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Results: 40 Publications found
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AgMap Flyer
This two-page, full-color flyer provides information on AgMap--Pennsylvania’s agricultural network that helps consumers, farmers, and businesses find local producers and suppliers of unlimited agricultural commodities and services.
Department:
Crop & Soil Sciences
Catalog Number:
UC174
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Agribusiness Planning: Providing Direction for Agricultural Firms
This 12-page publication discusses the importance of business planning for agricultural firms—from input suppliers to producers to processors—and describes the steps required to prepare a thorough business plan. It presents a recommended format that should be useful for all types of agricultural firms as they develop written business plans, and uses examples from the wide variety of agribusinesses to provide a broad context to the general theme of business planning. Note: This publication is available in PDF only; it is not available in hard copy from the Publications Distribution Center.
Department:
Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology
Catalog Number:
UA371
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Agricultural Water Use in the Allegheny/Monongahela/Ohio River Basins
2002 agricultural water use regulations in the Allegheny, Monongahela, and/or Ohio River basins. Note: Available in PDF only; not available in hard copy from the Publications Distribution Center.
Department:
Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Catalog Number:
F-201
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Biodiesel Safety and Best Management Practices for Small-Scale Noncommercial Use and Production
$8.00
This publication addresses processing and safety issues
associated with making biodiesel fuel, which is a clean, renewable fuel that can be made from various biomass oil feedstocks such as waste vegetable oil, yellow grease, animal fats, and virgin vegetable oils. The objective of this publication is to review some of the accepted practices associated with small-scale biodiesel production to make it a safe, environmentally sound practice that generates a quality product. Prospective biodiesel producers are also encouraged to use this information as they decide whether or not to begin making biodiesel.
Department:
Crop & Soil Sciences
Catalog Number:
AGRS-103
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Custom Agricultural Business: A Guide to Get You Started
$4.00
This 32-page booklet offers tips for starting an agricultural business, specialization, budgeting, record keeping, and other important aspects. Includes an example organizational chart and sample budget.
Department:
Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology
Catalog Number:
AGRS-085
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Dairy Farm Business: Making Custom Work Profitable
Directed toward dairy producers, this publication addresses issues involved in making a custom hire decision including advantages and disadvantages, economics, how to find custom operators, contracting, and deciding whether the producer should do custom work. Note: Available in PDF only; not available in hard copy from the Publications Distribution Center.
Department:
Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology
Catalog Number:
UA383
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Dairy Farm Business: Performance Feedback, Monitoring, and Incentives
The human resource objective of a dairy manager should be to maintain
a productive, stable, and committed workforce. Providing feedback, both positive and negative, is an important part of every manager’s responsibility. This 8-page publication explains the importance of feedback, characteristics of useful feedback, formal and informal performance feedback, how to give performance reviews, how to gather data for feedback, and performance incentives. A feedback sheet and performance review worksheet are also included.
Department:
Dairy & Animal Science
Catalog Number:
UD017
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Dairy Risk-Management Education: Basis and Its Importance in Risk Management
Knowing your basis is key to understanding how to use futures contracts to forward price milk. Pennsylvania dairy producers interested in locking in milk prices for a portion of a future delivery of milk must find a financial instrument to protect their milk price. This publication defines basis, explains its relationship to federal orders, describes mild components, and explains how to calculate basis and how to use basis in planning. Note: This publication is available in PDF only; it is not available from the Publications Distribution Center.
Department:
Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology
Catalog Number:
UA410
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Dairy Risk-Management Education: Economic Returns Under Multiple-Component Pricing
U.S. dairy producers shipping milk into federal milk marketing orders faced a new milk pricing system effective January 1, 2000, as a result of federal order reforms implemented by USDA and initiated by U.S. Congress. Seven of the 11 federal orders that were created employed a multiple-component pricing system that paid dairy producers on the basis of milk fat, true protein, and other dairy solids. This publication explains seasonality of milk components, impacts of herd size and management, and the impact of low component levels on milk prices.
Department:
Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology
Catalog Number:
UA427
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Dairy Risk-Management Education: Factors That Affect U.S. Farm-Gate Milk Prices
Prices for milk and dairy products are driven mainly by changing market conditions and less by government intervention. Farmers, processors, retailers, and consumers should expect to continue to see volatile milk and dairy product prices in the future. This second publication in the Dairy Risk-Management Education series provides information on milk pricing, dairy product processing, the demand for processed dairy products, wholesale and retail dairy product prices, federal order and farm-gate milk prices, and market interactions.
Department:
Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology
Catalog Number:
UA412
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Dairy Risk-Management Education: Understanding Your Milk Check: A Guide for Pennsylvania Dairy Producers
The milk business is much more competitive today. Thus, Pennsylvania dairy producers have a strong incentive to better manage their component levels and overall milk quality. The milk check provides much of the information needed to carefully monitor these important pricing incentives. This publication intends to help Pennsylvania dairy producers better understand how milk checks are paid, where the prices come from, and what factors they control.
Department:
Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology
Catalog Number:
UA413
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Energy Selector
This unique slide-type piece allows you to make an "apples-to-apples" comparison of various heating fuels on the basis of cost per BTU. Values provided include #2 fuel oil, propane, natural gas, electricity, coal, corn, wood pellets, and firewood. Note: This piece is only available in PDF due to its two-part design consisting of a sleeve and an insert.
Department:
Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Catalog Number:
UB042
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Farm Economics: Forest Owner Cooperatives
This article describes models of cooperative organization that may be appropriate to non-industrial private forest owners as well as the potential ial for cooperative development in the Commonwealth. Note: Not available in hard copy from the Publications Distribution Center.
Department:
Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology
Catalog Number:
XA0012
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Farm Economics: Where Do Farmers Purchase Supplies (and Why Does It Matter?)
This article uses results from a research project focused on the 13 counties in southeastern Pennsylvania to examine where farmers purchase their supplies and process their products, and to consider whether such access to agribusinesses matters. Note: Not available in hard copy from the Publications Distribution Center.
Department:
Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology
Catalog Number:
XA0002
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Get More from Your Milk: Increasing Profit through Value-Added Products
Are you interested in making your dairy business more profitable? Have you heard the term “value-added” but are unsure of what that means for your dairy or what your options are? This 44-page publication will guide you through important issues--choosing a product, marketing, understanding the resources available for the new venture, and assessing profitability of your options--that you need to consider before starting a value-added dairy enterprise. Note: This publication is available in PDF only; it is not available in hard copy from the Publications Distribution Center.
Department:
Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology
Catalog Number:
XA0019
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