Design Criteria for Canopy and Hood Inlet Spillways
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These criteria apply to the design of canopy and hood inlet spillways used as the principal spillway for ponds, irrigation reservoirs, and stabilization structures.
The canopy or hood inlet spillway usually is used in conjunction with an emergency spillway.

Design Criteria for Debris Basins
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Cleaning up the Waste Stream — Recycling Plastics
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Recycling plastics is challenging due to mixed materials and multi-layer packaging. Guide explains plastic codes, sorting methods, and biodegradable options.
Understanding and Using Sire Summaries: BIF Fact Sheet
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Learn how to effectively use sire summaries to make informed breeding decisions, enhancing herd genetics and productivity.
Making and Storing Quality Hay
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Properly making and storing hay and greatly reduce dry matter loses. Visit our site to learn about Making and Storing Quality Hay.

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.
Soil Compaction: The Silent Thief
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Backgrounding Calves Part 2: Herd Health and Feeding
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A good health program is critical to successful calf backgrounding. Visit our website today to learn more about backgrounding calves.
Kitchen Planning: Work Centers
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Design an efficient kitchen layout by organizing work areas into functional centers, optimizing workflow and minimizing unnecessary movement.
Red Clover
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Red clover is the most widely grown of all the true clovers. Visit our website today to learn more about red clovers.
Qualitative Nitrate Detection for Toxicity Potential
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Provides a qualitative test to detect potentially toxic nitrate levels in water, forage, and feed samples.
Cotton Insects and Mites
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Forages for Cattle: New Methods of Determining Energy Content and Evaluating Heat Damage
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This guide offers practical advice on selecting and managing cover crops for grazing, focusing on species choice, timing, and economic considerations.
Simple Home Repairs: Cracks in Concrete Sidewalks
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Learn how to repair sidewalk cracks using mortar and epoxy for a safer, more attractive walking surface.
Establishing Birdsfoot Trefoil in Bluegrass Sod
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Birdsfoot trefoil and Kentucky bluegrass will produce three times as much beef as unimproved bluegrass. Even heavily fertilized bluegrass will produce only 65 percent as much animal product as trefoil-bluegrass combination. See Table 1.
Accessory Apartments
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Learn how accessory apartments offer flexible housing, added income, and independent living in spaces like basements, attics, or garages.
Common Internal Parasites of Cattle
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Feeding Dairy Cattle for Proper Body Condition Score
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Monitor and manage dairy cow body condition to enhance milk production, reproductive efficiency, and overall herd health throughout lactation.
Heating System Maintenance
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Learn how to maintain your home's heating system for efficiency, safety, and comfort with practical tips on furnaces, ducts, and radiators.

Agricultural Hand Signals
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Voice communications are impossible in certain agricultural situations due to distance and noise. For this reason, standard Agricultural Hand Signals have been developed for farm machinery operators by the American Society of Agricultural Engineers. Hand signals can prevent accidents and save time. Use them and teach others to use them.

Feeds for Light Horses
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Learn how to feed light horses efficiently by choosing the right balance of grains, roughages, and supplements to maintain their health and minimize costs.
Soybean Production in Missouri
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Soybeans were the most successful crop for Missouri farmers in the 1970s & 1980s. Visit our site to learn more about Soybean Production in Missouri.
Irrigating Soybeans
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Irrigation boosts soybean yields on drought-prone Missouri soils, with short-season varieties showing the greatest response during peak water demand periods.

Buying a Packaged Farm Building
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Guidance on selecting and purchasing pre-engineered farm buildings, covering site preparation, construction types, and load requirements.
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.