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Small Acreage Site Inventory, Factors To Consider In Planning A Small Scale Agricultural Enterprise, Tiffany Maughan, Brent Black
Small Acreage Site Inventory, Factors To Consider In Planning A Small Scale Agricultural Enterprise, Tiffany Maughan, Brent Black
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This publication is intended to provide a step-by-step guide for taking an inventory of the factors that should guide the decision in what type of small acreage enterprise to pursue. careful planning before deciding on a cop will help ensure a successful venture.
Your Organic Farm: Community Supported Agriculture, Usu Student Organic Farm
Your Organic Farm: Community Supported Agriculture, Usu Student Organic Farm
USU Student Organic Farm Newsletter
As you know gardens can come with challenges, however being prepared with knowledge and tools can help prevent a challenge from becoming a serious problem. This spring some of our challenges have been pests. It is important to be aware of the their signs and then take the proper active action to apply barriers that prevent problematic pests from causing too much damage.
Your Organic Farm: Community Supported Agriculture, Usu Student Organic Farm
Your Organic Farm: Community Supported Agriculture, Usu Student Organic Farm
USU Student Organic Farm Newsletter
First off, we want to thank you for your support this season. Without it this farm and our internships would not be possible. As students, we are just beginning to break the surface of our passions and with your support we have opportunity to grow. We would like you to know that we appreciate and feel fortunate for what we have here at the farm. This season you will see all five of your student farmers have a true passion for buying local, growing organic produce, and connecting the community. We pledge to give our best this season and provide …
Benefits Of Exposing Animals To Poor-Quality Foods Early In Life, Beth Burritt
Benefits Of Exposing Animals To Poor-Quality Foods Early In Life, Beth Burritt
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This fact sheet provides research examples of how exposure early in life to poor-quality or high-toxin forages can increase intake and preference for certain forages and improve the productivity of livestock.
Should Ranchers Value Sagebrush? Why We Need Sagebrush, Beth Burritt, Thomas Monaco, Eric Thacker
Should Ranchers Value Sagebrush? Why We Need Sagebrush, Beth Burritt, Thomas Monaco, Eric Thacker
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This fact sheet describes the value of sagebrush to ranchers. Big sagebrush is beneficial to grasses and forbs growing under its canopy by supplying them water, nutrients,organic matter and protection from overgrazing. It provides food and cover for a number of birds, reptiles, small mammals and beneficial insects. It can provide winter forage for both wildlife and livestock. Lastly, it is an important plant for revegetation efforts in the West.
Nutritional Value And Toxins In Various Noxious Weeds, Beth Burritt, Rae Ann Hart
Nutritional Value And Toxins In Various Noxious Weeds, Beth Burritt, Rae Ann Hart
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Teaching animals to eat noxious weeds may be a solution to reducing noxious weeds. Grazing animals often avoid eating weeds due to novelty even though weeds are often as nutritious as many of our planted pasture and rangelands species. This fact sheet provides livestock producers with the nutritive values of many common weeds. These values were summarized from a variety of peer-reviewed journal articles.
Economic And Soil Quality Impacts From Crop/Rangeland Residue Burning, Lyle Holmgren, Grant Cardon, Clint Hill
Economic And Soil Quality Impacts From Crop/Rangeland Residue Burning, Lyle Holmgren, Grant Cardon, Clint Hill
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This fact sheet describes the practice of burning crop residues and the impacts of it on economics and soil quality.
Csa Shares, Usu Student Organic Farm
Csa Shares, Usu Student Organic Farm
USU Student Organic Farm Newsletter
Your student farm is super excited for the 2014 CSA season and with this excitement comes our commitment to produce and ensure an amazingly bountiful year. So far we are well on our way to achieve this goal. We have put in a lot of work planning our season’s produce through farm maps and efficient seed purchases. Our planning has been extensive and Nathan Staker, your new farm manager, has done a spectacular job preparing and organizing everything and everyone. Spring seeding and planting has also begun. Our cool season hoop house is nearly full and our greenhouse is overfull …
The Ten Most Common Mistakes In Using No-Till, Earl Creech, Phil Rasmussen, Robert Newhall
The Ten Most Common Mistakes In Using No-Till, Earl Creech, Phil Rasmussen, Robert Newhall
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Interest in no-till (NT) crop production practices has increased greatly among Utah farmers and ranchers in recent years. This publication highlights 10 common mistakes that are often made by producers that are new to NT.
Cultivate Spring/Summer 2014, Utah State University
Cultivate Spring/Summer 2014, Utah State University
Cultivate Magazine
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Cultivate Fall/Winter 2014, Utah State University
Cultivate Fall/Winter 2014, Utah State University
Cultivate Magazine
No abstract provided.
Grain Finishing Beef: Alternative Rations, Cattle Performance And Feeding Costs For Small Feeders, Dillon M. Feuz, Jesse Russell
Grain Finishing Beef: Alternative Rations, Cattle Performance And Feeding Costs For Small Feeders, Dillon M. Feuz, Jesse Russell
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In a feeding trial at Utah State University during the summer of 2013, it was found that cattle had higher ADG when fed SFC compared to whole corn. However, when the relative cost of SFC and whole corn were considered, feeding whole corn compared to SFC resulted in nearly identical feed costs per pound of gain. Actual and relative costs of SFC and whole corn can and do vary over time and across geographic regions. Therefore, feeders could use the information in this fact sheet to determine which feed will be the most economical for them.
Farm And Ranch Financial Statements, Clark Israelsen, Dillon Feuz
Farm And Ranch Financial Statements, Clark Israelsen, Dillon Feuz
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This fact sheet is a brief overview of the financial statements and budgeting tools that are likely a part of most farm financial record keeping systems. Links are provided for additional detail on any one financial report or topic. A brief description of a Balance Sheet, a Profit Loss Statement or Income Statement, Statement of Cash Flows and Enterprise Analysis is included.