Ag News and Views: March 2010 Table of Contents
Economics
Tax Implications of Using Risk Management Strategies by Dustin Oswald
Most of our nation's agricultural producers have experienced significant volatility both in the prices they receive for the commodities they produce and in the prices they pay for inputs.
Livestock
AI Calving Distribution by Ryan Reuter
and Jessica Robinette
Most cattle producers know that the textbook gestation length of beef cattle is 283 days. Most also realize that biology is variable, and predicting the exact day of natural birth in most mammalian species is very difficult to do.
Pasture and Range
It's Time to Change Our Job Titles by Chuck Coffey
I am disturbed by the number of people in this country who seem to take agriculture for granted. Many have had little to no experience with the land and only know what they read and hear from what are often unreliable sources.
Soils and Crops
No-Till Fails For These 10 Reasons by Jim Johnson
While many people are convinced no-till is the way to farm, many others are convinced it does not work. Clearly no-till farming can work, but failures typically occur because of one or more reasons.
Wildlife
Deer Poaching - Is There a Solution? by Ken Gee
The Noble Foundation Agricultural Research Team is investigating the effects of hunter density on male white-tailed deer movements in southern Oklahoma. This is a collaborative study to further understanding of the impacts that hunter density and hunting pressure have on male white-tailed deer behavior, movement patterns and survivability.