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Sprinkler Irrigation-Pesticide Best Management Systems, Richard C. Peralta, Howard Deer, Robert W. Hill, L. Neil Allen

All Archived Publications

Pesticides reduce crop losses due to insects, pathogens, weeds and other pests, but can contaminate ground water. Ground water refers to water in the saturated portion of the soil material. Water in an unsaturated region of the soil is termed soil moisture.

How To Turn Your Kitchen Into A Lab!, Charlotte P. Brennand Ph. D.

Archived Food and Health Publications

Publication goes over the steps to a proper experiment and teaches how to do experiments in your own kitchen.

Drug Use In Food Animals, Clell V. Bagley Dvm

Archived Food and Health Publications

Publication provides information on the safe use of drugs and antibiotics in food animals.

Drug Residues And Food Safety, Clell V. Bagley Dvm

Archived Food and Health Publications

Publication discusses drug residues in food animal products and food safety concerning drug residues.

Proceedings From The 28th Annual Marschall Italian Seminar, Various Authors

Cheese Industry Conference

Since 1983, the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board, funded by the 33,000 dairy farmers, has formed a unique partnership with the Wisconsin cheese manufacturers in their efforts to market the products they make with advertising, promotion, education and research programs.

These marketing programs have focused on Wisconsin's cheese quality and cheese making expertise as the foundation for the strategic direction that WMMB has set for our programs and services. Communications strategy was developed to capitalize on the equity in the name "Wisconsin" which has been confirmed through consumer and foodservice market research.

This presentation will give an overview of WMMB's programs …

Sheep Production In 11 Western States, United States Department Of Agriculture, Economic Research Service

Agriculture

Net cash returns of U.S. sheep producers were positive for the past 18 years, yet the industry in 1986 experienced the largest declines in number of sheep farms and in sheep population since 1942. Per capita consumption of lamb and mutton has trended downward since 1962, remaining below 1.5 pounds for the past 13 years. The 1986 USDA Farm Costs and Returns Survey indicates that the major sheep production practices of shed and range lambing have not changed significantly since 1980, and losses from disease and predators are high. Sheep production requires more hired labor and operator time than any …

Mormon Crickets: A Brighter Side, Charles Macvean

All Current Publications

In a recent appraisal of Mormon crickets (Anabrus simplex Haldeman), Raffelson (1989) reminds us that these insects are a subject of great concern and dislike among Western ranchers and farmers.

Pesticide Movement In Response To Furrow Irrigation And Pesticide Parameters, Richard C. Peralta, Robert W. Hill, Howard Deer

All Archived Publications

Production of adequate supplies of food and fiber currently requires that pesticides be used to limit crop losses from insects, pathogens, weeds and other pests. The term pesticide refers to a large number ofchemical compounds. Pesticides include acaricides, fungicides, herbicides, insecticides, nematicides, algicides, arboricides, zoocides, and many more.

Final Environmental Impact Statement Vegetation Treatment On Blm Lands In Thirteen Western States, United States Department Of The Interior, Bureau Of Land Management

Plants

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), U.S. Department of the Interior (USDI), proposes treatment of vegetation on public lands in 13 Western States. Some of the treatment methods have the potential for significant impacts on the environment. This final environmental impact statement (FEIS) analyzes potential impacts on the natural and human environment that may occur as a result of the proposed action and alternatives.

Project Reports, Various Authors

Other Documents

No abstract provided.

1990-1991 Annual Report, Various Authors

Annual Reports

No abstract provided.

Irrigation Management To Control Nitrate Leaching: What Is In It For The Framer?, Gilbert D. Miller, Jay C. Andersen

Archived Natural Resources Publications

Managing irrigation application is an important tool in controlling the amount of nitrate that leaches out of the root zone.

Nonfat Dry Milk, Charlotte P. Brennand

All Archived Publications

No abstract provided.

Distributive Effects Of Forest Service Attempts To Maintain Community Stability, Steven E. Daniels, William F. Hyde, David N. Wear

Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology Faculty Publications

Community stability is an objective of USDA Forest Service timber sales. This paper examines that objective, and the success the Forest Service can have in attaining it, through its intended maintenance of a constant volume timber harvest schedule. We apply a three-factor, two-sector modified general equilibrium model with empirical evidence from the timber-based counties of western Montana. Departure from a market responsive timber policy can have positive impacts on the wood products sector, but the net effects on the local community are very small. The costs to the public treasury of pursuing such a policy dwarf these small community benefits.

Predation Risk And The Importance Of Cover For Juvenile Rainbow Trout In Lentic Systems, R. A. Tabor, Wayne A. Wurtsbaugh

Watershed Sciences Faculty Publications

Juvenile rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss stocked in midelevation reservoirs in Utah inhabit shallow nearshore areas and are vulnerable to predation from piscivorous fish and birds. We determined the use and importance of nearshore habitats by (1) measuring habitat selection by, prey availability to, and feeding of juvenile rainbow trout in two reservoirs with populations of predators, and (2) measuring survival and growth rates in the presence and absence of cover in a pond experiment where adult brown trout Salmo trutta were predators. In the reservoirs juvenile rainbow trout (60–120 mm standard length) were abundant in complex inshore habitats but avoided …

Fungi Associated With Sprout Mortality In Aspen Clearcuts In Colorado And Arizona, W.R. Jacobi, W.D. Shepperd

Aspen Bibliography

Four aspen stands with greater than 90% sprout mortality in Colorado and one in Arizona were evaluated for fungal pathogens. There 4- to 5-year-old sprouts had rapidly expanding cankers moving from the terminal to the ground line. Roots of sampled sprouts showed no damage and root diseases were not found. Fruiting structures of Cytospora chrysosperma were consistently found on dying stems, while those of Dothiora polyspora were occasionally found. The same organisms were isolated from the margins of advancing cankers. Pathogenicity tests using greenhouse-grown aspen trees indicated C. chrysosperma caused rapidly expanding cankers similar to those observed on the aspen …

Nonfat Dry Milk, Charlotte P. Brennand

Archived Food and Health Publications

Publication gives drink and dessert recipes that use nonfat dry milk.

Utah Water Quality- Utah Ground Water, Howard Deer, Richard C. Peralta, Robert W. Hill

All Archived Publications

Ground water is important to the economic and physical well-being of the people of Utah. About 95% of Utah's fresh water is ground water. It provides more than 70% of the state's drinking water and is a major source of water for agriculture and irrigation.

Renewing Decadent Aspen Stands, Donald A. Perala

Aspen Bibliography

No abstract provided.

Aspen Management For The 21st Century: Proceedings Of A Symposium, S. Navratil, P.B. Chapman

Aspen Bibliography

No abstract provided.

Mixed Conifer And Aspen Regeneration In Small Clearcuts Within A Partially Harvested Arizona Mixed Conifer Forest, P.F. Ffolliott, G.J. Gottfried

Aspen Bibliography

Southwestern mixed conifer forests are found on high-elevation sites, generally above 8,000 feet, throughout Arizona, New Mexico, and southwestern Colorado.

Aspen Harvesting: A Government Perspective, D.W. Darrah

Aspen Bibliography

No abstract provided.

Aspen In A Changing Climate, S.C. Zoltai, T. Singh, M.J. Apps

Aspen Bibliography

In western Canada, aspen attains its best growth potential in the boreal zone under the present climatic conditions. The anticipated climate change within the next century, caused by anthropogenic actions, would result in a warmer climate and precipitation patterns similar to the present. Comparable conditions existed in western Canada during the mid-Holocene warm-dry period (about 6000 years ago), when grasslands and aspen parklands occurred far north of their present extent. The anticipated climate change would cause increased drought conditions in the south and a longer growing season in the north. Under such conditions aspen is expected to respond with generally …

The Impact Of Aspen Harvesting On Site Productivity, David H. Alban

Aspen Bibliography

Aspen management can affect site productivity in two major ways: First, aspen accumulates large amounts of nutrients (especially Ca) in its biomass. Harvesting removes these nutrients from the site and, in the long run, site quality will decline if these nutrients are not replenished. Second, the harvesting operation itself can cause site quality loss through soil physical disturbance or through accelerated soil organic matter decomposition and nutrient leaching losses. Our understanding of the processes controlling site productivity is very weak, therefore our ability to predict the consequences of management activities on site productivity is very limited. Current research will help …

Regeneration Of Aspen By Suckering On Burned Sites In Western Wyoming, D.L. Bartos, W.F. Mueggler, R.B. Campbell, Jr.

Aspen Bibliography

Approximately 2.8 million ha of woodlands dominated by quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) are scattered throughout the Western United States (Green and Van Hooser 1983).

Aspen Ecosystem Properties In The Upper Great Lakes, David H. Alban, D.A. Perala, M.F. Jurgensen, M.E. Ostry, J.R. Probst

Aspen Bibliography

No abstract provided.