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Producing and Marketing Proso Millet in the High Plains

$3.50

Research results from specialists across the Great Plains, along with grower interviews provide information on proso millet varieties, weed control, cost of production, and marketing. Updates from the 1995 edition include new sections on water use and yield and growth rate. Under the harvesting section, information has been added about harvesting with a stripper header.

Also new are seven farmer-to-farmer interviews where proso growers share their experiences with the crop, including why they grow it and how they grow and harvest it. The growers are from Colorado, western Nebraska, Wyoming, and South Dakota. Published by University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension, with expertise from Colorado State University, South Dakota State University, the University of Wyoming and the USDA-ARS Central Great Plains Research Station, this 20-page guide offers resources on a full range of proso millet topics. Topics include seed selection, planting and emergence issues, how proso millet fits into various crop rotations, selecting and preparing the field, growth rate, combating weeds, harvesting and marketing.

Research charts include:

· Proso millet production
· Feed value of corn, proso millet, grain sorghum and wheat in beef cattle
· Nitrogen recommendations for proso millet
· Proso millet grain yield following four different recrop strategies after the loss of winter wheat to hail
· Phosphorus and Potassium recommendations for proso millet

8 1/2" x 11"; 20 pages

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Properties of Landscape Soils

$3.00

Understanding the physical and chemical properties of soil is essential for good plant selection and management practices. Learn More

Protecting Landscape Plants

$2.25

Taking the necessary steps to protect landscape plants and the soils that support them is a good investment. Learn More

Range Judging Handbook and Contests

$4.00

This 56-page handbook helps youth learn basic principles of range ecology, including soil-plant and plant-animal interactions, and plant successions. In addition to the topics listed below, it also includes a glossary, sample range judging cards, and a number of related tables to aid in judging. Main chapter topics include

Range plant identification and classification
Rangelands and plant community change
Range sites
Range condition
Proper use
Wildlife habitat management
Managing rangeland resources
Range management text questions
Contest guide for range judging

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Recommended Nitrogen Rates for Corn Slide Rule

Skillful Grazing Management on Semiarid Rangelands

$1.00

Understanding the annual processes of repopulation and seasonal growth patterns of common rangeland grasses is the cornerstone of skilled grazing management and long-term ranching success. This publication describes grazing forages reproduction, the growth patterns of plant parts, and grazing management, including under drought conditions. It includes photos and illustrations of the seasonal distribution of plant growth for common rangeland grasses. Photos are used to illustrate root growth and habit of leading Nebraska grasses Learn More

Stormwater Management: Green Roof Basics

$1.00

This NebGuide provides basic information on the history, design, construction, maintenance, and benefits of green roofs as a stormwater best management practice. Learn More

Stormwater Management: Rainwater Harvesting in Residential –Scale Landscapes

$1.00

Collecting rainwater and using it for landscape irrigation and other outdoor uses is a great way to make use of a natural resource while conserving potable water. This four-page color publication describes how to harvest rainwater and suggests options for using it. Learn More

Sugarbeet Nutrient Management

$1.00

Soil testing and fertilizer management is essential for improving the yield and quality of sugarbeets. In this four-page color publication, producers will learn how obtain soil samples and calculate needs for nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, sulfur, and zinc. Learn More

Sugarbeet Production Guide

$50.00

With more than 270 photos and illustrations and numerous tables, the comprehensive Sugarbeet Production Guide covers a full range of sugarbeet production topics, from seed selection to the economics of production.

While designed to provide sugarbeet growers with comprehensive production information, the guide also would be valuable to those in agribusiness and related areas of sugarbeet processing and marketing.

Written by university researchers and specialists in the High Plains sugarbeet production area, this 248-page guide includes research-based information and recommendations for all aspects of sugarbeet production and pest management. IT was revised and expanded in 2013 and now includes 16 chapters with more than 270 photos and illustrations, tables to help growers apply information to their situations, and sample production budgets.

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