogen cyanide, or cyanide--can be fatal. However, producers can manage and feed their livestock to avoid problems with prussic acid.
Ec86-1547 Common Fruit Insects
Ec86-1547 Common Fruit Insects
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials
This 4-color extension circular was prepared by Extension entomologists of the North Central States in cooperation with the Federal Extension Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. This publication shows the following insects:
1. Codling moth adult and larval entry
2. Apple maggot
3. Red-banded leaf roller
4. Green fruitworm
5. Rosy apple aphid
6. San Jose scale
7. Cherry fruit fly maggot
8. Plum curculio adult
9. Two-spotted spider mite
10. Grape berry moth
11. Oriental fruit moth
12. Peach tree borer
Ec86-1545 Common Forage Legume Insects
Ec86-1545 Common Forage Legume Insects
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials
This 4-color extension circular was prepared by Extension entomologists of the North Central States in cooperation with the Federal Extension Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. This publication shows the following insects:
1. Alfalfa weevil adult, larvae
2. Clover leaf weevil larva
3. Sweetclover weevil
4. Variegated cutworm
5. Grasshopper
6. Green cloverworm
7. Potato leafhopper
8. Meadow spittlebug and nymphs
9. Spotted alfalfa aphid
10. Pea aphid
Ec86-1543 Common Soybean Insects
Ec86-1543 Common Soybean Insects
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials
This 4-color extension circular was prepared by Extension entomologists of the North Central States in cooperation with the Federal Extension Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. This publication shows the following insects:
1. Bean leaf beetle.
2. Mexican ean beeetle and larva
3. Japanese beetle
4. Striped blister beetle
5. Green stink bug and damaged seeds
6. Two-spotted mite
7. Thrips
8. Grape colaspis larva
9. Seed maggot
10. White grub
11. Grasshopper
12. Green cloverworm
13. Cabbage looper
14. Garden webworm
15. Corn earworm
Ec86-1542 Corn Insects — Below Ground
Ec86-1542 Corn Insects — Below Ground
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials
This extension circular was prepared by Extension entomologists of the North Central States in cooperation with the Federal Extension Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. This publication shows the following insects:
1. Corn rootworm adults (Northern, Western and Southern)
2. Corn rootworm larva
3. "Goose-neck" symptoms of corn rootworm infestation
4. Corn rootworm damage
5. Wireworm
6. White grub
7. Black cutworm
8. Corn root aphid
9. Grape colaspis and damage
10. Seedcorn maggot
11. Seedcorn beetle
12. Billbug
Ec86-1540 Common Tree And Shrubs Pests
Ec86-1540 Common Tree And Shrubs Pests
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials
This 4-color extension circular was prepared by Extension entomologists of the North Central State in cooperation with the Federal Extension Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. This publication shows the following insects:
1. Oystershell scale
2. Maple bladder gall
3. Flatheaded borer
4. Aphid
5. Pine needle scale
6. Bagworm
7. Smaller European elm bark beetle
8. Elm leaf beetle and larvae
9. Eastern tent caterpillar
10. Yellow-necked caterpillar
11. Spruce mite
Ex86-1549 Stinging And Biting Pests
Ex86-1549 Stinging And Biting Pests
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials
This one-page, four-color extension circular displays photos of the following stinging and biting pests: deer fly, brown recluse spider, American dog tick, mosquito, wheel bug, black widow spider, lo moth larva, yellow jacket, sweat bee, honey bee, and the saddleback caterpillar.
It was prepared by Extension Entomologists of the North Central States in cooperation with the Federal Extension Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
G86-825 Existing Buildings--Remodel Or Abandon?, Gerald R. Bodman, David P. Shelton
G86-825 Existing Buildings--Remodel Or Abandon?, Gerald R. Bodman, David P. Shelton
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials
Just because a building is there does not mean that remodeling is the best option. Here are ten factors of prime importance when deciding if a building is suitable for remodeling.
As livestock production enterprises change, many producers ask, "Should I remodel this building or abandon it and start over?" A sound answer requires careful evaluation of the intended use of the building being considered for remodeling. The immediate future and projected long range production goals must be considered. We've all read about successful remodeling projects, but few of us ever hear about the large number of remodeling projects that …
G86-771 Evaluating Options Vs. Futures Contracts, Lynn H. Lutgen
G86-771 Evaluating Options Vs. Futures Contracts, Lynn H. Lutgen
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials
This is number four in a series of six NebGuides on agricultural options. It explains how to evaluate options vs futures contracts.
Options and futures contracts are similar. Both represent actions that occur in the future. Futures markets are contracts to either accept or deliver the actual physical commodity, while an option contract is a contract on the underlying futures contract. Options contracts give the farmer the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell an underlying commodity. This underlying commodity is a futures contract. Due to these similarities and the fact that options are based on a futures …
G86-811 High Quality Seed Wheat, Lenis Alton Nelson
G86-811 High Quality Seed Wheat, Lenis Alton Nelson
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials
This NebGuide discusses high quality winter wheat, the options farmers have in obtaining high quality seed, seed size, year-old seed, seed treatment, and replanting the same seed year after year. Winter wheat uniquely allows the least time between the harvest of one crop and the planting of the next of any annual crop. This short time period may necessitate making a hurried decision about the seed to be planted. In the end, the farmer must be responsible for planting good, high quality seed. The phrase "high quality seed wheat" means different things to different people. High quality wheat seed is …
Mp51 Distillers Grains, Glen Aines, Terry Klopfenstein, Rick Stock
Mp51 Distillers Grains, Glen Aines, Terry Klopfenstein, Rick Stock
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials
In the conventional production of alcohol from grain for fuel, byproducts are produced with excellent feeding value for ruminants. Appropriate use of these byproducts aids the efficient production of animals and enhances the economics of alcohol production. In the fermentation of corn to produce alcohol, the starch in the corn is converted to alcohol and carbon dioxide. The nutrients in the corn other than starch are concentrated about three times because corn is about two-thirds starch. Even though starch is high in energy, the one-third of the corn remaining in the byproduct after fermentation contains as much energy per pound …
G86-806 Chinch Bug Management (Revised January 1993), Barbara P. Spike, Robert J. Wright, Stephen D. Danielson
G86-806 Chinch Bug Management (Revised January 1993), Barbara P. Spike, Robert J. Wright, Stephen D. Danielson
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials
The life cycle and control of the chinch bug is discussed, with descriptions of possible management options.
The chinch bug is a native North American insect that can destroy cultivated grass crops, especially sorghum and corn, and occasionally small grains, such as wheat and barley. Broad-leaved plants are immune to feeding damage. Crop damage from this insect is most often found in southeast Nebraska and northeast Kansas and is associated with dry weather, especially in the spring and early summer months. Chinch bugs have few effective natural enemies. Ladybird beetles and other common insect predators found in Nebraska prefer to …