Specialty Meat Marketing Claims: What's the Difference? by Chad Carr, Larry Eubanks, Ryan Dijkhuis

“…Includes USDA Organic, natural and naturally raised or produced, grass fed, and a discussion of the differences between specialty and commodity products. …”
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Climate-Based Management Options for North Central Florida Beef Cattle Producers by Norman Breuer, Victor Cabrera, Peter E. Hildebrand, James W. Jones

“… The objective of this study was first to understand how ENSO seasonal change interacts with grass production and cow-calf production in north central Florida, and second, what management decisions ranchers could make to reduce risk and vulnerability, thus taking advantage of improved forecasts. …”
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Biology and Management of Johnsongrass (Sorghum halepense) in Ornamental Crop Production and Landscapes by Ping Yu, Ernest Kraka, Chris Marble

“… Johnsongrass is a warm-season perennial grass and one of the most persistent and troublesome weeds in the southern United States. …”
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‘Callide’ Rhodesgrass by Joao Vendramini, Ann Blount, Yoana Newman, C. G. Chambliss, Martin B. Adjei

“…Adjei, describes this robust, warm-season perennial grass native from Africa, useful in southern Florida for fall and winter grazing — establishment, management of established stands, and pests. …”
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Specialty Meat Marketing Claims: What's the Difference? by Chad Carr, Larry Eubanks, Ryan Dijkhuis

“…., organic, natural, naturally raised, and grass-fed) and regular or commodity meat products. …”
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Homeowner Best Management Practices for the Home Lawn by Laurie E. Trenholm

“…Includes a table of recommended fertilizer rates for various home lawn grass species. Published by UF Department of Environmental Horticulture, December 2007. …”
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Specialty Meat Marketing Claims: What's the Difference? by Chad Carr, Larry Eubanks, Ryan Dijkhuis

“…Includes USDA Organic, natural and naturally raised or produced, grass fed, and a discussion of the differences between specialty and commodity products. …”
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Taxonomical enumeration of traditional, socio-economic importance plant of Dharbai by Mariraj Murugan, Karuppasamy Kalaiselvan, Jeyalatchagan Sureshkumar, Rajendran Kalidoss

“…The grass family, Poaceae, which encompasses over 11,500 species, is considered among the most significant flowering plants globally. …”
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Impacts of grazing management strategies on forage canopy structure in multi-species pastures during the wet-dry transition period by L. F. Penteado, A. C. L. Batista, A. F. B. Ongaro, M. M. Vieira, F. F. Simili, R. L. D. Costa, C. M. P. Barbosa, S. D. Simão, F. M. A. Gimenes

“…There was an increase in the proportion of dead material over the dry-water transition period. The presence of grass and legume leaves was higher in the upper stratum of tall pastures (45 and 60 cm) and the proportion of legumes did not differ between grazing management strategies (P > 0.05). …”
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Modelling mixed crop-livestock systems and climate impact assessment in sub-Saharan Africa by Amit Kumar Srivastava, Jaber Rahimi, Karam Alsafadi, Murilo Vianna, Andreas Enders, Wenzhi Zheng, Alparslan Demircan, Mame Diarra Bousso Dieng, Seyni Salack, Babacar Faye, Manmeet Singh, Krishnagopal Halder, Frank Ewert, Thomas Gaiser

“…Applying such a framework in a domain in West Africa (786,500 km2) allowed us to estimate the changes in crop (Maize, Millet, and Sorghum) yield, grass biomass, livestock numbers, and greenhouse gas emission in response to future climate scenarios. …”
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Impact of Soil and Water Conservation Measures and Slope Position on Selected Soil Attributes at a Watershed Scale by Melaku Alene Retta, Hailu Kendie Addis, Tesfaye Feyisa Beyene

“…High OC (2.44%), CEC (45 cmol (+) kg−1), and moisture (19.55%) were obtained from stone-faced soil bund stabilized with grass (SFSBG) and higher available phosphorus (7.83 ppm) from soil bund (SB), while lower bulk density (1.13 gm/cm3) was obtained from SFSBG. …”
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TDR Technique for Estimating the Intensity of Evapotranspiration of Turfgrasses by Grzegorz Janik, Karol Wolski, Anna Daniel, Małgorzata Albert, Wojciech Skierucha, Andrzej Wilczek, Paweł Szyszkowski, Amadeusz Walczak

“…The evapotranspiration functions, whose domains are only two relatively easy to measure parameters, were developed separately for each of the grass species. Those parameters are the temperature and the volumetric moisture of soil at the depth of 2.5 cm. …”
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An Economic Model Evaluating Competitive Wheat Genotypes for Weed Suppression and Yield in a Wheat and Canola Rotation by Thomas L. Nordblom, Saliya Gurusinghe, Pieter-Willem Hendriks, Greg J. Rebetzke, Leslie A. Weston

“…With respect to weed control, three scenarios were evaluated in the model: standard herbicide use with a commercial cultivar (A), herbicide use reduced moderately by inclusion of an early vigour wheat genotype and elimination of the postharvest grass herbicide (B) or inclusion of an early vigour wheat genotype and withdrawal of both postharvest grass and broadleaf herbicides (C). …”
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Spiral Nematode, Helicotylenchus pseudorobustus (Steiner, 1941) Golden, 1956 (Nematoda: Tylenchida: Hoplolaimidae) by William T. Crow

“…Helicotylenchus pseudorobustus is a species common in Florida and the southeastern United States and is frequently found associated with turfgrasses and other grass hosts in the region. On most plants, it is not considered particularly damaging, but recent research has shown that this species suppresses growth of certain turfgrass hosts. …”
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Overseeding Florida Lawns for Winter Color by Laurie E. Trenholm, Joseph Bryan Unruh

“… Overseeding is the practice of using a temporary grass that is seeded into the permanent lawn to provide winter color. …”
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Myakka bug, Ischnodemus variegatus (Signoret) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Blissidae) by Cecil O. Montemayor, Rodrigo Diaz, William A. Overholt, Amanda Hodges

“…It describes this newly introduced exotic insect species hosted by the invasive West Indian marsh grass, Hymenachne amplexicaulis — synonymy, description, life cycle and biology, damage, economic importance, and natural enemies. …”
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Climate-Based Management Options for North Central Florida Beef Cattle Producers by Norman Breuer, Victor Cabrera, Peter E. Hildebrand, James W. Jones

“… The objective of this study was first to understand how ENSO seasonal change interacts with grass production and cow-calf production in north central Florida, and second, what management decisions ranchers could make to reduce risk and vulnerability, thus taking advantage of improved forecasts. …”
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Biology and Control of Sorghum-almum in Sugarcane by Dennis Calvin Odero, Ron Rice, Les Baucum

“…Sorghum-almum is a weak, perennial rhizomatous grass. Leaves of seedlings are rolled in a bud with a fringed membranous ligule. …”
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Tropical sod webworm Herpetogramma phaeopteralis Guenée (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Crambidae) by Nastaran Tofangsazie, Steven P. Arthurs, Ronald Cherry

“…The first sign of damage is often caused by differences in grass height in areas where larvae are feeding. This 5-page fact sheet was written by Nastaran Tofangsazie, Steven P. …”
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Myakka bug, Ischnodemus variegatus (Signoret) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Blissidae) by Cecil O. Montemayor, Rodrigo Diaz, William A. Overholt, Amanda Hodges

“…It describes this newly introduced exotic insect species hosted by the invasive West Indian marsh grass, Hymenachne amplexicaulis — synonymy, description, life cycle and biology, damage, economic importance, and natural enemies. …”
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