Managing Cover Crops Profitably (3rd Ed. )

Managing Cover Crops Profitably (3rd Ed. )
Author: Andy Clark
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2008-07
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1437903797

Cover crops slow erosion, improve soil, smother weeds, enhance nutrient and moisture availability, help control many pests and bring a host of other benefits to your farm. At the same time, they can reduce costs, increase profits and even create new sources of income. You¿ll reap dividends on your cover crop investments for years, since their benefits accumulate over the long term. This book will help you find which ones are right for you. Captures farmer and other research results from the past ten years. The authors verified the info. from the 2nd ed., added new results and updated farmer profiles and research data, and added 2 chap. Includes maps and charts, detailed narratives about individual cover crop species, and chap. about aspects of cover cropping.

Seed Production and Marketing

Seed Production and Marketing
Author: Joseph Frank Cox
Publisher:
Total Pages: 472
Release: 1927
Genre: Seed industry and trade
ISBN:

Seed production and marketing; Improving varieties by modern methods of breeding; The work of crop-improvement associations and cooperative seed distributing agencies; Special cultural preactices and equipment necessary in growing good seed; Growing and marketing seed corn; Producing small grains for seed; Producing seed of the clovers; Producing alfalfa seed; Kentucky bluegrass-seed production and marketing; The production of seed of timothy, redtop and other grasses; Cotton seed production; Growing and marketing seed potatoes; Producing seed of field beans, soybeans, cowpeas and vetch; Growing seed of cucumbers, melons, pumpkins and squashes; Growing seed of the crucifers (Cabbage, Cauliflower, Kohlrabi, Brussels sprouts, kale, Collards, Turnip, Rutabaga, Radish, chinese cabbage, cress, horse radish and sea kale; Growing seed of solanaceous vegetables tomato, pepper, egg pant, husk tomato or ground cherry, wonderberry, tobacco; Growing seed of garden and canning beans and peas; Producing seeds of garden beet and sugar beets, swiss chard and spinach; Growing seed of carrots, parsnip, celery; parsley and other umbelliferous plants; Growing seed and sets of onion, leek, garlic, shallot, ciboul or welch onion, chives; Growing seed of lettuce, endive, chicory, salsify, artichoke; Growing seed of asparagus, okra, rhubarb; Where the nation's seed is produced.

Seed Production

Seed Production
Author: Miller F. McDonald
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 755
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1461540747

Plant breeders continue to make significant advances in developing high yield ing, adaptable, disease-free crops. These advances, however, are not realized until an efficient seed production system is in place that rapidly increases geneti cally superior crops and makes them available to the consumer in large quantities at a reasonable cost. Successful seed production requires seed to be genetically pure, free of admixtures, and able to establish rapidly a uniform stand. Seed production is a complex process. Rigorous production criteria are followed by both seed producer and seed companies to ensure that high-quality seed is produced and marketed. These criteria become even more stringent in hybrid seed production. This volume identifies the factors most critical in a successful seed production operation. The fundamental considerations common to all seed crops are established in Part I, Principles of Seed Production. From this founda tion, the practices of seed production are provided in detail in Part II, Seed Production of Specific Crops.

Identifying Pasture Grasses

Identifying Pasture Grasses
Author: Dan Undersander
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 6
Release: 1999-09
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780788177576

Identifies the 15 most common annual & perennial grasses in Midwestern pastures: the predominant seeded Midwestern grasses, the most common native pasture grasses, & a few annual weedy grasses. Helps you identify grasses the first year, when you need to know whether a seeding was successful. Helps you identify grasses in established pastures so you can make informed decisions about pasture mgmt., fencing, & renovation. Chapters: seed & seedling identification for new plantings; vegetative identification for established plants; & info. on growth habit & mgmt. for each of the seeded grasses. Color photos.

Seeds

Seeds
Author: United States. Dept. of Agriculture
Publisher:
Total Pages: 656
Release: 1961
Genre: Agriculture
ISBN:

Grass Varieties in the United States

Grass Varieties in the United States
Author: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2023-05-09
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1000950719

This user-friendly handbook is a working guide to the status of named and experimental grasses available for use in the United States. It provides physical descriptions and status profiles of grass varieties, including turf grass varieties. The handbook also contains maps and descriptions of Land Resources Regions and Plant Hardiness Zones that assist in the understanding of plant adaptation areas. Whenever available, the information in the handbook includes:

Agriculture Handbook

Agriculture Handbook
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 130
Release: 1949
Genre: Agriculture
ISBN:

Set includes revised editions of some issues.