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(1)  Penn State Cooperative Extension The Pennsylvania State University 112 Agricultural Administration Building University Park, PA 16802 (814) 865-6713 Web: http://pubs.cas.psu.edu/
(2)  Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering The Pennsylvania State University 246 Agricultural Engineering Building University Park, PA 16802-1909 (814) 865-7685 E-mail: agbioeng@psu.edu
(3)  Department of Entomology The Pennsylvania State University 501 ASI Building University Park, PA 16802 (814) 865-1895 Web: http://ento.psu.edu/extension/factsheets
(4)  The Resource Center Cornell Cooperative Extension PO Box 3884 Ithaca, NY 14852-3884 Phone: 607-255-2080 Fax: 607-255-9946 E-mail: dist_center@cce.cornell.edu Web: http://store.cce.cornell.edu/
(5)  APS Press The American Phytopathological Society 3340 Pilot Knob Road St. Paul, MN 55121-2097 1-800-328-7560 E-mail: aps@scisoc.org
(6)  NRAES Cooperative Extension 152 Riley-Robb Hall Ithaca, NY 14853-5701 607-255-7654 Web: http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/hp/publications.html
(7)  MWPS 122 Davidson Hall Iowa State University Ames, IA 50022 515-292-4337 E-mail: mwps@iastate.edu

Number Title Source Cost/copy
Agricultural Safety and Health
NRAES-10 Farm Accident Rescue 6 $8.00
NRAES-18 Extinguishing Silo Fires 6 $7.00
UB030 Children and Safety on the Farm 1
EC417 Senior Farmers and Safety: How Changing Health Affects Risks of Fatal Injury 1
E-13 Making Large Round Bales the Safe Way 2
E-15 Guarding Against Corn Harvesting Accidents 2
E-16 Silo Gases: The Hidden Danger 2
E-22 Silo Filling Safety 2
E-26 Farm Respiratory Hazards 2
E-27 Farm Pond Safety 2
E-28 Manure Storage Hazards 2
E-33 Power Take-Off (PTO) Safety 2
E-34 Tractor Overturn Hazards 2
E-35 Personal Protection From Pesticides 2
E-36 Farm Respiratory Protection 2
E-38 Heat Illness and Farm Work 2
E-39 Head, Eye, and Foot Protection for Farm Workers 2
E-40 Extra Rider Hazards on Farm Equipment 2
Agronomy Fact Sheets
UC035 Agronomy Facts 1: Soybean Production in Pennsylvania (HTML) 1
UC038 Agronomy Facts 3: Soil Acidity and Aglime 1
UC039 Agronomy Facts 4: Johnsongrass and Shattercane Control: An Integrated Approach 1
UC041 Agronomy Facts 5: Quackgrass Control: An Integrated Approach 1
UC042 Agronomy Facts 6: Comparing Fertilizer Materials 1
UC044 Agronomy Facts 7: Cutting Management of Alfalfa, Red Clover, and Birdsfoot Trefoil in Pennsylvania 1
UC045 Agronomy Facts 9: Large Round Bale Silage 1
UC046 Agronomy Facts 10: Management of Triazine-Resistant Pigweed and Lambsquarters 1
UC048 Agronomy Facts 11: Inoculation of Forage and Grain Legumes 1
UC049 Agronomy Facts 12: Nitrogen Fertilization of Corn 1
UC055 Agronomy Facts 13: Managing Phosphorus for Crop Production 1
UC060 Agronomy Facts 14: Managing Potassium for Crop Production 1
UC066 Agronomy Facts 16: Nutrient Management 1
UC067 Agronomy Facts 17: Pre-sidedress Soil Nitrate Test for Corn 1
UC079 Agronomy Facts 18: Corn Silage Production and Management 1
UC080 Agronomy Facts 19: Ryegrass 1
UC087 Agronomy Facts 20: Birdsfoot Trefoil 1
UC083 Agronomy Facts 21: Red Clover 1
UC084 Agronomy Facts 22: White Clover 1
UC085 Agronomy Facts 23: Summer-Annual Grasses for Supplemental or Emergency Forage 1
UC086 Agronomy Facts 24: Timothy 1
UC088 Agronomy Facts 25: Orchardgrass 1
UC089 Agronomy Facts 26: Reed Canarygrass 1
UC090 Agronomy Facts 27: Smooth Bromegrass 1
UC091 Agronomy Facts 28: Tall Fescue 1
UC092 Agronomy Facts 29: Warm-Season Grasses 1
UC095 Agronomy Facts 30: Forage Quality in Perspective 1
UC096 Agronomy Facts 31A: Soil Fertility Management for Forage Crops: Pre-establishment 1
UC097 Agronomy Facts 31B: Soil Fertility Management for Forage Crops: Establishment 1
UC098 Agronomy Facts 31C: Soil Fertility Management for Forage Crops: Maintenance 1
UC099 Agronomy Facts 32: Pasture and Hay for Horses 1
UC100 Agronomy Facts 33: Use of Brassica Crops to Extend the Grazing Season 1
UC101 Agronomy Facts 34: Considerations for Selecting Corn Hybrids in Pennsylvania 1
UC102 Agronomy Facts 35: Some Facts About Soil Basics 1
UC105 Agronomy Facts 36: Persistence of Herbicides in Soil 1
UC106 Agronomy Facts 37: Adjuvants for Enhancing Herbicide Performance 1
UC107 Agronomy Facts 38A: Nutrient Management for PA: Introduction to the Concepts 1
UC108 Agronomy Facts 38B: Nutrient Management for PA: Plant Nutrient Stocks and Flows 1
UC109 Agronomy Facts 38C: Nutrient Management for PA: Nutrient Management Decision-Making 1
UC118 Agronomy Facts 38D: Nutrient Management for PA: Exploring Performance Criteria 1
UC110 Agronomy Facts 39: Prairie Grass 1
UC111 Agronomy Facts 40: Nutrient Management Legislation in PA: Summary of Regulations 1
UC112 Agronomy Facts 41: Strategies for Extending the Grazing Season 1
UC113 Agronomy Facts 42: Grazing Alfalfa in Pennsylvania 1
UC114 Agronomy Facts 43: Four Steps to Rotational Grazing 1
UC115 Agronomy Facts 44: Forage Quality Testing: Why, How, and Where? 1
UC116 Agronomy Facts 45: Forage Chicory 1
UC117 Agronomy Facts 46: Multiflora Rose Management in Grass Pastures: An Integrated Approach 1
UC120 Agronomy Facts 47: Controlling Yellow Nutsedge in Agronomic Crops: An Integrated Approach 1
UC121 Agronomy Facts 48: Forage Sorghum 1
UC122 Agronomy Facts 49: Successful Forage Crop Establishment 1
UC129 Agronomy Facts 50: Kentucky Bluegrass 1
UC132 Agronomy Facts 51: Starter Fertilizer 1
UC134 Agronomy Facts 52: Potential of Narrow Row Corn Production in Pennsylvania 1
UC147 Agronomy Facts 53: The Early-Season Chlorophyll Meter Test for Corn 1
UC149 Agronomy Facts 54: Pennsylvania's Nutrient Management Act: Who Will Be Affected? 1
UC151 Agronomy Facts 55: Estimating Manure Application Rates 1
UC152 Agronomy Facts 56: Considerations for Double-Cropping Corn Following Hay in PA 1
UC154 Agronomy Facts 57: Crop Rotation Planning for Dairy Farms 1
UC157 Agronomy Facts 58: Management of Eastern Black Nightshade in Agronomic Crops 1
UC155 Agronomy Facts 59: Managing Burcucumber in Agronomic Crops 1
UC156 Agronomy Facts 60: Nutrient Management Plannning—Overview 1
UC171 Agronomy Facts 61: Wirestem Muhly Management in Agronomic Crops 1
UC172 Agronomy Facts 62: Weed Management in Pasture Systems 1
UC178 Agronomy Facts 63: Diagnosing Soil Compaction using a Penetrometer (Soil compaction tester) 1
UC187 Agronomy Facts 64: Weed Management in Organic Cropping Systems 1
UC193 Agronomy Facts 65: Guidelines for Weed Management in Roundup Ready Alfalfa 1
UC198 Agronomy Facts 66: Weed Management in CREP Grasslands 1
UC199 Agronomy Facts 67: Management of Red Clover as a Cover Crop 1
UC200 Agronomy Facts 68: Manure Spreader Calibration 1
Building and Farmstead Planning
MWPS-26 Farm Shop Plans Book 7 $5.00
MWPS-37 Designing Facilities for Pesticide and Fertilizer Containment 7 $17.00
H-20 Weights of Building Materials, Agricultural Commodities, and Floor Loads for Buildings 2
H-68 Pesticide Storage Building 2
H-70 Silo Capacities 2
H-75 Bulk Storage 2
H-76 Horizontal Silos 2
Crop Management
NRAES-05 Silage and Hay Preservation 6 $9.00
NRAES-36 Pasture in the Northeast Region of the United States 6 $30.00
NRAES-67 Silage Production from Seed to Animal 6 $30.00
MWPS-13 Grain Drying, Handling and Storage Handbook 7 $12.00
MWPS-22 Low Temperature and Solar Grain Drying Handbook 7 $3.00
MWPS-45 Conservation Tillage Systems and Management: Crop Residue Management with No-till, Ridge-till, Mulch-till 7 $15.00
UC082 Latest Planting Dates for Corn Hybrids 1
UC124 Conservation Tillage Series 1: Crop Rotations and Conservation Tillage 1
UC125 Conservation Tillage Series 2: Weed Management for Conservation Tillage Systems 1
UC126 Conservation Tillage Series 3: Soil Compaction and Conservation Tillage 1
UC127 Conservation Tillage Series 4: Nutrient Management in Conservation Tillage Systems 1
UC128 Conservation Tillage Series 5: Cover Crops for Conservation Tillage Systems 1
UC130 Conservation Tillage Series 6: Economics of Conservation Tillage 1
I-102 Indoor Hay Storage: Dry Matter Loss and Quality Changes 2
I-104 Sampling Forages for Testing 2
I-105 Determining Moisture Content of Forage 2
I-107 Forage Losses = Economic Losses, So Minimize Them 2
I-109 Round Bale Silage 2
I-111 Bacterial Inoculants for Silage 2
I-112 Round Hay Bale Silage 2
SG14 Managing Stored Grain on the Farm 3
102IPM305 Growing Alfalfa the IPM Way 4 $10.00
102IPM313 Your Pocket Guide to Alfalfa and Field Corn Management 4 $8.75
125IB241 Cultivation Basics for Weed Control in Corn 4 $3.50
125IB217 Alfalfa: Quality, Maturity, and Mean Stage of Development 4 $5.00
Farm Management
AGRS-10 The Penn State Farm Management Handbook 1 $12.00
UA286 Agricultural Alternatives: Financing Small-Scale and Part-Time Farms 1
Insect Pests
FC2 Armyworm as a Pest of Corn 3
FC3 Billbugs as Pests of Field Corn 3
FC4 Black Cutworm updated 3/2009 3
FC5 Corn Leaf Aphid on Field Corn 3
FC6 European Corn Borer 3
FC7 Fall Armyworm as a Pest of Field Corn 3
FC9 The Garden Symphylan as a Pest of Field Crops 3
FC11 Hessian Fly on Wheat 3
FC13 Insect Pests of Soybeans in Pennsylvania 3
FC15 Major Insect Pests of Red Clover in Pennsylvania 3
FC17 A Pest Management Program for Alfalfa in Pennsylvania 3
FC19 Seedcorn Maggot as a Pest of Field Corn 3
FC20 Slugs as Pests of Field Corn 3
FC21 Sod Webworms as Occasional Pests of Field Corn 3
FC22 Stalk Borer 3
FC24 Wireworms as Pests of Field Corn 3
SG1 Angoumois Grain Moth 3
SG2 Cigarette Beetle 3
SG3 Confused Flour Beetle and Red Flour Beetle 3
SG4 Dark and Yellow Mealworms 3
SG5 Drugstore Beetle 3
SG6 Flour and Grain Mites 3
SG7 Foreign Grain Beetles 3
SG8 Hairy Fungus Beetle 3
SG9 Indian Meal Moth 3
SG11 Mediterranean Flour Moth 3
SG12 Sawtoothed and Merchant Grain Beetles 3
SG13 Weevils on Stored Grain 3
Machinery Systems, Tractors, and Equipment
NRAES-11 High-Tensile Wire Fencing 6 $4.00
NRAES-25 Used Farm Equipment: Assessing Quality, Safety, Economics 6 $7.00
NRAES-45 Farm Machinery Days for Small and Part-Time Farmers 6 $10.00
NRAES-57 Fertilizer and Manure Application Equipment 6 $6.00
Pesticides
NRAES-34 Pesticides and Groundwater 6 $5.00
NRAES-78 On-Farm Agrichemical Handling Facilities 6 $7.00
UC175 Introduction to Weeds and Herbicides 1
UO229 How to Handle Chemical Spills 1
UO222 Toxicity of Pesticides 1
UO199 Agrichemical Facts 8: The Fate of Pesticides in the Environment 1
UO201 Agrichemical Facts 9: Options for In-Field Pesticide Sprayer Rinsing and Clean Water Utilization 1
UO228 EPA Worker Protection Standard for Agricultural Pesticides 1
Plant Pathology
41809 Compendium of Barley Diseases, 2nd edition 5 $45.00
40764 Compendium of Wheat Diseases, 2nd edition 5 $45.00
41116 Wheat Health Management 5 $45.00
41515 Nutrient Deficiencies and Toxicities in Crop Plants 5 $69.00
UL205 Gray Leaf Spot 1
UL206 Barley Yellow Dwarf 1
UL208 Fusarium Head Blight 1
UL209 White Mold 1
UL211 Soybean Cyst Nematode 1
Soil and Water Resources
NRAES-34 Pesticides and Groundwater 6 $5.00
NRAES-36 Pasture in the Northeast Region of the United States 6 $30.00
AGRS-67 Establishing Vegetative Buffer Strips Along Streams to Improve Water Quality 1 $5.00
EC397 Stream Bank Fencing 1
F-251 Silt Tillage 2
Variety Test Reports
UC057 Pennsylvania Soybean Performance Test 1
UC068 Forage Trials Report 1
UC194 Pennsylvania Commercial Grain and Silage Hybrid Corn Tests Report 1
Waste Management
NRAES-43 Composting to Reduce the Waste Stream 6 $8.00
NRAES-54 On-Farm Composting Handbook 6 $25.00
C-3 On-Farm Composting 2
C-10 The Recycling Process and Terms 2
C-16 Managing Used Plastic Mulch Film: Degradable Versus Nondegradable 2
C-18 Recycling Plastic Pesticide Containers 2
C-21 Recycling Used Oil 2
C-28 Farm Dumps: Problems and Solutions 2