Sheep Pregnancy Checking by Ultrasonic Sound

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Ultrasonic sound waves can be used to determine sheep pregnancy without harming the ewe or fetus. Learn how the procedure works and pregnancy is diagnosed in this University of Missouri Extension guide.

Selecting and Working With a Farm Building Contractor

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Neil F. Meador
Department of Agricultural Engineering

Two major tasks are involved in the successful completion of a new farm building — choosing the right building and selecting a good contractor to build it.

Most buildings constructed today are "pre-engineered," or package-type, buildings.

Missouri Soil Surveys

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Nyle C. Wollenhaupt and R. David Hammer
Department of Agronomy

Bruce W. Thompson
Natural Resources Conservation Service

Cleaning up the Waste Stream — Recycling Plastics

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John M. Amos
Engineering Specialist, Missouri University of Science and Technology

Common Internal Parasites of Cattle

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Robert M. Corwin
Department of Veterinary Microbiology
College of Veterinary Medicine

Richard F. Randle
Commercial Agriculture Program

Understanding and Using Sire Summaries: BIF Fact Sheet

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Sire selection is one of the most important decisions cow/calf producers make. If it is effective, sire selection will account for nearly 90 percent of the genetic improvement in a herd.

Home Slaughtering and Processing of Beef

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A beef animal selected for slaughter should be healthy and in thrifty condition. Visit our site to learn about home slaughtering and processing of beef.

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Radon: An Indoor Health Hazard?

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Indoor air can be polluted in a number of ways. Indoor pollutants include formaldehyde, carbon monoxide, respirable dust, nitrogen dioxide, radon and other gases. This guide focuses on just one of these pollutants — radon.

Safe Use, Storage and Disposal of Paint

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Paint is a product that most of us have that can become a hazardous waste. Visit our site for our resource on the Safe Use, Storage and Disposal of Paint.

Qualitative Nitrate Detection for Toxicity Potential

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George B. Garner
Department of Biochemistry

This test is designed for survey use and for advising clients of the need for quantitative nitrate analysis when the level of nitrate detected could possibly cause nitrate/nitrite poisoning. The test can be used on water supplies, hay, silage, fodder, pasture samples and mixed ground feeds.

Lagoons for Storage/Treatment of Dairy Waste

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Donald L. Pfost and Charles D. Fulhage
Department of Agricultural Engineering

Low-Profile Bins for Grain Drying

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David L. Williams
Department of Agricultural Engineering

Forages for Cattle: New Methods of Determining Energy Content and Evaluating Heat Damage

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Ronald L. Belyea and Rex E. Ricketts
Department of Animal Sciences

Improved system of forage analysis

The crude fiber method of feed analysis has been used for more than 100 years. Although this method was an important first attempt at determining the energy content of feeds, it has a number of shortcomings.

Kitchen Planning: Work Centers

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Marilyn W. Caselman
Department of Consumer and Family Economics

Lelland L. Gallup
Department of Environmental Design

What is meant by work centers or work areas? These are places within the complete kitchen plan where you can readily do a particular task because you have arranged together the necessary:

Simple Home Repairs: Cracks in Concrete Sidewalks

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Patricia Klobe
Department of Environmental Design

If you have small cracks in sidewalks that seem to be growing and make your sidewalk dangerous, they can be fixed.

Managing Household Hazardous Waste

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Editor's note
The Missouri Poison Center, formerly Regional Poison Control Center, name and phone number were updated on 1/23/15.

Marie Steinwachs
Office of Waste Management

Unsoundness and Blemishes of Horses: Head, Body, Respiratory Tract and Stable Vices

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Melvin Bradley
Department of Animal Sciences

Any defect that affects serviceability is considered an unsoundness. A defect that detracts from appearance but does not impair serviceability is considered a blemish.

Sunflower: An American Native

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Robert L. Myers and Harry C. Minor
Department of Agronomy

Accessory Apartments

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Leo L. Cram
Missouri Gerontology Institute

Operating and Maintaining Underground Outlet Terrace Systems

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Donald L. Pfost
Department of Agricultural Engineering

Donald D. Rastorfer and William N. Riggs
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Columbia, Missouri

Feeding Dairy Cattle for Proper Body Condition Score

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Richard J. Grant and Jeffrey F. Keown
Extension Dairy Specialists, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Heating System Maintenance

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Fires in Agricultural Chemicals

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David E. Baker
Department of Agricultural Engineering

With increased agricultural production, farmers are using more fertilizers and chemicals. This has caused new problems for firefighters due to the numerous types of chemicals used and the increase in chemical storage by farmers and suppliers.

Displaced Abomasum

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David Weaver and Bonnard Moseley
College of Veterinary Medicine

The abomasum is the fourth, or "true," stomach in the cow. It normally lies low down in the right front quadrant of the abdomen, just inside the seventh through 11th ribs (Figure 1). Adjacent to the abomasum, on the left side of the abdomen, is the large first stomach, or rumen (Figure 2).

Sorghum Aphid Pest Management

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Ralph E. Munson
Department of Entomology

James A. Schaffer
Department of Agronomy

Einar W. Palm
Department of Plant Pathology

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