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• Wind erosion model transferred from ARS to NRCS.(CONSERVATION NEWS YOU CAN USE)

  - 2005-05-01

  A computer model that is the latest cutting-edge tool for forecasting wind erosion damage is a step closer to reaching growers and landowners in wind-prone regions of the country, with the transfer on April 4 of the Wind Erosion Prediction System WEPS model from U.S. Department...

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• Wind erosion model transferred from ARS to NRCS.

  - 2005-04-08

  M2 PRESSWIRE-8 April 2005-US ARS: Wind erosion model transferred from ARS to NRCSC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:07042005 MANHATTAN, Kan. - A computer model that is the latest cutting-edge tool for forecasting wind erosion damage is a step closer to reaching growers...

  Tags: computer, Great Plains Software, Manhattan, MARKETING, PRODUCTIVITY, scientist, tool, U.S. Department of Agriculture

• US maize acreage to increase by 1% in 2005.(Markets)

  - 2005-04-01

  US farmers intend to plant 81.4 million acres (32.9 million hectares) to maize this year, up 1% on last year's 80.9m acres (32.7m ha) and 4% higher than in 2003, the USDA said on Thursday in its annual Prospective Plantings report *. If realised, this would be...

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• Registration of 'Haymaker' intermediate wheatgrass.(Registrations Of Cultivars)

  - 2005-01-01

  'Haymaker' intermediate wheatgrass [Elytrigia intermedia Host Nevski subsp. intermedia = Thinopyrum intermedium subsp, intermedium Host Barkw. & D.R. Dewey] (Reg. no. CV-27, PI 634506) is a broadly adapted cultivar that produces high, stable forage yields when used for cool-season grass hay production or for pastures in...

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• Wheat Watch: CBOT Wheat Seen Mostly Firmer.

  - 2003-12-29

  WINNIPEG, MB, Dec 29, 2003 Resource News International via COMTEX Wheat futures at the Chicago Board of Trade CBOT are expected to start Monday's session on a steady to mostly firmer note with the strong weekly export sales figure behind the higher call. Weakness in...

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• Crops Grown in Upper Great Plains Have Natural Edge, USDA Scientist Says.

  - 2003-04-25

  By Mikkel Pates, Grand Forks Herald, N.D. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News By Mikkel Pates, Grand Forks Herald, N.D. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

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• Effects of emergency haying on vegetative characteristics within selected conservation reserve program fields in the northern Great Plains.(Statistical Data Included)

  - 2001-03-22

  ABSTRACT: Successional changes in vegetation composition within seeded grasslands may affect attainment of long term conservation objectives. Comparisons between vegetation composition within Conservation Reserve Program CRP fields planted to cool season, introduced grasses hayed for emergency use, and non hayed fields of the same age...

  Tags: grass, Great Plains Software, habitat, MARKETING, species, U.S. Department of Agriculture

• Will Farmers Use Computers for Resource and Environmental Management?

  - 2000-09-22

  ABSTRACT Government, private agricultural advisors, and agribusinesses have developed a multitude of software programs to help producers better manage adverse environmental impacts and natural resource degradation. Little is known however about whether producers will use computers for these types of problems. We surveyed Great Plains ...

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• Windbreak Tree Establishment in Semi-Arid Agricultural Regions of New Mexico.

  - 1999-11-01

  J.T. Harrington [23] Introduction Windbreaks are plantings of trees and shrubs for the purpose of reducing the deleterious effects of strong winds. The concept of establishing windbreaks or shelter belts was first documented in the 1600s (Le Sueur 1951). The concept...

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• -NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE: Weekly Weather & Crop Bulletin.

  - 1998-11-04

  M2 PRESSWIRE-4 November 1998-NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE: Weekly Weather & Crop Bulletin C1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:031198 National Weather Summary Volume 85, No. 44 October 25 - 31, 1998 Highlights: Heavy rain (4 to 6 inches, with locally higher totals) soaked areas from northern Texas to...

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