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Small Grains And Field Peas: 2008 Variety Recommendations (2007 Crop Performance Results), Cooperative Extension Service, South Dakota State University
Small Grains And Field Peas: 2008 Variety Recommendations (2007 Crop Performance Results), Cooperative Extension Service, South Dakota State University
SDSU Extension Circulars
Variety selection is a fundamental element in a sound crop production program. This report contains variety recommendations, descriptions, and yield data for the spring-seeded small grains – hard red spring wheat, oat, and barley, along with the fall-seeded small grain –hard red winter wheat. Key factors in variety selection include yield, yield stability, maturity, straw strength, height, test weight, quality, and disease resistance. Yield is an important factor; however, a variety with good disease resistance, straw strength, and high grain quality may be more profitable in some cases than the highest yielding variety. Disease resistance information is based on reactions …
Strategic And Scenario Planning In Ranching: Managing Risk In Dynamic Times, Barry H. Dunn, Roger N. Gates, Jack Davis, Agustin Arzeno
Strategic And Scenario Planning In Ranching: Managing Risk In Dynamic Times, Barry H. Dunn, Roger N. Gates, Jack Davis, Agustin Arzeno
SDSU Extension Circulars
Content
Steps Toward Success
Stage 1: Charting the Course: Creating the Vision
Step 1: Assess current situation and inventory of ranch resources
Step 2: Conduct SWOT analysis
Step 3: Establish a vision for the ranch business
Stage 2: Determining Strategies to Achieve the Ranch’s Vision
Step 4: GAP analysis
Step 5: Alternative strategies to close the gap
Stage 3: Scenario Planning for the Ranch
Step 6: Describe multiple scenarios
Step 7: Select and evaluate the most-probable Scenarios
Stage 4: Merging Strategies and Scenario Planning
Step 8: Determine strategies with the highest likelihood of success
Stage 5: Putting the Plan Into …
South Dakota Rangeland And Pasture Grazing Records, South Dakota Cooperative Extension Service
South Dakota Rangeland And Pasture Grazing Records, South Dakota Cooperative Extension Service
SDSU Extension Circulars
The South Dakota Rangeland and Pasture Grazing Records book is designed to help ranchers and grassland managers keep accurate records of grazing use and range and pasture conditions. Monitoring and recording range and pasture condition response to grazing will allow you to evaluate the short-term and long-term effect of management on the forage resource and enable you to make management adjustments if conditions warrant.