Agriculture Handbook, Issue 712U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1997 - 347 pages Set includes revised editions of some issues. |
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... rotation grazing ; and increased concentration and specialization in the dairy and beef cattle industry ( as opposed to earlier general farming practices ) . Byproducts of other industries such as beet and citrus pulp - now substitute ...
... rotation grazing ; and increased concentration and specialization in the dairy and beef cattle industry ( as opposed to earlier general farming practices ) . Byproducts of other industries such as beet and citrus pulp - now substitute ...
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... 10.1 4.5 2.5 3.3 5.5 3.1 2 As part of a 3 - year crop rotation . Source : USDA , ERS , 1994 Cropping Practices Survey data . State Maryland Massachusetts Connecticut New Hampshire1 Rhode Island1 New Jersey 34 AREI / Land.
... 10.1 4.5 2.5 3.3 5.5 3.1 2 As part of a 3 - year crop rotation . Source : USDA , ERS , 1994 Cropping Practices Survey data . State Maryland Massachusetts Connecticut New Hampshire1 Rhode Island1 New Jersey 34 AREI / Land.
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... rotations , including cropland. State Maryland Massachusetts Connecticut New Hampshire1 Rhode Island1 New Jersey Pennsylvania Vermont Maine1 Delaware Kentucky Total Year established Number of farms Average cost per acre2 1977 122,068 837 ...
... rotations , including cropland. State Maryland Massachusetts Connecticut New Hampshire1 Rhode Island1 New Jersey Pennsylvania Vermont Maine1 Delaware Kentucky Total Year established Number of farms Average cost per acre2 1977 122,068 837 ...
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Glossary Cropland - Farmland in crop rotations , including cropland used for crops , idle cropland , and cropland used for pasture only , totaling 460 million acres in 1992 ( Daugherty , 1995 ; table 1.2.1 ) . Family farm - A variety of ...
Glossary Cropland - Farmland in crop rotations , including cropland used for crops , idle cropland , and cropland used for pasture only , totaling 460 million acres in 1992 ( Daugherty , 1995 ; table 1.2.1 ) . Family farm - A variety of ...
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... rotations , technological change , government programs , and commodity and fertilizer prices ( Denbaly and Vroomen , 1993 ) . Total fertilizer use has fluctuated with planted acreage because application rates and percentage of acres ...
... rotations , technological change , government programs , and commodity and fertilizer prices ( Denbaly and Vroomen , 1993 ) . Total fertilizer use has fluctuated with planted acreage because application rates and percentage of acres ...
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Page 133 - Agriculture shall declare to be a pest, and (2) any substance or mixture of substances intended for use as a plant regulator, defoliant or desiccant.
Page 58 - Project is administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) of the Department of the Interior.
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Page 128 - Act of 1996 defines safe for dietary consumption products as "a reasonable certainty that no harm will result from aggregate exposure" including food, drinking water, and nonoccupational exposures. Under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and its amendments, the EPA decides which pesticides are registered and prescribes labeling and other regulatory requirements on their use to prevent unreasonable adverse effects on health and the environment. EPA also regulates pesticides...
Page 311 - The term wetlands means those areas that are inundated or saturated by surface or ground water at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions.
Page 28 - Federal lands had slowed by the 1930's, and in 1976 the Federal Land Policy and Management Act explicitly directed that most remaining Federal lands be retained in Federal ownership (National Research Council, 1993). Remaining Federal lands totaled 650 million acres in 1993 (table 1.2.4). Most lands in Federal ownership are managed by four agencies: USDA's Forest Service; and the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), and National Park Service...
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Page 49 - Economic Consequences of Soil Compaction." ASAE Paper No. 901089. St. Joseph, Michigan: American Society for Agricultural Engineers. 48 Halvorson, Johnathan J., Jeffrey L. Smith, and RI Papendick (1997). "Issues of Scale for Evaluating Soil Quality," Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 52(1). Jan/Feb. Heimlich, R., and N. Bills (1989). Productivity and Erodibility of US Cropland. AER-604. US Dept. Agr., Econ. Res. Serv. Hornsby, AG, and RG Brown (1992). "Soil Parameters Significant to Pesticide...
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