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New European Wasp, Steven D. Cox Apr 2004

New European Wasp, Steven D. Cox

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This newly introduced European wasp has a native range from Europe to China. As a group, these wasps have a high rate of reproductive increase and are excellent invaders.


Herd Efficiency And Profitability, Jesse Russell, D. R. Zobell Apr 2004

Herd Efficiency And Profitability, Jesse Russell, D. R. Zobell

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Raising beef cattle can be very rewarding. First, if you like raising cattle, maintaining your tie to the land, and seeing the product of your labors, it can truly be satisfying to see young calves in the spring, watch them grow and progress. Second, here can also be a financial reward when the calves are weaned and sold. However, the satisfaction of these two aspects may all depend on your herd’s efficiency and profitability.


Retaining 4-H Volunteers By Effectively Delegating 4-H Program Responsibilities, Deb Jones Nov 2003

Retaining 4-H Volunteers By Effectively Delegating 4-H Program Responsibilities, Deb Jones

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There is an old adage of “work smarter, not harder.” An e ective leader/manager has to be able to motivate others to be involved. All too often, we attempt to do it all ourselves, thinking we can do it more quickly than taking time to explain to another person.


Forage Kochia For Fall/Winter Grazing, D. R. Zobell, B. L. Waldron, K. C. Olson, R. D. Harrison, H. Jensen Aug 2003

Forage Kochia For Fall/Winter Grazing, D. R. Zobell, B. L. Waldron, K. C. Olson, R. D. Harrison, H. Jensen

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Winter feeding costs have often been cited as one of the most expensive aspects of beef cattle production in the Intermountain West. Research and rancher experience suggests that using forage kochia for fall/winter grazing may help reduce these costs.


Fall Calving In The Intermountain West, Dale R. Zobell, Craig Burrell, Darrell Rothlisberger, Eleanor Jenson Aug 2003

Fall Calving In The Intermountain West, Dale R. Zobell, Craig Burrell, Darrell Rothlisberger, Eleanor Jenson

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Fall calving has been practiced by beef producers for many years, although in small numbers relative to spring calving. The spring calf crop has been a traditional event for most beef producers and probably will continue to be. There are distinct advantages, however, to fall calving which producers could take advantage of. The potential for higher conception and weaning rates, price premiums and the elimination of calf scours are among the reasons some beef producers have switched from spring calving their herd to fall calving.


Grasshoppers And Mormon Crickets: Fighting Them For Nearly 100 Years, Usu Extension Jan 2003

Grasshoppers And Mormon Crickets: Fighting Them For Nearly 100 Years, Usu Extension

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Grasshoppers are a threat to crops and rangeland across the West, but Utah always has had a special historical relationship with Mormon Crickets. Anabrus simplex has been known as a Mormon Cricket since 1848 when hordes of the insect started eating the early Mormon settlers’ much-needed crops.


Recognition Of 4-H Volunteers, Deb Jones Nov 2002

Recognition Of 4-H Volunteers, Deb Jones

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We all want to think we’re doing a good job and have a positive effect on the organization which we serve. In this context, recognition means more than being thanked.


Afterschool Programs In Your Community, Funding And Collaboration, Deb Jones Nov 2002

Afterschool Programs In Your Community, Funding And Collaboration, Deb Jones

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An estimated eight million school age children between the ages of 5 and 14, go home to an empty house. Statistics reveal that most juvenile crime is committed between the hours of 2:00 pm and 8:00 pm, with the crime rate tripling in the rst hour after school is out.


Turfgrass Water Use In Utah, Robert W. Hill, Kelly L. Kopp Jun 2002

Turfgrass Water Use In Utah, Robert W. Hill, Kelly L. Kopp

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The goal of turfgrass irrigation is to maintain quality by replacing water lost to the atmosphere from the soil by evaporation, and from leaf surfaces by transpiration. The combination of evaporation and transpiration is referred to as evapotranspiration (Et), or simply water use.


Locust Borer, Jay B. Karren, Alan H. Roe Jan 2002

Locust Borer, Jay B. Karren, Alan H. Roe

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The locust borer, Megacyllene robiniae (Forster) belongs to the beetle family Cerambycidae, commonly known as the longhorned beetles, a name which refers to the long antennae of most of the species in this group.


Hay Quality Sensory Evaluation Form - Alfalfa, T. C. Griggs, S. C. Franson, M. G. Bohle Jan 2001

Hay Quality Sensory Evaluation Form - Alfalfa, T. C. Griggs, S. C. Franson, M. G. Bohle

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Hay Quality Sensory Evaluation Form – Alfalfa


Intermountain Planting Guide, Kevin Jensen, Howard Horton, Ron Reed, Ralph Whitesides Jan 2001

Intermountain Planting Guide, Kevin Jensen, Howard Horton, Ron Reed, Ralph Whitesides

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The first consideration prior to seeding is to determine the present level of management being applied to the proposed site. Many sites will recover or improve without seeding if proper management is implemented. Soil is the primary natural resource and its conservation is the most important consideration in seedings.


Learning What To Eat And What To Avoid, Usu Extension Jan 2001

Learning What To Eat And What To Avoid, Usu Extension

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Young herbivores learn which foods are harmful and which are safe through interactions with their mothers. Throughout life, they learn about the consequences of eating through postingestive feedback they experience after eating foods. But how can they do this in a world where toxin and nutrient levels of forages change daily and seasonally? How can they possibly learn and remember all the plants that grow in pastures and on rangelands? How can they survive when we move them to new pastures with unfamiliar foods?


Carpenter Ants And Control In Homes, Jay B. Karren, Alan H. Roe May 2000

Carpenter Ants And Control In Homes, Jay B. Karren, Alan H. Roe

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Carpenter ants are members of the insect order Hymenoptera, which includes bees, wasps, sawflies, and other ants. Carpenter ants can be occasional pests in the home and are noted particularly for the damage they can cause when nesting in wood. In Utah they are more of a nuisance rather than a major structural pest.


Millipedes, Jay B. Karren, Alan H. Roe Apr 2000

Millipedes, Jay B. Karren, Alan H. Roe

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Millipedes are related to trilobites, spiders and ticks, sowbugs, and crayfish, centipedes, and insects. Each group represents a different class of arthropods. Millipedes or "thousandlegged worms" include over 800 species of the class Diplopoda in North America.


Leafhoppers In The Home Garden, Jay B. Karren Apr 2000

Leafhoppers In The Home Garden, Jay B. Karren

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Leafhoppers are common problems in home gardens and orchards throughout the state of Utah. There are many species of leafhoppers, several of which attack apples, roses, grapes, and potatoes. Most species overwinter in the egg stage in the bark of the host plant or among the fallen host plant leaves.


How Well Does Your Irrigation Canal Hold Water?, Robert Hill Mar 2000

How Well Does Your Irrigation Canal Hold Water?, Robert Hill

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Irrigation canals placed in native soil or lined with earth can have seepage water losses varying from 20 percent to more than 50 percent. Well designed, new compacted earth lined canals can have reduced seepage losses similar to concrete lined channels. However, consistent and regular maintenance is required to keep seepage losses low. Older concrete lined canals with deteriorated joints and frost heave or settled sections may also have high seepage losses and require rehabilitating.


Why Animals Die From Eating Poisonous Plants, Usu Extension Jan 2000

Why Animals Die From Eating Poisonous Plants, Usu Extension

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If animals can learn which plants are toxic and which are safe, then why do they eat poisonous plants and die?


Chalkboard With Pocket Placemat, Debra Proctor, Kami Williams Jan 2000

Chalkboard With Pocket Placemat, Debra Proctor, Kami Williams

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Chalkboard with Pocket.


Knitted Nesting Pincushion, Debra Proctor Jan 2000

Knitted Nesting Pincushion, Debra Proctor

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Knitted Nesting Pincushion


Nutrients Influence Palatability, Usu Extension Jan 2000

Nutrients Influence Palatability, Usu Extension

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Animals form preferences for foods with high levels of energy and protein especially if they release quickly during digestion.


Preventing Prrs From Establishing In Utah Swine, Clell V. Bagley Jan 2000

Preventing Prrs From Establishing In Utah Swine, Clell V. Bagley

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Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) is considered the most important disease affecting swine operations in North America and internationally. There has been no evidence of cross-infection to humans since discovery of PRRS in the U.S. in 1987.


Saving Utah's Landscape, Biocontrol Of Tamarisk, Usu Extension Jan 2000

Saving Utah's Landscape, Biocontrol Of Tamarisk, Usu Extension

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Scientists at the Animal, Plant and Health Inspection Service (APHIS) have been working for years to determine if beetles imported from China and Kazakhstan would effectively consume tamarisk (salt cedar) in the U.S. without threatening desirable vegetation.


Saving Utah's Landscape, Dinosaur National Monument, Usu Extension Jan 2000

Saving Utah's Landscape, Dinosaur National Monument, Usu Extension

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At Dinosaur National Monument, an aggressive, well-planned weed management program is assisted by a host of volunteers. Last year the monument’s Weed Warrior Program 482 volunteers contributed 2,107 hours of weed removal.


Proper Use Of Ammoniated Low-Quality Forages For The Wintering Of Spring-Calving Beef Cow Herds In The Intermountain West, D. R. Zobell Jan 2000

Proper Use Of Ammoniated Low-Quality Forages For The Wintering Of Spring-Calving Beef Cow Herds In The Intermountain West, D. R. Zobell

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Low‐quality forages (LQF) such as cereal straws or post‐ripe hays are often used as economical feed sources for the wintering of beef cow herds. The ammoniation of such forages increases the digestibility and crude protein (CP) enough so that these forages can be used as the basis of beef cow diets, even during late gestation and early lactation if supplemented properly.


Saving Utah's Landscape, Early Detection & Rapid Response, Usu Extension Jan 2000

Saving Utah's Landscape, Early Detection & Rapid Response, Usu Extension

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Members of the Utah-Idaho Cooperative Weed Management Area recognized that one of the greatest threats to their landscape was new, small infestations of noxious weeds.


Saving Utah's Landscape, Purge Your Spruge, Usu Extension Jan 2000

Saving Utah's Landscape, Purge Your Spruge, Usu Extension

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How do you get residents in a vast metropolitan area like Salt Lake City to understand the threat of invading and noxious weeds? The Bonneville Cooperative Weed Management Area (CWMA) focused their attention on an escaping ornamental.


Sustainable Orchard Management System, Diane Alston Jan 2000

Sustainable Orchard Management System, Diane Alston

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Fruit production in the intermountain west is besieged with problems. To cope with these problems, fruit growers mustbe competent in financing, banking, buying, public relations, marketing, meteorology, climatology, plant science, soil science, entomology, pathology, irrigation, fertilization, chemistry, physics, mechanics, and management.


Crocheted Market Bag From Recycled Plastic Grocery Bags, Jodi Smith Jan 2000

Crocheted Market Bag From Recycled Plastic Grocery Bags, Jodi Smith

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This sturdy bag is the same size as an ordinary plastic grocery sack. It can hold much more, because you can pack it full.


A Note About Market Lamb Docking, Usu Extension Jan 2000

A Note About Market Lamb Docking, Usu Extension

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Tail removal or docking of lambs by the commercial sheep industry is a standard management practice. When properly docked, the tail or dock will be long enough that when lifting the tail to defecate, the caudal folds on the under side of the tail are raised.