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G93-1168 Moisture Testing Of Grain, Hay And Silage, Bruce Anderson, Rick Grant

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

This NebGuide offers methods to help producers test moisture content of grain, hay, silage and other feeds.

Knowing the moisture and dry matter (DM) content of feeds is important to farmers for several reasons:

1. Livestock performance depends on DM consumed; thus, DM content must be known to accurately formulate rations.

2. Knowledge of moisture content is needed for harvest decisions during haying and silage chopping and for safe storage of grains, hay, and silage.

3. Moisture content is a major factor related to the value, or price, of forages and grain.

Every producer should be able to test for …

G93-1133 Estimating Percent Residue Cover Using The Line-Transect Method, David P. Shelton, Roger Kanable, Paul J. Jasa

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

This NebGuide describes how to use the line-transect method to estimate the percentage of the soil surface covered with crop residue.

Crop residue left on the soil surface is one of the easiest and most cost-effective methods of reducing soil erosion. Research in Nebraska and other midwestern states has shown that leaving as little as 20 percent of the soil surface covered with crop residues can reduce soil erosion by one-half of what it would be from residue-free conditions. Greater amounts of residue cover will further reduce erosion.

Nf93-140 Water Management For Irrigation In Nebraska, Norman L. Klocke, Joel E. Cahoon, Dean E. Eisenhauer, Delynn R. Hay, Glenn J. Hoffman, William L. Kranz, Derrel L. Martin, Darrell Watts, C. Dean Yonts

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

This NebFact discusses water management for irrigation.

Nf93-121 Practices That Reduce Risk Of Spreading Rhizomania, John A. Smith, Eric D. Kerr

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

This NebFact discusses the rhizomania virus in sugar beets.

G93-1180 Horn Fly Control On Cattle, John B. Campbell

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

This NebGuide identifies ways to control horn flies on cattle.

The horn fly is a blood-feeder that feeds 20 to 30 times per day. A population of several thousand horn flies may be present on one animal. When large numbers of these flies are on cattle, the cattle bunch and expend considerable effort fighting the flies. They will often stand in water or seek shade trying to get relief from the flies. When they do this, they fail to graze normally.

Studies in the United States and Canada show that during the grazing season yearling cattle free from horn flies …