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- PublicationFeeding strategies that optimize rumen function also maximize milk production and milk component percentages and yield. This publication offers guidelines for feeding forage, grain protein and ration fiber to enhance...
- PublicationFeed additives play an essential role in enhancing the production and yield of milk and milk components. Producers should, however, evaluate the cost-to-benefit ratio of each feed additive in their...
- PublicationGrapevine virus diseases can ruin crops and inflict great costs on winegrape producers. Virus diseases can be difficult to diagnose and the damage they cause can be unpredictable. This publication...
- PublicationThis publication discusses rabies, a diseases that skunks can transmit, and the damage that skunks can cause. Suggestions for environmental and mechanical control are given, as well as instructions on...
- PublicationRaccoons can cause much damage to attics, roofs, hen houses, gardens, orchards, lawns, pets and people. This leaflet describes how to control raccoons and prevent raccoon infestations. (2 pages)...
- PublicationPocket gophers can seriously damage cultivated farming areas, rangelands, orchards, tree farms and lawns. Mechanical control by probing and chemical control by hand baiting and using fumigants are explained. (4...
- PublicationMoles can cause much damage to crops and livestock. This leaflet explains the proper way to set shocker loop traps and harpoon traps. Cultural controls and habitat modifications are discussed....
- PublicationArmadillos are beneficial because they eat insects and other invertebrates, but they can damage lawns, gardens and structural foundations. They also are believed to transmit leprosy to humans. This leaflet...
- PublicationOpossums are omnivores that can become a nuisance when they eat pet food, fruit on trees, pecans, seeds in bird feeders and garbage in trash cans. They also carry murine...
- PublicationBeavers are important because their dams stabilize creek flow, slow runoff and create ponds. However, these same dams can negatively alter the flow of creeks. Damage prevention, control and various...