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B&B Insert- April 2013

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  • UW Extension and the agricultural interests of Wyoming citizens
  • Solanaceae family – Friend and foe to agriculture
  • Preparing for wildfire, dealing with the aftermath
  • Determining Severity of Fire
  • New growing season offers opportunities for considering spectacular flower varieties
  • Proper Financial analysis: a key to business success
  • Distance to markets, regional prices figure into best marketing plan for small lots of calves
  • 2012 herbicide choices plus drought conditions may cause issues in 2013 crop rotations
  • Quality assurance practices by small-acreage producers help ensure quality products, boost consumer confidence
  • Powell Research and Extension Center reports results from spring wheat, barley trials
  • Got a failing lawn? Flowerbed pest? Needle drop? We got that: UW Extension offers horticultural plant diagnostic service
  • Cool-season tall fescue has potential for forage and seed yield production
  • Three dry-land wheat studies over four years yield budgets
  • Wildfires leave stock water issues to consider
  • Here’s a way to enjoy the fruits of your labors Plant, then relish the pies made of fruit from your garden
  • Information helps you prepare for disasters, carry on if happens
  • Tight beef supply, steady demand, drought prime factors driving cattle market
  • Protect against livestock losses from toxic tall larkspur Two ways: Manage around the weed or control it


 

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Ag Survivor: Mountain View Farms update

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  • Ag Survivor: Mountain View Farms
    Online Risk Simulation: Mountain View Farms is a dryland grain farming operation in southeastern Idaho. The farm typically grows 300 acres of contracted malt barley, 500 acres of feed barley, and 1200 acres of winter wheat. The farm also runs 100 head of mother beef cows that typically calve in March- April with weaned calves sold in October. January 2013.


 

Getting on Track: Understanding Financial Performance

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  • Getting on Track: Understanding Financial Performance
    A two-hour CD and internet-based course including: what is financial analysis?, measures of liquidity, measures of solvency, measures of profitability, measures of financial efficiency, measures of repayment capacity, and where do I go from here? A glossary, frequently asked questions, and resource links are provided, along with example records systems and much more. September, 2012