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Odorous House Ants (Tapinoma Sessile), Ryan Davis, Austin Taylor

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This fact sheet describes odorous house ants (Tapinoma sessile), how to identify them, their biology, and management, including inspections, insecticide application to nests, perimeter barrier application, and baits.

Size And Scope Of Davis County Agriculture 2019, Ryan Feuz, Ryan Larsen, Justen Smith

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This fact sheet profiles agriculture in Davis County, Utah, and includes location, land ownership, growing season, crop and livestock production, farm income, and age of operator.

Jicama In The Garden, Michael Greenland, Dan Drost

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This fact sheet describes Jicama and includes recommended varieties, how to grow it in the garden, problems, insects and weeds, nutrition, harvest, and storage.

The Samurai Wasp Brings New Hope In The Fight Against Brown Marmorated Stink But In Utah, Mark Cody Holthouse, Lori R. Spears, Zachery R. Schrumm, Diane G. Alston

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This handout describes normal BMSB development and BMSB eggs parasitized by the Samauri wasp.

Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus Of Tomato & Pepper, Claudia Nischwitz, Mariah Noorlander, Mary Ann Hubbell

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This fact sheet describes tomato spotted wilt virus, symptoms, disease cycle, management. weed control.

Sustainable Manure And Compost Application: Garden And Micro Farm Guidelines, Melanie Stock, Tiffany Maughan, Rhonda Miller

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This fact sheet provides general information on manure and compost characteristics and a step-by-step example for calculating application rates that are appropriate for gardens and micro farms (<5 acres).

Puncturevine (Tribulus Terrestris) Identification And Management For Gardens, Lawn, And Pasture, Cody Zesiger, Corey Ransom

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This fact sheet describes puncturevine, a prostrate-growing annual plant that is particularly undesirable because it produces a spiny fruit that can injure animals and flatten tires. It can also be toxic to livestock and is difficult to control due to continual germination throughout the summer.

Sweet Pea Cut Flower Production In Utah, Maegen Lewis, Melanie Stock, Tiffany Maughan, Dan Drost, Brent Black

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This fact sheet describes sweet pea cut flower production in Utah, Planting sweet peas early in the year provides extended, cool-season conditions that are critical for producing a high quality crop and maximizing yield in Utah. High tunnels allow for earlier planting than in the field and therefore, a longer growing period under cool temperatures. In our conditions, Elegance and Mammoth series had the greatest number of marketable stems and are recommended for Utah sweet pea production. Color trends and market demands should also factor into cultivar selection if growing for the cut flower industry.

Size And Scope Of Morgan County Agriculture 2019, Ryan Feuz, Ryan Larsen, Cody Zesiger

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This fact sheet describes the size and scope of agriculture in Morgan County, including growing season, crop production, livestock production, farm income, and age of operator.

Remote Sensing Of Ploidy Level In Quaking Aspen (Populus Tremuloides Michx.), Benjamin Blonder, Bente J. Graae, Burke Greer, Marja Haagsma, Kenny Helsen, Rozália E. Kapás, Henry Pai, Jolanta Rieksta, Dillon Sapena, Christopher J. Still, Richard Strimbeck

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1. Ploidy level in plants may influence ecological functioning, demography and response to climate change. However, measuring ploidy level typically requires intensive cell or molecular methods.
2. We map ploidy level variation in quaking aspen, a dominant North American tree species that can be diploid or triploid and that grows in spatially extensive clones. We identify the predictors and spatial scale of ploidy level variation using a combination of genetic and ground‐based and airborne remote sensing methods.
3. We show that ground‐based leaf spectra and airborne canopy spectra can both classify aspen by ploidy level with a precision‐recall harmonic mean of 0.75–0.95 and …

Wasatch Front Preventative Capital Study, Arthur Caplan, Ramjee Acharya

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We address the issue of optimal investment in “preventative capital” to mitigate episodic, mobile-source air pollution events in Utah’s Wasatch Front region. We calibrate Berry et al.'s (2015) endogenous-risk model using a unique dataset related to the region’s "red air day" episodes occurring over the past decade. Our analysis demonstrates that, under a wide range of circumstances, the optimal steady-state level of preventative capital stock – raised through the issuance of a municipal “clean air bond” that can be used to fund more aggressive mitigation efforts – meets the standard for PM2.5 concentrations with positive social net benefits. We estimate …

Increasing The Efficacy And Integration Of A Biocontrol Tool For Managing Canada Thistle In The Intermountain West, Steve Young

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Opioid Prevention For Rural Utah Youth Through Prosper, Stacey Macarthur

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Pleasantview Hills Aspen Stand Diversity Project: Environmental Assessment, Pocatello Field Office

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The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Pocatello Field Office (PFO) has prepared this Environmental Assessment (EA) to analyze the environmental impacts of implementing treatments on aspen stands in the Pleasantview Hills area. This EA discloses the direct, indirect, and cumulative environmental effects that would result from implementation of this proposal as required by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969. This EA will determine whether to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) or a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) based on environmental impact context and intensity, thereby informing agency decision making. Guidance for EA organization is determined by …

What Is Financial Health?, Amanda H. Christensen

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This fact sheet defines financial health and provides tools to help make your money work or you.

Size And Scope Of Sevier County Agriculture 2019, Ryan Feuz, Ryan Larsen, C. Kim Chapman

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This fact sheet describes the size and scope of agriculture in Sevier County, Utah. It includes land ownership, growing season, crop production, irrigation water, livestock production, farm income and age of operator.

Market Goat Nutrition - Quick Tips, Joshua Dallin, Cody Zesiger

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This fact sheet offers quick tips for goat nutrition.

Market Steer Nutrition - Quick Tips, Joshua Dallin, Cody Zesiger

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This fact sheet offers quick tips for market steer nutrition.

Market Lamb Nutrition - Quick Tips, Joshua Dallin, Cody Zesiger

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This fact sheet offers quick tips for market lamb nutrition.

Market Hog Nutrition - Quick Tips, Joshua Dallin, Cody Zesiger

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This is a quick tip fact sheet for market hog nutrition.

2019 Costs And Returns For Irrigated Safflower, Northern Utah, Michael Pace, Clark Israelsen, Ryan Larsen

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This fact sheet is intended to be a guide used to estimate income and expenses, list inputs and production practices and provide a framework for the farm plan for irrigated safflower in northern Utah.

Size And Scope Of Beaver County Agriculture 2019, Ryan Feuz, Ryan Larsen, Mark Nelson

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This fact sheet profiles agriculture in Beaver County, Utah, and includes location, land ownership, growing season, crop and livestock production, farm income, and age of operator.

Sudden Aspen Decline: A Review Of Pattern And Process In A Changing Climate, Jack A. Singer, Rob Turnbull, Mark Foster, Charles Bettigole, Brent R. Frey, Michelle C. Downey, Kristofer R. Covey, Mark S. Ashton

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The American quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) and its close relative, the Eurasian quaking aspen (Populus tremula L.), cover a realm that is perhaps the most expansive of all tree species in the world. In North America, sudden aspen decline (SAD) is a growing concern that marks the rapid decline of quaking aspen trees leading to mortality at the stand and landscape scale. Research suggests that drought and water stress are the primary causes of SAD. Predisposing factors (age, structure, and landscape position), as well as associated stressors (i.e., pests and pathogens), have been linked to mortality in affected stands. …

Impacts Of Climate And Insect Herbivory On Productivity And Physiology Of Trembling Aspen (Populus Tremuloides) In Alaskan Boreal Forests, Melissa A. Boyd, Logan T. Berner, Patricia Doak, Scott J. Goetz, Brendan M. Rogers, Diane Wagner, Xanthe J. Walker, Michelle C. Mack

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Climate change is impacting forested ecosystems worldwide, particularly in the Northern Hemisphere where warming has increased at a faster rate than the rest of the globe. As climate warms, trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides) is expected to become more successful in northern boreal forests because of its current presence in drier areas of North America. However, large-scale productivity decline of aspen has recently been documented throughout the United States and Canada as a result of drought and insect outbreaks. We used tree ring measurements (basal area increment (BAI) and stable carbon isotopes (δ 13C)) and remote sensing indices …

Overcoming Feeding Difficulties In Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder, Hali Obray, Mateja R. Savoie-Roskos, April Litchford, Casey Coombs, Carrie Durward

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This fact sheet discusses different factors that contribute to selective eating in children with ASD and some strategies that may help expand food acceptance. Treatment for feeding problems in children with autism is based on the individual needs and abilities of each child, not all strategies will be successful for every child.

Ruminant Bloat, Austin Sears, Kerry A. Rood

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This fact sheet describes bloat, a non-infectious disease common among the ruminant species, including types and clinical signs, prevention, and treatment.

Pasture, Rangeland, Forage Rainfall Index Insurance: What Is Ri-Prf?, Ryan Larsen, Shana Anderson

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This fact sheet explains the Pasture, Rangeland, Forage Rainfall Index Insurance, a subsidized insurance product developed for the USDA Risk Management Agency, designed to help protect producers from forage loss risks due to low precipitation.

Understanding The New Dairy Market Coverage Program, Brandon Willis, Ryan Larsen, Allen Young

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This fact sheet alerts Utah dairy producers to a new program in the 2018 Farm Bill, Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) that contains significant improvements to the dairy safety net by reducing costs and increasing coverage.

Size And Scope Of Garfield County Agriculture 2019, Ryan Feuz, Ryan Larsen, Kevin Heaton

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This fact sheet profiles the size and scope of agriculture in Garfield County, Utah. It includes location, land ownership, growing season, crop and livestock production, and farm income and age of operator.

Honeydew Y Otros Melones De Invierno En El Huerto, Dan Drost, Celina Wille

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