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Agribusiness, Costs, Plans, Analysis AGRICULTURE CALCULATORS, SPREADSHEETS (XLS), MANUALS, HANDBOOKS, TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS, ETC. AGRIBUSINESS CALCULATORS, SPREADSHEETS (XLS), MANUALS, HANDBOOKS, TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS, ETC. FARM ANALYSIS CALCULATORS, SPREADSHEETS (XLS), MANUALS, HANDBOOKS, TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS, ETC. FARM & RANCH MANAGEMENT CALCULATORS, SPREADSHEETS (XLS), MANUALS, HANDBOOKS, TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS, ETC. FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE CALCULATORS, SPREADSHEETS (XLS), MANUALS, HANDBOOKS, TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS, ETC. INCOME STATEMENTS CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) GLOSSARY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, PROGRAMS AND POLICY - Division of Agriculture, Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food & Life Sciences, University of Arkansas Multimedia Glossary of Agricultural Production, Programs and Policy (Text & Images). For more information see the Division of Agriculture AG ADVISOR - D. Kohl, Agriculture and AgriBusiness, RBC Royal Bank of Canada VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. AG Advisor Calculators Include: Commercial AG Advisor Calculator "...The Strategic Risk Management Fiscal Fitness Checkup allows you to analyze 12 critical areas in your business that pertain to short-term and long-term risk management..." Lifestyle Farm Operations AG Advisor Calculator "...An extensive financial analysis of a lifestyle farm includes examining a wide spectrum of criteria, ranging from the cash emergency fund, credit usage, debt levels...' Commerical Quickstep AG Advisor Calculator Lifestyle Farm Operations Quickstep AG Advisor Calculator For more information see Agriculture and AgriBusiness or the RBC Royal Bank of Canada AGRICULTURE: FARM BUSINESS DECISION CALCULATORS (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Ontario Farm Management Analysis Project (OFMAP), Ministry of Agriculature Food and Rural Affairs, Government of Ontario, Queen's Printer for Ontario, Ontario, Canada VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Farm Business Decision Calculators includes over "50" Calculators & Spreadsheets in the following Categories & Subcategories Budgeting Tools - Crop and Livestock "...Field Crops Budgeting Tools (Calculators & Spreadsheets); Berry Crops Budgeting Tools (Calculators & Spreadsheets); Organic Crops Budgeting Tools (Calculators & Spreadsheets); Specialty Crops Budgeting Tools (Calculators & Spreadsheets); Grapes Budgeting Tools (Calculators & Spreadsheets); Livestock Budgeting Tool (Calculators & Spreadsheets)s; Tree Fruit Budgeting Tools (Calculators & Spreadsheets); Vegetables Budgeting Tools (Calculators & Spreadsheets)..." "...Grass Stockers Worksheet (Cattle); Dairy Expansion Workbook; Building Rent Calculator; Land Cost Tools; Land Leasing Tools; Farm Business Analyser; etc..." For more information see Agriculture Business Management; Agriculture; Ministry of Agriculature Food and Rural Affairs or the Government of Ontario Also available in French (Français) Outils informatiques pour la gestion AGRICULTURE BUSINESS AND FINANCE TOOLS (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Agbiz: Queensland Agribusiness Decision Toolkit, Queensland Government, Australia VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. For more information see Agbiz: Queensland Agribusiness Decision Toolkit Examples of "Agriculture Business and Finance Tools" include Financial Tools Examples from over "9" "Financial Tools" include "...Financial Budget Calculator; Financial Options for Plant Purchases; Interest Calculator; Lease Calculator; Equity Calculator; etc..." Farm Operation Tools Examples from over "10" "Farm Operation Tools" include "...Boomspray Calibration Calculator; Machinery Cost Calculator; Planter Calibration; Vehicle Operating Cost Calculator; etc..." Export Calculator Export Calculator "...enables businesses to model the economic aspects of exporting. The model includes elements of uncertainty, such as variable currency exchange rates and uninsurable losses..." AGRICULTURAL SUPPLY AND DEMAND DATABASE - farmdoc Project, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Supply and Demand" Database Categories & Subcategories include Commodity "...Corn; Soybeans; Wheat; Cattle & Hog; World Soybeans; Wheat; Coarse Grain; etc..." Variables "...Acres Planted; Acres Harvested; Yield per Acre; Total Consumption; Exports; etc..." Table or Chart, etc. For more information see Tools or farmdoc BUSINESS MANAGEMENT TOOLS (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Ministry of Agriculture and Lands, British Columbia, Canada VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples from over "50" "Planning for Profit Enterprise Budgets & Excel Spreadsheets" include Crop Business Management Calculators - Spreadsheets "...Berries and Vines Calculators - Spreadsheets; Forage & Hay Calculators - Spreadsheets; Organic Calculators - Spreadsheets; Grains and Oilseeds Calculators - Spreadsheets; Potatoes Calculators - Spreadsheets; Tree Fruits Calculators - Spreadsheets; Vegetables Calculators - Spreadsheets..." Livestock Business Management Calculators - Spreadsheets "...Beef Calculators - Spreadsheets; Poultry & Specialty Poultry Calculators - Spreadsheets; Specialized Livestock: Sheep, Goats, Horse, Bison, Veal & Bees Calculators - Spreadsheets..." Value Added Business Management Calculators "...Food Processing Calculators - Spreadsheets..." Crop Profitability and Planning for Profit Financial Statements Calculators - Spreadsheets; etc. For more information see Business Management or the British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture and Lands FARM BUDGET CASH FORECAST WORKSHEET CALCULATOR - Agricon Africa, Cape Town, South Africa VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Farm Budget Cash Forcast Worksheet Calculator" include Livestock Sheep & Cattle..." Crops "...Maize; Wheat; Oats; etc..." Horticulure "...Grapes; Oranges; Peaches; Apricots; etc..." General Costs "...Electricity; Fuel; Salaries; etc..." Administration Costs; Budget Sensitivity Analysis; etc. For more information see Agricon Africa

FARM DECISION TOOLS - WHOLE FARM DECISIONS (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Author: W. Edwards, Ag Decision Maker, Iowa State University Extension, Iowa State University VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples from over "35" "Whole Farm Decisions" Calculators include "...Partial Budgeting Calculator; Market Comparison Calculator; Farmland Purchase Analysis Calculator; Farmland Tile Drainage Investment Analysis Calculator; Cash Flow Budget Calculator; Net Worth Statement Calculator; Analyzing an Income Statement Calculator; Financial Performance Measures Calculator; etc..." For more information see Whole Farm Decisions - Financial; Whole Farm Decisions; Ag Decision Maker or Iowa State University Extension FARM DECISION MAKING TOOLS (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - E. LaDue, Cornell Program on Agriculture and Small Business Finance, Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Farm Decision Making" Tools Categories include "...Anaerobic Digestion Economic Analysis Calculators - Spreadsheets; Lease Analysis Program (LEAP) Calculators - Spreadsheets; FISA - A Complete Set of Financial Statements for Agriculture Calculators - Spreadsheets; (designed for calculating financial statements for agriculture consistent with the recommendations of the Farm Financial Standards Council (FFSC)) CashPro - Annual Cash Flow Projection Calculators - Spreadsheets; MoCash - Monthly Cash Flow Projection Calculators; - Spreadsheets; Analyzing Replacement Equipment Purchases Calculator - Spreadsheet; BTLEASE - Before Tax Lease Program Calculator - Spreadsheet; etc..." For more information see Publications and Tools; Cornell Program on Agriculture and Small Business Finance or the Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management FARM FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT & ANALYSIS (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - D. Griffith, Farm Management, Extension Economics, MSU Extension Service, & the Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics, Montana State University VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Farm Financial Management & Analysis" Calculators - Spreadsheets include "...Capital Investment Analysis Calculator - Spreadsheet; Cash Flow Budgeting Calculator - Spreadsheet; Comparative Risk Management Analysis: Combo Policy Plans, Futures, Options Calculator - Spreadsheet; Winter & Spring Wheat Calculators - Spreadsheets (allows comparison of multiple levels of yield, price and revenue protection offered by futures and options contracts in combination with the new Combo Policy Plans offered by RMA...) Ending Balance Sheet Calculator - Spreadsheet; Time Value of Money (Including 4 separate programs) Calculator - Spreadsheet; Whole Farm Budgeting Calculator - Spreadsheet; etc..." For more information see Farm Management: Software Downloads; Farm Management or Extension Economics Examples of "Financial Management & Anaylsis" Calculators include RD Financial Calculator RD Financial Calculator "...allows the user to explore the impact of such factors as debt load, family living costs, cost of production, interest rates, governments payments, etc. on the farm/ranches ability to survive in the long run..." Whole Farm Budgeting Calculator Whole Farm Budgeting Calculator "...Allows the specification of production intentions for an entire operation. Includes 3 simple plans, a land use plan, a livestock plan, and a livestock feed plan..." FARM MARKETING (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - D. Griffith, Farm Management, Extension Economics, MSU Extension Service, & the Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics, Montana State University VERY EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Farm Marketing" Calculators - Spreadsheets include "...Marketing Grain Calculator - Spreadsheet (...analyze the price protection available from using the futures and options markets for small grains...) Marketing Livestock Calculator - Spreadsheet; (...analyze the price protection available from using the futures and options markets for livestock...) Margin Calculator - Spreadsheet; ; etc..." For more information see Farm Management: Software Downloads; Farm Management or Extension Economics FARM MANAGEMENT - SMARTFORM: COSTS AND RETURNS PER ACRE - Rutgers New Jersey Agriculture Station, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey VERY EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Farm Management" Calculator INPUT Values include "...Crop Budgets; Receipts Per Acre; Costs Per Acre; Materials and Related Services Costs; Labor Costs; Machinery and Equipment Costs; Irrigation Costs; Land Costs; Interest on Operating Capital; etc..." For more information see Farm Management: Crop Rotational Budgets; Farm Management; Commercial Agriculture or Rutgers New Jersey Agriculture Station FARM MANAGEMENT - INTERACTIVE GREENHOUSE CROP BUDGET WITH FIVE CROPS - R. Brumfield, Rutgers New Jersey Agriculture Station, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Greenhouse Crop Accounting Calculator assists "...greenhouse managers to allocate costs to specific crops..." Examples of "Greenhouse Crop Accounting" Calculator INPUT Values include "...Greenhouse Crop; Greenhouse Size; Square-feet Week; Greenhouse Sales; Direct Costs; Overhead and Variable Costs; etc..." For more information see Farm Management; Commercial Agriculture or Rutgers New Jersey Agriculture Station FARMLAND PURCHASE ANALYSIS SPREADSHEET (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - W. Edwards & M. Duffy, Ag Decision Maker, Iowa State University Extension, Iowa State University VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Farm Purchase Analysis allows you to "...compare the economic and financial impacts of purchasing a parcel of farmland..." Examples of "Farm Purchase Analysis" Calculator INPUT Values include "...Expected USDA Fixed Payments Per Year (Direct, CRP, CSP, etc.); Annual Income expected from Other Sources (Livestock, Royalties, etc.); Real Estate Taxes per Year; Total Other Annual Ownership Costs (Upkeep of Fences, Tile Lines, etc.); Initial Investment needed in Improvements (Fences, Tile Lines, etc.); Initial Investment needed in additional Machinery, if any Closing Costs, Total Dollars; Expected Annual Percentage increase in Farmland Values, Net of General Inflation; Crop Rotation, Yield and Price Assumptions; Current Expected Yield for each Crop (owner's share), Per Acre; etc..." For more information see Farmland Values; Whole Farm Decisions; Ag Decision Maker or Iowa State University Extension GREENMOUNT BUSINESS PLANNER - A joint venture between College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise, Greenmount Campus and the Northern Bank, U.K. VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Agriculture Business Planner allows "...a farmer can analyse his existing business and benchmark its key financial ratios with other similar farms in Northern Ireland. Changes to the data can be made easily in order to examine the feasibility of different business options..." Examples of "Agriculture Business Planner" Calculator INPUT Values include "...Gross Margins; Other Income; Fixed Costs; Finance Charges; Annual Budget; Financial Ratios; etc..." For more information see the Northern Bank or the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise, Greenmount Campus RANCH & FARM CALCULATORS (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of over "80" "Ranch & Farm" Calculators - Spreadsheets include "...Average Annual Damage Estimates Calculator - Spreadsheet; Interest and Annuity Calculator - Spreadsheet; Farm Machinery Cost Estimates Calculator - Spreadsheet; Crop Rotation Analysis Calculator - Spreadsheet; Direct Seeding/No-Till Cost Estimates Calculator - Spreadsheet; Economic Damage Estimate from Gully Formation Calculator - Spreadsheet; Fuel Use Per Acre Calculator - Spreadsheet; Value of an additional cfs of water for Hydro Power Generation Calculator - Spreadsheet; Irrigation System - Cost Analysis Calculator - Spreadsheet; Costs for Big Gun Irrigation System Calculator - Spreadsheet; Costs for Center Pivot Irrigation System Calculator - Spreadsheet; Costs for Drip Irrigation System Calculator - Spreadsheet; Costs for Gated Pipe Irrigation System Calculator - Spreadsheet; Cost Estimate of Pipeline Projects Calculator - Spreadsheet; Estimating the Cost of Irrigation Water Calculator - Spreadsheet; Costs for Wheel Line (Diesel) Irrigation System Calculator - Spreadsheet; Costs for Wheel Line (Electric) Irrigation System Calculator - Spreadsheet; etc..." For more information see Tools By Landuse; NRCS Economics; Technical Resources or the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) SPECIALTY FOODS ENTERPRISE BUDGET (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Center for Integrated Agriculture Systems (CIAS), University of Wisconsin, Madison VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Spreadsheet Located at Bottom of Page. Specialty Foods Enterprise Budget is "...a spreadsheet to help farmers make financial and management decisions about new or existing specialty food enterprises. This spreadsheet can help farmers pinpoint their expenses, determine prices for their products, and decide if a specialty foods enterprise will turn a profit..." Specialty Foods Enterprise Budget Calculator INPUT Values include: Receipts; Variable Costs "...Advertising Costs; Marketing Costs; etc..." Fixed Costs "...Building Costs; Office Costs; etc..." Labor & Management Costs; Returns; Capitol Recovery Costs; etc. For more informaton see Enterprise Budgets; Economics or the Center for Integrated Agriculture Systems (CIAS) UGA EXTENSION INTERACTIVE ENTERPRISE BUDGETS: VEGETABLE & CROPS (JAVA APPLETS) - Coordinator: J.C. McKissick; Extension Agriculture and Applied Economics, Cooperative Extension Service, Department of Agriculture and Appliled Economics, College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences, University of Georgia VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Budget Calculators for Crops & Vegetables include: "...Corn Budget Calculator; Cotton Budget Calculator; Peanuts Budget Calculator; Squash Budget Calculator; Tobacco Budget Calculator; Tomatoes Budget Calculator..." Budget Calculators for Livestock & Poultry include: "...CowCalf Budget Calculator; Dairy Budget Calculator; Hogs Budget Calculator; Steers Budget Calculator; Broilers Budget Calculator..." For more information see Extension Agriculture and Applied Economics; Cooperative Extension or the Department of Agriculture and Appliled Economics USDA - RMA PREMIUM CALCULATION (INSURANCE PLANS AND QUOTATION AVAILABILITY) - Risk Management Agency, USDA VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. "...Premium Calculation Software for 2000 and succeeding years..." For more information see Tools & Calculators or Risk Management Agency

Agriculture Engineering AGRICULTURE ENGINEERING DESIGN TOOLS, DRAWINGS, SPREADSHEETS (XLS) AGRICULTURE ENGINEERING SPREADSHEETS (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Conservation Engineering, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Indiana, Department of Agriculture VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples from over "16" "Agriculture Engineering" Spreadsheets include Aluminum Toewall Calculator "...Calculates design of aluminum toewall structure and includes plans..." Concrete Toewall Calculator "...Design of concrete toewall structures - includes plans..." Grouted Rock Chute Design Calculator "...Calculates design of grouted rock chute..." Rock Chute Desig Calculator "...Calculates design of rock chute. Includes plan sheets..." Waterway with Cross Sections Calculator "...Calculates the design of a grassed waterway. Includes plan sheets and draws cross sections..." For more information see Conservation Engineering or the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Indiana AGRICULTURE ENGINEERING TOOLS AND SOFTWARE (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - South Dakota NRCS Technical Resources, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), South Dakota, USDA Multimedia NRCS Agriculture Engineering Design Tools (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Agriculture Engineering Design" Spreadsheets & Calculators include "...Drop Inlet Hydraulics Spreadsheet; Hood Inlet Hydraulics Spreadsheet; Simple Dam Break Input Formatting Spreadsheet; Animal Waste Storage Facility Design Spreadsheet; Class I Pipeline Design and Job Forms Calculator; Class II Pipeline Design and Job Forms Calculator; etc..." For more information see South Dakota NRCS Technical Resources or the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), South Dakota AGRICULTURE ENGINEEERING PROGRAMS AND SPREADSHEETS (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Iowa NRCS and the Electronic Field Office Technical Guide, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), USDA VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of Engineering Programs & Calculators include "...Wetland Ditch and Drain Plugs Calculator; Drop Inlet Pipe Flow Program Calculator; Hood Inlet Pipe Flow Program Calculator; Riprap lined Plunge Pool for Energy Dissipation from a Cantilever Pipe Outlet Calculator; Small Structure Sedimentation Form Calculator; Design Report & Documentation Tool for watershed Dams Calculator; etc..." For more information see Iowa Conservation Engineering; Iowa NRCS Technical Resources or the Iowa NRCS AGRICULTURE ENGINEERING STANDARD DRAWINGS - Illinois Technical Information, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Illinois, USDA Multimedia Agriculture Engineering Standard Drawings (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Agriculture Engineering Standard Drawings" Subject Categories which include over "200" Drawings include "...Dams, Ponds and Reservoirs Engineering Standard Drawings; Grade Control Structures Engineering Standard Drawings; Livestock Facilities Confinement & Grazing Engineering Standard Drawings; Streambank Stabilization Engineering Standard Drawings; Temporary Erosion Control Engineering Standard Drawings; Waterways, Diversions, Terraces and Basins Engineering Standard Drawings; etc..." For more information see Illinois Technical Information, Resources, Tools, Models, and Data or the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Illinois AGRICULTURE ENGINEERING CADD DRAWINGS (PDF) - Colorado Technical Resources, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Colorado, USDA Multimedia Agriculture Engineering CADD Drawings (Text & Images). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Examples from over "40" "Agriculture Engineering CADD Drawings" include Reinforced Concrete Ditch Turnout and Parshall Flume; Reinforced Concrete Ditch Turnout; Drain Cover Detai; Trapezoidal Chute Drop; Riser Details; Concrete Vertical Drop for Non-Cohesive Soils; Detail of Concrete Pipe Support; Fish Pond Dam with Gated Trickle Spillway and Appurtenances; Stockwater Dam with Sloping Headgate and Trickle Spillway; Trash Rack and Anti-Vortex Baffle for Hood Inlet Type Spillways; Animal Guard for 4" Dia. Drain Pipe; Alfalfa Valve or Modified Alfalfa Valve Outlet for Plastic Pipelines; etc..." For more information see Colorado Technical Resources or the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Colorado AGRICULTURE ENGINEERING DRAWINGS - Kentucky Technical Resources, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Kentucky, USDA Multimedia Agriculture Engineering Drawings (Text & Images). VERY EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Agriculture Engineering Drawings" include Pipeline and Fountain-Pond or Spring, Single; Cross Section Sheet- Engineer's Scale; Riprap Chute; Waterway; Pond Drop Inlet Detail Shee; Excavated Pond w/Embankment; etc..." For more information see Engineering; Kentucky Technical Resources or the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Kentucky

Agriculture Robotics AGRICULTURE ROBOTICS & AUTOMATION AGRICULTURE ROBOTS - ISO Groep, The Netherlands Multimedia Agriculture Robots (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound). For more information see the ISO Groep Examples of "ISO Group Agriculture Robots" include RoBoPlant RoBoPlant "...a planting machine for the planting of plastic pots, mainly used in chrysanthemum nurseries..." Grafting Robot Spotless Grafting Robot (YouTube Video) AGRICULTURE ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION - Vineland Research and Innovation Centre, Vineland Station, Ontario, Canada Multimedia Agriculture Robotics and Automation (Text & Images). Current Robotic Projects include Planting Project "...A prototype system will employ robots, visions systems and other automation to plant tulip bulbs and seedlings which will..." Harvesting Project "...A prototype system will employ vision-guided robots to harvest mushrooms which will reduce production costs and..." Packaging Project "...A prototype system will employ robots to label and package potted plants according to a specific order which will reduce production costs..." For more information see Vineland Research and Innovation Centre LETTUCE BOT - G. Heraud & L. Redden, Blue River Technology Multimedia "Lettuce Bot" Robot (Text & Images). NURSERY AND GREENHOUSE ROBOTICS - Harvest Automation, Billerica, Massachusetts Multimedia Nursery & Greenhouse Robotics (Text & Images). Current Nursery & Greenhouse Robotics include Harvey Vehicle HV-100 (Harvey) "...designed to move potted shrubs and trees around in plant nurseries..." Agriculture Building Plans, Stockyards Plans, etc. AGRICULTURE BUILDING PLANS, FACILITY PLANS, EQUIPMENT PLANS BUILDING & EQUIPMENT PLANS - J.R. Bicudo, L. Turner & G. Rajput, Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering (BAE), College of Agriculture & the College of Engineering, University of Kentucky VERY VERY VERY.....EXTENSIVE. Ranch Building & Equipment Plans include: BEEF Building and Equipment Plans "...Feeding Barns; Corral Layouts; Corral with Curved Chute; Cattle Working Chute; Loading Chutes; Loading Ramp and Six-Way Sorting Trap; Breeding Chute for Beef Cattle; Calf Creep Feeder; etc..." DAIRY Building and Equipment Plans "...Milkrooms; Freestall Barns; Calf Barns; Maternity Barn for Dairy Cows; Fan Ventilation Systems for Animal Facilities; Dairy Manure Storage Facility; etc..." FEED Building and Equipment Plans "...Storage; Feeding; Equipment; Hay Storage & Feeding Barn; Cattle Feeding Rack for Hay and Silage; Cattle Feeding Shelter; etc..." HORSE Building and Equipment Plans "...Barns; Riding Horse Barn; Horse Barn and Arena; Riding Horse Barn - 4 Stallsv etc..." HORTICULURE Building and Equipment Plans "...Greenhouses; Roadside Stands; etc..." MISC. STRUCTURES Building and Equipment Plans Farm Gates; Rabbit Hutches; Smoke Houses; Dog Houses; etc..." POLE BUILDINGS Building and Equipment Plans "...Pole Barn; Machinery Sheds; etc..." SWINE Building and Equipment Plans "...Farrowing Buildings; Nursery Buildings; Gestation & Breeding Buildings; Circular Loading Pen for Swine; etc..." TOBACCO Building and Equipment Plans "...Burley/Dark Air Cured Barns; Forced Air Burley Barns; Dark Fired Barns; Portable Curing Frames; Hauling Wagons; etc..." For more information see BAE Extension or the Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering (BAE) AGRICULTURE BUILDING AND FACILITY PLANS - Department of Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering, College of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Natural Resources, North Dakota State University Multimedia Agriculture Building and Facility Plans (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Agriculture Building and Facility Plans "...These building and facility plans were developed over many years by engineers at Land Grant universities. They provide conceptual information that is excellent for planning purposes. An abbreviated description of each plan is provided in each category listing of plans. The plans with 4-digit numbers were prepared through the USDA Cooperative Farm Buildings Plan Exchange..." Example of "Agriculture Building and Facility Plans" Subject Categories include "...Beef Cattle Building and Facility Plans; Dairy Cattle Building and Facility Plans; Horse Building and Facility Plans; Poultry Building and Facility Plans; Sheep Building and Facility Plans; Swine Building and Facility Plans; Crops Building and Facility Plans; Construction (Barns, etc.) Building and Facility Plans; etc..." For more information see the Department of Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering AGRICULTURE: FARM STRUCTURE AND HANDLING SYSTEMS PLANS - Ministry of Agriculture, Government of Saskatchewan, Canada Multimedia Farm Structures and Handling Systems Plans (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Farm Structures and Handling Systems Plans" Categories & Plans include Examples from over "50" "BEEF CATTLE" Structures and Handling Systems Plans "...Feed Bunk and Cart; 100 Cow Calf Feedlot - Expandable for Feeder Cattle; Single Animal Scale and Scale Cage; Curved Working Chute with Sorting Pens; Calving Barn; Corral and Feedlot Fencing; Calf Branding Facility; etc..." Examples from over "40" "DAIRY CATTLE" Structures and Handling Systems Plans "...Free Stall Dairy System - 100 to 200 Cows; Cold Calf Nursery; Warm Calf Nursery - Individual Pens; Herringbone Milking Centre (Single Return Alley); Mineral Feeding Box; etc..." Examples from over "20" "SWINE" Structures and Handling Systems Plans "...Swine Barn Construction and Services; Hog Barn - Farrow-to-Finish Pens; Breeding-Gestation Unit, Pen Stalls and Group Pens; etc..." Examples from over "40" "SHEEP" Structures and Handling Systems Plans "...Open-end Pole Sheep Barn, Drive-thru Feeding; Lambing Unit; Shearing Table; Fleece Packing Frame; Sheep Loading Chute for Double Decker Truck; etc..." Examples from over "10" "POULTRY" Structures and Handling Systems Plans "...Layer Housing; Broiler Housing; Pullet Housing; etc..." "FRUITS, VEGETABLES AND GREENHOUSES" Structures and Handling Systems Plans "GRAIN, FORAGE AND FEED" Structures and Handling Systems Plans; "BUILDING ENGINEERING" Stuctures Plans; etc..." For more information see Programs and Services or the Ministry of Agriculture AGRICULTURE BUILDING PLANS - Canada Plan Service - Service de Plans du Canada, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Rural Affairs Multimedia Agriculture Building Plans (Text & Images). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Example of "Agriculture Building Plans" Subject Categories include "...Beef Cattle Building Plans; Dairy Cattle Building Plans; Poultry Building Plans; Sheep Building Plans; Swine Building Plans; Fruits, Vegetables & Greenhouses Building Plans; Special Structures (Goat Structures, Rabbit Stuctures, Horse Structures, Machinery Storage, etc.); Grain, Forage & Feed Building Plans; etc..." For more information see the Canada Plan Service - Service de Plans du Canada AGRICULTURE: FARM STRUCTURES & LIVESTOCK PLANS - Ministry of Agriculture & Lands, British Columbia Government, Province of British Columbia VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Farm Structures & Livestock Plans" include Fencing "...Fence Materials; Braces; Crop Protection and Special Fence Designs; Livestock Control Fence Designs; Gates; Fence Construction; etc..." Dairy Cattle "...Anti-Slip Floors for Dairy Cattle; Dairy Calf Housing; Gravity Flow Slurry Channel for Dairy Manure; Hay Floor Safety Fence; Veal Calf Housing; etc..." Swine - Pig "...Farrowing Barn Design and Management; Feeder Barn Design and Management; Floor Heat for Swine; Site and Building Planning for Swine Production; etc..." For more information see Farm Publications; Sustainable Agriculture Management Branch or the Ministry of Agriculture & Lands STOCKYARDS PLANS, LAIRAGES PLANS, CORRAL PLANS, LOADING RAMP PLANS, ETC. DESIGN OF STOCKYARDS, LAIRAGES, CORRALS, RACES, CHUTES AND LOADING RAMP - T. Grandin Multimedia Design of Livestock Handling Systems, Cattle Corrals, Stockyards Plans, Lessons, Publications & Technical Reports (Text, Images & Animations). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Design of Livestock Handling Systems, Cattle Corrals, Stockyards Plans, Lessons, Publications & Technical Reports include Drawings for Cattle Ranches "...Basic Cattle Layout; Basic Forcing Pen; Economy Corral Layout; Ranch Soring Pens; Feedlot Handling; Curved Corral System; etc..." Slaughter Plant Facilities for Cattle and Pigs; Computer Aided Drawings of Cattle Corral Designs; Non Slip Flooring for Livestock Handling; Directions for Laying Out Curved Cattle Handling Facilities; etc. For more information see Temple Grandin's Web Page Other examples of Livestock Behaviour & Design of Facilities Lessons, Publications & Technical Reports include Behaviour of Cattle, Pigs, Buffalo and Antelope During Handling and Transport Restraint of Livestock Agriculture Feed Mill Equipment & Machinery AGRICULTURE FEED MILL EQUIPMENT & MACHINERY VIDEOS FEED MILL EQUIPMENT, MACHINERY, TECHNOLOGY, ETC. (FLASH) - Agrifeed Online Expo, International Online Expos Inc., British Columbia, Canada Multimedia Feed Mill Equipment, Machinery, Technology, etc. Lessons, Videos, etc. (Text, Images, Animations, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Feed Mill Equipment, Machinery, Technology, etc." Subject Categories include "...Bagging & Packaging Equipment for pelletized feed for animals; Bins & Silos; Animal Feed Mill Conveyors; Crumblers; Cyclones; Feed mill distributors; Extruders; Hammermills; Mixers; Feed Pellet Mills (Pellet Presses); Vibrating Conveyors; etc..." For more information see Agrifeed Online Expo or International Online Expos Inc.

Energy FARM ENERGY COSTS CALCULATORS, SPREADSHEETS (XLS), ETC. FARM ENERGY TOOLS - Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), USDA VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Farm Energy Calculators include "...Animal Housing Energy Estimator Calculator; Irrigation Energy Estimator Calculator; Nitrogen Energy Estimator Calculator; Tilliage Energy Estimator Calculator..." For more information see Energy Tools; Farm Energy Tools; National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service or the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) WIND POWER SYSTEMS FOR FARMS Wind Farm Area Calculators WIND FARM AREA CALCULATOR - National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy, Department of Energy Wind Farm Area Calculator "..estimates land-area requirements for wind power systems. The results indicate a "footprint" of land that has to be taken out of production to provide space for turbine towers, roads, and support structures..." For more information see Calculators; Power Technologies Energy Data Book; Energy Analysis or the National Renewable Energy Laboratory Wind Energy Economics Calculators WIND PROJECT CALCULATOR (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Great Plains Windustry Project VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Click on "Wind Project Calculator". Windustry Wind Project Calculator is "...developed to assist farm owners and operators in evaluating the economics of installing a wind turbine on their farms to provide electricity for the farm and home..." Great Plains Windustry's Wind Project Calculator INPUT Values include: "...Wind Speed and Power Curve Data; Electricity Usage at the Farm or Business; Electric Rates; Production Rates; Expected Escalation in Future Rates, and Energy Adjustments; Net Billing Information and Buy-Back Rates; Green Energy Tags; Renewable Energy Credits; etc.." For more information see Windustry

Fencing FENCING COST CALCULATORS, SPREADSHEETS (XLS), ETC. FENCING COST CALCULATOR: WOVEN & BARBED WIRE FENCES - J. R. Bicudo, L. Turner & G. Rajput, Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering (BAE), College of Agriculture & the College of Engineering, University of Kentucky VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Fencing Cost Calculator for Woven & Barbed Wire "...Enter values in the length calculator if pasture lay-out is reasonably regular. If the fence line is irregular because of boundaries, topography, etc., then enter the value directly under General Inputs..." Fencing Cost Calculator for Woven & Barbed Wire INPUT Values include: General INPUT Values "...Number of Acres; Length of Fence; Number of Corner Assemblies; Number of End Assemblies; Tractor Driven Posts; etc..." Material Costs "...Posts; Spacers; Woven Wire; Barbed Wire; Staples; etc..." Labor Costs "...Line Posts Labor Costs; Corner or End Assemblies Spacers Labor Costs; Woven Wire Unwind, Stretch, Fasten Labor Costs; Barbed Wire Unwind, Stretch, Fasten Labor Costs..." etc. For more information see Livestock Systems - Calculators & Tools; Livestock Systems; BAE Extension or the Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering (BAE) FENCING COST CALCULATOR: HIGH TENSILE FENCES - J. R. Bicudo, L. Turner & G. Rajput, Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering (BAE), College of Agriculture & the College of Engineering, University of Kentucky VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Fencing Cost Calculator for High Tensile Fences "...Enter values in the length calculator if pasture lay-out is reasonably regular. If the fence line is irregular because of boundaries, topography, etc., then enter the value directly under General Inputs..." Fencing Cost Calculator for High Tensile Fences INPUT Values include: General INPUT Values "...Number of Acres; Length of Fence; Number of Corner Assemblies; Number of End Assemblies; Number of Wires of High Tensile Wire; Number of End or Corner Post Insulators per Corner Assembly & Per End Assembly; Tractor Driven Posts; etc..." Material Costs "...Posts: Line, Brace & Corner; Spacers or Battens; High Tensile Wire; Wire Strainers; Insulators; etc..." Labor Costs Line Posts Labor Costs; Corner or End Assemblies Labor Costs; Spacers Labor Costs; High Tensile Wire Unwind, Stretch & Fasten Labor Costs; etc. For more information see Livestock Systems - Calculators & Tools; Livestock Systems; BAE Extension or the Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering (BAE) FENCE BUDGETS (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Authors: Eric Eberly, Farm Business Management Agent; Gordon Groover, Extension Economist, Farm Management; and the Farm Business Management Staff, Virginia Cooperative Extension, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Fence Budget Calculators includes: "...Fence Construction Materials Cost Calculator; Fence High Tensile Electric Calculator; Fence High Tensile Non Electric Calculator; Fence Barbed Wire Calculator; Fence NRCS HT Electric Calculator; Fence NRCS HT Non Electric Calculator; Fence Woven Wire Calculator..." For more information see Farm Business Management Livestock Budgets; Enterprise Budgets; Publications & Education Resources or the Virginia Cooperative Extension FENCE DESIGN & COSTS SPREADSHEETS: POWER FENCES & BARBED WIRE FENCES (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Author: Hal W. Gordon, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) VERY EXTENSIVE. Power & Barbed Wire Fence Design and Cost Calculator INPUT Values include: Power Fence Design General INPUT Values "...Feet of Fence; Distance from Energizer to Fence; Number of Corner Systems, H Brace Systems, Gate Systems, Wire Gaps, Floodgates, etc..." List of Materials "...Wire; Posts; Ground Rods & Clamps; Lightening Arrestor; Energizer; Insulated Cable; Gates; Flood Gate Controller; etc..." Estimated Costs of Materials; etc. Barbed Wire Fence Design General INPUT Values "...Feet of Fence; Number of Corners; In-Line H Brace Systems; Gates..." List of Materials "...Wire, Posts; Other Materials; etc..." etc. For more information see Tools By Landuse; NRCS Economics; Technical Resources or the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) FENCING POSTS WIND LOAD CALCULATORS, SPREADSHEETS (XLS), ETC. FENCE POSTS WIND LOAD CALCULATORS - Wheatland Tube Company, a division of John Maneely Company, The Carlyle Group VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Examples of Fence Post Wind Load Calculators for Fences include: Chain Length Fence Post Wind Load Calculator INPUT Values include: "...Wind Speed; Fence Height; Line Post O.D.; Mesh Size or Solid Panel; Fabric Wire Guage; Wind Exposure Category; Icing Effect; etc..." Metal Panel Wind Fence Post Load Calculator INPUT Values include: "...Wind Speed; Fence Height; Line Post O.D.; Description; Wind Exposure Category; Icing Effect; etc..." For more information see Wheatland Tube Company

Farm Machinery & Farm Equipment FARM MACHINERY DATABASES, MANUALS, HANDBOOKS, CALCULATORS, SPREADSHEETS (XLS), ETC. FARM EQUIPMENT DATABASES, MANUALS, HANDBOOKS, CALCULATORS, SPREADSHEETS (XLS), ETC. Tractor Tests TRACTOR TESTS - Nebraska Tractor Test Laboratory, Department of Bilogical Systems Engineering, College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, University of Nebraska, Lincolon Nebraska VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Tractor test reports from 1999 to CURRENT DATE include "...AGCO (formerly AGCOAllis), AGCO Allis, Massey Ferguson, and White tractors; Case-IH Tractors; McCormick Tractors; New Holland Tractors; Challenger & Caterpillar Tractors; John Deere Tractors; Buhler Versatile Tractors; Hurliman Tractors; Kubota Tractors; SAME Tractors; Valmet Tractors; Zetor Tractors..." For more information see the Nebraska Tractor Test Laboratory Build Your Own Tractor & Equipment BUILD YOUR OWN TRACTORS, COTTON PICKERS & STRIPPERS, CHISEL PLOWS, DISKS, FIELD CULTIVATORS, SEEDBED FINISHERS, SPRAYERS, COMBINES, BALERS, BALE EJECTORS, MOWERS, PLANTERS, DRILLS, AIR SEEDERS, LOADERS, ROTARY CUTTERS, SCRAPERS, ETC. - John Deer Company VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Free, but Registration Required. Below RESOURCES - Click on BUILD YOUR OWN. John Deer's "Build Your Own" Agriculture Equipment includes "...Track Tractors, Four-Wheel Drive Tractors; Utility and Row-Crop Tractors and/or Attachments for Non-Current Tractors; Cotton Pickers, Cotton Strippers and/or Attachments for Non-Current Cotton; Chisel Plow, Disks, Field Cultivators, Seedbed Finishers, Moldboard Plows, Mulch Finisher and Tiller, Rippers, and/or Row Crop Cultivators; Combines, Header Equipment or Combine and Header Compatibility Attachments; Round Balers, Square Balers, Bale Ejectors, Mower-Conditioners, Mowers, Windorwers, Self-Propelled Forage Harvesters, Pull-Type Forage Harvesters, Choppers or Attachments for Non-Current Hay & Forage Equipment; Platers, Drills, Air Seeding, Unassociated Row Unit/Opener; Loaders, Rotary Cutters, Scrapers, Flail Mowers, Flail Shredders, Backhoes & Tillers; etc..." For more information see the John Deer Company Farm Equipment Management Calculators, Spreadsheets (xls), etc. FARM EQUIPMENT CALCULATORS: AGRICULTURE BUSINESS MANAGEMENT TOOLS & CALCULATOR (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Ontario Farm Management Analysis Project (OFMAP), Ministry of Agriculature Food and Rural Affairs, Government of Ontario, Queen's Printer for Ontario, Ontario, Canada VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Farm Equipment Calculators include Machinery Cost Calculator "...contains a machinery cost calculator, cost charts, a factsheet on machinery budgeting, and a comparison worksheet that looks at machinery replacement options including purchase, repair, lease and custom hire..." Short-term Equipment Rental Rate Calculator "...allows you to calculate what to charge for short-term equipment rentals..." Custom Farmwork Rate Calculator "...allows you to calculate what to charge for custom farmwork. Also included are charts of machinery costs that are required for the calculations and..." For more information see Agriculture Business Management; Agriculture; Ministry of Agriculature Food and Rural Affairs or the Government of Ontario FARM MACHINERY CALCUALTORS - MACHINERY MANAGEMENT TOOLS (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Iowa State University Extension, Iowa State University Multimedia Crop Decisions - Machinery Lessons & Spreadsheets (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound) VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples from over "11" "Machinery Management" Lessons with Spreadsheets include "...Estimating the Field Capacity of Farm Machines; Matching Tractor Power and Implement Size; Estimating the Number of Field Days Required; Estimating Farm Machinery Costs; etc..." For more information see Whole Farm Decisions; Ag Decision Maker or Iowa State University Extension FARM MACHINERY CALCULATORS (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Farm Management Resources, School of Economic Sciences, College of Agricultural, Human, & Natural Resource Sciences, Washington State University VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Examples of Farm Machinery Calculators include: "...Custom Rate Calculator; Custom Plowing Calculator; Custom Raking Calculator..." For more information see Farm Management Resources Site Map; Farm Management Resources or the School of Economic Sciences FARM MACHINERY CALCULATORS (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - AgManager, Department of Agricultural Economics, College of Agriculture, Kansas State University VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Farm Machinery Calculators - Farm Machinery Spreadsheet Decision-Making Tools include: KSU-GPSguidance Calculator "...Tool for evaluating the economics of machine guidance and section control investment..." OwnBaler Calculator "...Tool for evaluating the total cost of owning and operating large round and square balers..." OwnCombine Calculator "...Tool for evaluating the economics of owning and operating a combine..." OwnTractor Calculator "...Tool for evaluating the cost of owning a tractor..."; etc. For more information see Farm Management: Land, Machinery, Finance, Planning, & HR; AgManager or the Department of Agricultural Economics

FARM MACHINERY COST CALCULATOR - Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development, Alberta, Canada VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Farm Machinery Cost Calculator "...allows you to calculate ownership and operating costs of common farm equipment..." Farm Machinery Cost Calculator Categories & Subcategories include: Power and Self-Propelled Equipment "...Tractors; Combines; Trucks; Swather (diesel); Sprayers; Bale Wagons; Disk Mower; Forage Harvestor, etc..." Implements "...Baling Equipment; Forage Equipment; Seeding Equipment; Spraying Equipment; Tillage Equipment; Grinders/Mixers & Dryers; Rock Pickers & Grain Vacuums; Trailers; etc...." Farm Machinery Cost Calculator INPUT Values include: "..Purchase Price; Hours Used; Fuel Usage; Fuel Costs; Labor Costs; Repair Costs; Tax Rate; Inflation Rate; Insurance; etc..." For more information see Machinery Calculators; Calculators or Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development FARM MACHINERY DECISION TOOLS (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Ag Decision Maker, Iowa State University Extension, Iowa State University VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples from over "20" Farm Machinery Calculators include "...Farm Machinery Analyzer Calculator; Estimating the Field Capacity of Farm Machines Calculator; Matching Tractor Power and Implement Size Calculator; Estimating the Number of Field Days Required Calculator; Estimating Farm Machinery Costs Calculator; Combine Ownership or Custom Hire Calculator; Joint Machinery Ownership Calculator; Farm Machinery Joint Venture Calculator; etc..." For more information see Ag Decision Maker or Iowa State University Extension Some examples of Farm Machinery Calculators include Estimating the Field Capacity of Farm Machines Calculator - Author: W. Edwards Estimating the Field Capacity of Farm Machines Calculator INPUT Values include "...Type of Implement; Width; Speed; Field Efficiency Percentage; Row Equipment; Number of Rows; idth; Speed; Field Efficiency Percentage..." Matching Tractor Power and Implement Size Calculator - Author: W. Edwards Matching Tractor Power and Implement Size Calculator INPUT Values include Type of Implement "...Moldboard plow; Subsoiler; Chisel plow; Offset disk; Tandem disk; Harrow, spring tooth or spike tooth; Roller or packer; Field cultivator; Planter; Planter with attachments; Grain or soybean drill; No-till drill; Rotary hoe; Row cultivator; etc..." Speed; Draft; Width; Soil Factor; Tractor Type; PTO HP Available. Estimating Farm Machinery Costs Calculator - Author: W. Edwards Estimating Farm Machinery Costs Calculator INPUT Values include "...Type of machine; Current list price of comparable machine (new); Purchase price or current used value of machine; Accumulated hours of use; Current age; Years of ownership remaining; Field capacity in acres or tons per hour; Engine horsepower; Machinery labor rate; etc..." Estimating Farm Machinery Costs Calculator OUTPUT values include "...Estimated used value; Remaining value at end of ownership period; Ownership Costs; Capital recovery (interest and depreciation); Taxes, insurance and housing; Repair cost; Fuel and lubrication cost; etc..." CROP MACHINE COST CALCULATOR - Idaho AgBiz, Department of Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Idaho VERY EXTENSIVE. For more information see Tools & Software; Idaho AgBiz or the Department of Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology MACHINERY MANAGEMENT (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - D. Griffith, Farm Management, Extension Economics, MSU Extension Service, & the Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics, Montana State University VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Farm Machinery Management Calculators include: Machinery Cost Custom Rates Breakeven Analysis Calculator "...Calculates the cost of owning and operating machinery for one powered piece of equipment and up to two pulled implements..." Lease versus Purchase; Single Machine Cost Estimate Calculator "...Looks at three economic considerations for accomplishing a particular task, outright purchase, straight lease, or a lease with an option to buy, and renting..." Trucks Calculator "...Calculates the number of hours of use for individual trucks given the way they are used on a particular operation..." Single Machine Cost Estimate Calculator "...Calculates the cost to own and operate 1 piece of machinery..."; etc. For more information see Software Downloads; Farm Management or Extension Economics TRACTOR COST CALCULATION TOOL - farmdoc Project, Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Tractor Cost Calculator "...shows per hour costs for different sized tractors..." For more information see Tools or farmdoc UGA EXTENSION INTERACTIVE ENTERPRISE BUDGETS: MACHINERY COSTS (JAVA APPLETS) - Coordinator: J.C. McKissick; Extension Agriculture and Applied Economics, Cooperative Extension Service, Department of Agriculture and Appliled Economics, College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences, University of Georgia VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Machinery Costs are "...within each individual Crop & Vegetable, Fixed Costs Section..." For more information see Extension Agriculture and Applied Economics; Cooperative Extension Service or the Department of Agriculture and Appliled Economics

Tillage, Swath Control, Residue Cover, etc. MANUALS, CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS, VIDEOS, SPREADSHEETS (XLS) Tillage Practices Videos VEGETABLE FARMERS AND THEIR SUSTAINABLE TILLAGE PRACTICES - eXtension (eXtension is an educational partnership of 74 universities in the United States), eXtension Foundation Multimedia Sustainable Tillage Practices Videos (Text, Images & Videos/Movies). Examples of "Vegetable Farmers and their Sustainable Tillage Practices" Videos include "...Zone Tillage Video; Custom-made Zone Tiller Video; Effects of Tillage on Soil Health Video; Small-Scale No-Till Using Compost as Mulch Video; Soil Spader to Incorporate Cover Crops and Compost Video; etc..." For more information see Video Clips about Organic Farming; Organic Farming; eXtension or the eXtension Foundation Tillage Manuals, Handbooks, Calculators, Spreadsheets (xls), etc. ENERGY ESTIMATOR FOR TILLAGE CALCULATOR - Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), USDA VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Energy Estimator for Tillage Calculator "...estimates diesel fuel use and costs in the production of key crops in your area and compares potential energy savings between conventional tillage and alternative tillage systems. The crops covered are limited to the most predominant crops in 74 Crop Management Zones (CMZ's)..." For more information see Energy Tools; Farm Energy; National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service or the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) RESIDUE COVER CALCULATOR - Soil Management/Environment, Iowa State University Extension, College ofAgriculture, Iowa State University VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Residue Cover Calculator INPUT Values include Crop; Fall Tillage 1 "...Combination Tools; Chisel Plows with; Disk Chisel Plow with; Field Cultivators; etc..." Fall Tillage 2; Spring Tillage 1; Spring Tillage 2; Planting "...Combination Planters with; Drills; Planters with; etc..." For more information see Soil Management/Environment; Agronomy Extension or the Iowa State University Extension TILLAGE CALCULATORS - Kuhn Krause, Inc. VERY EXTENSIVE. Tillage Calculators include Tandem Disc Harrow Width Calculator INPUT Values include "...Tractor Horsepower; Horsepower Type..." Combination Soil Finisher Width Calculator INPUT Values include "...Tractor Horsepower; Horsepower Type..." Field Cultivator Width Calculator INPUT Values include "...Tractor Horsepower; Horsepower Type..." For more information see Tillage Answers or Kuhn Krause TILLAGE CALCULATORS - Soil Translocation Laboratory, Department of Soil Science, University of Manitoba VERY EXTENSIVE. For more information see Tillage Translocation and Tillage Erosion or the Department of Soil Science Examples of Tillage Calculators include Tillage Erosivity Calculator Tillage Erosion Risk Indicator Calculator (Canada) Sewage Treatment ONSITE SEWAGE TREATMENT GUIDELINES, DESIGN, CALCULATORS, SPREADSHEETS (XLS), ETC. ONSITE SEWAGE TREATMENT DESIGN WORKSHEETS AND FORMS BY TYPE (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Onsite Sewage Treatment Program, Water Resources Center (WRC), College of Agriculture, Food & Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of SSTS Forms and Worksheets by Type include 2011 Design Forms Suite; Installation Forms; Service Providers; etc..." For more information see Forms and Worksheets Home Page; Information for Professionals; Onsite Sewage Treatment Program or the Water Resources Center (WRC) PRE-2008 RULE CHANGE DESIGN FORMS: ONSITE SEWAGE TREATMENT DESIGN WORKSHEETS AND FORMS (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Onsite Sewage Treatment Program, Water Resources Center (WRC), College of Agriculture, Food & Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. SSTS Pre-2008 Rule Change Design Forms Located at Bottom of Page. Examples of SSTS Pre-2008 Rule Change Design Spreadsheets include "...At-Grade; Dosing Chamber Sizing WITH a Timer; Drip Distribution; Filters and Wetlands; Non-level Pressure Distribution; Percolation Test; Pump Selection; Site Evaluation; Trench and Seepage Bed; Trench Design after Pretreatment; etc..." For more information see SSTS Professional Worksheets and Forms; Information for Professionals; Onsite Sewage Treatment Program or the Water Resources Center (WRC) Soils Soil Chemistry, Soil Physics, Soil Biology, Soil Science Courses, Textbooks, Lectures, Databases, etc. pH Soil Type Data & Soil Water Characteristics Soil Testing & Nutrient Mgt. Soil Science, Soil Chemistry, Soil Physics, Soil Modeling Soil Erosion Due to Water & Wind ~ Hydrocarbons in Soil Soil: Soil Chemistry, Soil Biology, Soil Science, etc. SOIL CHEMISTRY, SOIL BIOLOGY, SOIL PHYSICS, SOIL SCIENCE RELATED CENTERS FOR MORE SOIL CHEMISTRY RELATED COURSES, DATABASES, CALCULATORS, ETC. SEE THE CHEMISTRY CENTER SOIL CHEMISTRY, SOIL BIOLOGY, SOIL SCIENCE, ETC., COURSES, LECTURES, TEXTBOOKS, DATABASES, CALCULATORS, ETC. Soil Dictionaries & Glossaries GLOSSARY OF SOIL TERMS - Soil Science Society of America, Inc. Multimedia Soil Science Glossary (Text & Images). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. For more information see Soil Science Society of America, Inc. Soil Databases SOIL CLASSIFICATION - Soil Survey Division, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), U.S. Department of Agriculture Multimedia Soil Classification Databases (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Soil Classification" Databases include "...Soil Taxonomy; Keys to Soil Taxonomy; Official Series Descriptions; Soil Classification File; Distribution Maps of Dominant Soil Orders; etc..." For more information see Technical Reference or NRCS Soils SOILS USE - Soil Survey Division, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), U.S. Department of Agriculture Multimedia Soil Use (Soil Interpretations) Databases (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Soil Use" Databases include "...Hydric Soils; Salinity; Soil Quality; Soil Risks & Hazards; State of the Land; Thematic Maps; Urban Soil Issues; etc..." For more information see NRCS Soils SOIL IMAGES AND LANDSCAPES - Soil Survey Division, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), United States Department of Agriculture Multimedia Soil Images Databases (Text & Images). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. For more information see NRCS Soils NATIONAL SOIL SURVEY - UNITED STATES - Soil Survey Division, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), United States Department of Agriculture Multimedia Soil Survey Databases (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Soil Survey Databases" include "...National Soil Characterization Database; Soil Geochemistry Spatial Database; etc..." For more information see NRCS Soils Soil Technical Guides ELECTRONIC FIELD OFFICE TECHNICAL GUIDE (eFOTG) - Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), United States Department of Agriculture Multimedia Electronic Field OfficeTechnical Guides, Lectures, Lessons, Publications, Technical Reports (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Electronic Field Office Technical Guides (FOTG) "...are the primary scientific references for NRCS. They contain technical information about the conservation of soil, water, air, and related plant and animal resources. Technical guides used in each field office are localized so that they apply specifically to the geographic area for which they are prepared. These documents are referred to as Field Office Technical Guides (FOTGs)..." For more information see Soils Soil Science, Soil Chemistry, Soil Physics, Soil Biology, etc. Courses, Lectures, Textbooks, etc. BUILDING SOILS FOR BETTER CROPS (2010) - Authors: Fred Magdoff & Harold van Es; Publisher: Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN), 3rd Edition, 2010 Multimedia Building Soils for Better Crops Textbook - PDF (Text & Images). Building Soils for Better Crops "...is a practical guide to ecological soil management that provides background information as well as details of soil-improving practices. This book is meant to give the reader an appreciation of the importance of soil health and to suggest ecologically sound practices that help to develop and maintain healthy soils..." Examples of "Building Soils for Better Crops" Textbook Chapters include "...Healthy Soils; Amount of Organic Matter in Soils; Nutrient Cycles and Flows; Managing for Hight Quality Soils; Animal Manures; Cover Crops; Crop Rotations; Reducing Soil Erosion; Management of Nitrogen and Phosphorus; etc..." For more information see Books; Learning Center or the Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN) INTRODUCTION TO SOIL SCIENCE - Department of Soil, Water, and Climate, University of Minnesota Mulitmedia Soil Science Course (Text, Images, Animations & Videos/Movies). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Introduction to Soil Science" Course Chapters include "...Soil Texture; Soil Forming Factors; Soil Taxonomy; Soil Bulk Density; Soil Water; Soil Survey; Soil Organisms & The Nitrogen Cycle; Clay Minerals; etc..." For more information see Introduction to Soil Science Home Page; Courses or the Department of Soil, Water, and Climate SOIL BIOLOGY PRIMER - Natural Resources Conservation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture Multimedia Soil Biology Textbook (Text & Images). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Soil Biology Primer "...is an introduction to the living component of soil and how it contributes to agricultural productivity, and air and water quality. The Primer includes units describing the soil food web and its relationship to soil health, and units about bacteria, fungi, protozoa, nematodes, arthropods, and earthworms. It is suitable for a broad audience including farmers, ranchers, agricultural professionals, resource specialists, conservationists, soil scientists,..." Examples of "Soil Biology Primer" Chapters include "...Chapter 1: Soil Food Web; Chapter 3: Bacteria; Chapter 4: Fungi; Chapter 5: Protoza; Chapter 6: Nematodes; Chapter 7: Arthropods; etc..." For more information see NRCS Soils Website SOIL PHYSICS (AGRONOMY 477/577) - R. Horton, Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Iowa State University Multimedia Soil Physics Course (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples from over "30" "Soil Physics" Course Chapters include "...Soil Wetness and Soil Water; Measuring Particle Sizes; Particle Size Distribution; Geotechnics; Soil Structure; Saturated Flow; Capillarity; Pressure and Saturation; Hysteresis; Hydraulic Diffusivity; Infiltration; Soil Structure; Aeration and Permeability; Heat Flow; Evaporation; Solute movement; etc..." For more information see Soil Physics (Agronomy 477/577) Home Page; Robert Horton's Home Page or the Department of Agronomy SOIL QUALITY - Natural Resources Conservation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture Multimedia Soil Quality Lectures, Lessons, Publications, Technical Reports, Guidelines (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Soil Quality" Lectures, Lessons, Publications, Technical Reports, Guidelines etc. Subject Categories include "...Soil Biology; Soil Chemistry; Rangeland Soil Quality; Pastureland Soil Quality; Soil Quality Test Kits; Hydrophobicity; Compaction; Agronomy Soil Quality for Cover Crops; Legumes and Soil Quality; Liming to Improve Soil Quality in Acid Soils; etc.; Soil Conditioning; etc..." For more information see NRCS Soils Website INSTALLING MONITORING WELLS IN SOILS - S.W. Sprecher, National Soil Survey Center, Lincoln, Nebraska, Natural Resources Conservation Service, USDA Multimedia Installing Monitoring Wells in Soils Manual - PDF, 33 Pages (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Installing Monitoring Wells in Soils "...This technical note provides general guidance on how to install and use piezometers and water-table wells to investigate soil water regimes under conditions commonly encountered in Soil Survey and hydropedology studies. Piezometers and water-table wells installed using these procedures act as lined and unlined bore holes, respectively, usually at depths that desaturate seasonally..." Examples of "Installing Monitoring Wells in Soils" Chapters include "...Background Fundamentals; Standard Design Recommendations; Construction; "...Well Stock; Riser; Well Screen & Well Point; Filter Pack and Filter Cloth; Bentonite Seal; Grout; Well Cap; Water Level Reading Equipment; etc..." Standard Installation "...Equipment List; Piezometer Installation; Water-table Well Installation; Well Development; Site Construction; etc..." Problem Soils; Documentation "...Study Site Data; Rainfall data; Antecedent precipitation; Research; etc..." For more information see the Technical References or the Natural Resources Conservation Service MEASURING SOIL MOISTURE - Kings County Extension Office, Kings County, U.C. Davis Extension Service, University of California, Davis Multimedia Measuring Soil Moisture Technical Reports (Text & Images). VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Example of "Measuring Soil Moisture" Technical Reports include "...Monitoring Soil Moisture; Tensiometers; Soil Moisture Monitoring-Low Cost Tools and Methods; Soil Water Monitoring and Measurement; etc..." For more information see Grapes, Tree Fruits & Nut Crops; Agriculture or the Kings County Extension Office SOIL pH CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS pH CALCULATOR - Sensorex Corporation VERY EXTENSIVE. pH Calculator "...will calculate the pH of a solution of known concentration... pH Calculator INPUT Values include: Chemical in Solution (Acetic Acid, Aniline, Arsenic Acid, Arsenious Acid, Benzoic Acid, Boric Acid, Carbonic Acid, Chlorous Acid, Citric Acid, etc.); and Select one of Three Methods Concentration Method (Concentration of Solution); Weight Method (Weight of acid or base; Total Volume of solution); or Volume Method (Concentration of Acid or Base being added; Volume of acid or base; Total Volume of Solution (including acid/base)..." For more information see Technical Education or Sensorex Corporation pH CALCULATOR - B. Wayne Bequette, Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, School of Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Insititute pH Calculator INPUT Values include: Enter either the "pH" or enter "concentration of hydrogen ions (H+)". For more Information see Environmental Engineering Applets; Index to All Subjects; Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering or the School of Engineering pH PLAYGROUND: UNDERSTANDING pH (JAVA APPLET) - A.W. Grogono (Retired), Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, Tulane University VERY EXTENSIVE. "...pH is the negative logarithm of the [H+] measured in moles per liter. A pH of 7.4 is equivalent to 40 nanoMols/liter [H+] (hydrogen ion concentration)..." For more information see Acid-Base Balance or Alan W. Grogono's Home Page SOIL TYPE, SOIL TEXTURE, SOIL WATER CHARACTERISTICS, ETC. DATABASES, TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS, CALCULATORS, ETC. Soil Databases NCSS 'WEB SOIL SURVEY (WSS)' - Soil Survey Division, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Department of Agriculture VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. NCSS 'Web Soil Survery' allows you to "...provides soil data and information produced by the National Cooperative Soil Survey. It is operated by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and provides access to the largest natural resource information system in the world...." Click the Soil Map tab "...to view or print a soil map, or click the Soil Data Explorer tab to access soil data for your area and determine the suitability of the soils for a particular use..." For more information see NRCS Soils or the Natural Resources Conservation Service SOIL DATA MART - Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. The Soil Data Mart allows you to "...Determine where soil tabular and spatial data is available. Download data for one soil survey area at a time. Generate a variety of reports, etc..." For more information see the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) SOIL DATA VIEWER - Soil Survey Division, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Department of Agriculture VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Soil Data Viewer "..provides users access to soil interpretations and soil properties while shielding them from the complexity of the soil database. Each soil map unit, typically a set of polygons, may contain multiple soil components that have different use and management..." For more information see NRCS Soils or the Natural Resources Conservation Service Soil Texture Calculators & Technical Publications SOIL TEXTURE CALCULATOR - Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) VERY EXTENSIVE. Soil Texture Calculator Input & Output Values include Input Values "...Percent Sand Total; Percent Very Coarse Sand; Percent Coarse Sand; Percent Medium Sand; Percent Fine Sand; Percent Very Fine Sand. Percent Clay..." Output Values "...Percent Silt; Texture..." For more information see the Job Aids; Training; Education or the NRCS Soils Website SOIL TEXTURE TRIANGLE: HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES CALCULATOR - Arkansas Forest Resources Center, University of Arkansas, Monticello, Arkansas VERY EXTENSIVE. Soil Texture Triangle: Hydraulic Properties Calculator Input & Output Values include Input Values "...Percent Sand; Percent Clay..." Output Values "...Wilting point; Field capacity; Saturation; Saturation hydraulic conduct; Available Water..." For more information see the Arkansas Forest Resources Center SOIL TEXTURE TRIANGLE BULK DENSITY CALCULATORS: CANADIAN SYSTEM & U.S. SYSTEM - Pedosphere VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Soil Texture Triangle Bulk Density "...Soil physical properties (texture, structure and organic matter) control the total pore space and pore size distribution in soil..." Soil Texture Triangle Bulk Density Calculators include "...Canadian System: Soil Bulk Density Calculator (Canadian Texture Triangle); American System: Soil Bulk Density Calculator (U.S. Texture Triangle). For more information see Pedosphere or Pedosphere TRIANGLE: A PROGRAM FOR SOIL TEXTURAL CLASSIFICATION - A. Gerakis & B. Baer, Michigan State University Available in English & Portuguese. Soil Textural Classification Calculator input values include "...Percentage of Sand; Percentage Clay..." For more information see Brian D. Baer's Home Page

SOIL TESTING DATABASES, GUIDELINES, CALCULATORS, SPREADSHEETS, ETC. Soil Testing, Soil Salinity & Interpretive Guide for Individual Tests SOIL QUALITY TEST KIT GUIDE - NRCS Soils, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Department of Agriculture Multimedia Soil Quality Test Kit Guide (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. The Soil Quality Test Kit Guide "...describes procedures for 12 on-farm tests, an interpretive section for each test, data recording sheets, and a section on how to build your own kit..." Soil Tests Procedures include "...Measuring Soil Quality (sampling and site characterization); Soil Respiration Test (indicates the soil's biological activity); Infiltration Test (measures the soil's ability to take in water through the soil surface; Bulk Density Test (measures the soil's compaction or pore space); Electrical Conductivity (EC) Test (measures the salt concentration in the soil); pH Test (measures the soil's acidity - alkalinity; Soil Nitrate Test (measure the soil's Nitrate levels); Aggregate Stability Test (measures the amount of water stable aggregates); Slake Test (estimates the stability of soil fragments in water); Earthworm Test (measures the amount of earthworms in the soil); Soil Observations and Estimations (how to observe soil structure, root patterns, and estimate topsoil depth, penetration resistance and soil texture in the soil profile); Water Quality Tests (Salinity of Water and Nitrate/Nitrite levels in water); etc..." Background & Interpretive Guide for Individual Tests (PDF, 34 Pages). For more information see the Soil Quality Assessment; Soil Quality or NRCS Soils Soil Testing, Fertilizer Decision & Nutrient Management SOIL TEST INTERPRETATION AND FERTILIZER DECISION-SUPPORT SYSTEM (JAVA WEB START APPLET) - Soil, Water and Forage Analytical Laboratory, Department of Plant & Soil Sciences, Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Oklahoma State University VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Soil Test Interpretation and Fertilizer Decision-Support System (includes Fertilizer Blending and Cost Calculator) "...provides fertilizer rates to meet the crop nutrient needs based on soil test results. It also calculates the value and application rates of animal manure as a nutrient source for specific field conditions..." For more information see Soil, Water and Forage Analytical Laboratory; Department of Plant & Soil Sciences or the Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources SOIL SCIENCE CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS SOIL MODELING CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) SOIL PHYSICS CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) SOIL CHEMISTRY CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) SOIL PHYSICS APPLETS - Soil Physics, Department of Plant & Soil Sciences, Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Oklahoma State University VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Examples from over "13" Soil Physics Applets include "...Steady-State Water Movement in Saturated and Unsaturated Soils Applet; Transient Water Movement in Soils Applet; Water Balance in the Root Zone Applet; Diffusion of Chemicals in Soils Applet; Chemical Movement in Soils with Steady-State Water Flow Applet; Soil Temperature Changes with Depth and Time Applet; First-Order Degradation of Pesticides in Soils Applet; etc..." For more information see Soil Physics; Departmental Websites or the Department of Plant & Soil Sciences SOIL MODELS: SOIL PHYSICS & SOIL CHEMISTRY SOFTWARE - United States Salinity Laboratory, Agriculture Research Service, Department of Agriculture VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Soil Physics & Soil Chemistry Software is FREE but Requires Regristration. For more information see Products & Services or the United States Salinity Laboratory Examples from over "25" Soil Physics & Soil Chemistry Software includes EXTRACT CHEM Model EXTRACT CHEM Model is "...developed to predict the major ion, B composition, electrical conductivity (EC) and osmotic pressure (OP) of a soil solution at a desired water content based on the known ion composition at another water content..." 3DADE Model 3DADE Model is a "...program for evaluating a series of analytical solutions of the 3-Dimensional Advection-Dispersion Equation. The analytical solutions pertain to three-dimensional solute transport during steady unidirectional water flow in porous media with uniform transport and flow properties..." CHAIN 2D Model CHAIN 2D Model simulates "...two-dimensional variably saturated water flow, heat transport, and the movement of solutes involved in sequential first-order decay reactions. The program numerically solves the Richards' equation for saturated-unsaturated water flow and the convection-dispersion equation for heat and solute transport. The flow equation incorporates a sink term to account for water uptake by plant roots..." ROSETTA Model ROSETTA Model "...offers five PTFs that allow prediction of the hydraulic properties with limited or more extended sets of input data. This hierarchical approach is of a great practical value because it permits optimal use of available input data..." SOIL EROSION DUE TO WATER & WIND CALCULATORS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) SOIL EROSION CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) WIND EROSION CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) Soil Eorsion - Soil Loss due to Water SOIL LOSS COMPUTATION (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - New Mexico NRCS, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Department of Agriculture VERY EXTENSIVE. Soil Loss Computation Calculator INPUT Values Categories includes: "...Soil Erosion Streambank and Soil Erosion Shoreline; Soil Erosion, Mass Movement; Ephemeral Gully Erosion (voided area method for the group of fields); Classic Gully Erosion (voided area method)..." For more information see Agronomy Technical Note; Technical References or New Mexico NRCS WEPP MODEL: WATER EROSION PREDICTION PROJECT - National Soil Erosion Research Laboratory (NSERL), Agricultural Research Service, Department of Agriculture & located at Purdue University VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Water Erosion Prediction (WEPP Model) "...a computer simulation that predicts soil erosion..." For more information see the National Soil Erosion Research Laboratory (NSERL) Water Erosion Prediction Calculators that Predict Soil Erosion include Basic Hillslope Profile Calculator Basic Hillslope Profile Calculator allows you to "...run a single landuse, single soil WEPP hillslope simulation..." Hillslope with Filter Strip at Bottom Calculator Hillslope with Filter Strip at Bottom Calculator allows you to "...add a different landuse area at the bottom of a hillslope..." Strip Cropping Calculator Strip Cropping Calculator allows you to "...use alternating crops down a hillslope..." Water Erosion Prediction Worksheet Calculator Water Erosion Prediction Worksheet Calculator allows you to "...run multiple simulations to see effects of landuse changes..." PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS IN SOIL CALCULATORS & APPLETS MODELING SUBSURFACE TRANSPORT OF PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS: SIMULATIONS & CALCULATORS - J. Weaver, Ecosystems Research Division (ERD), National Exposure Research Laboratory (NERL), Office of Research and Development, EPA, Athens, Georgia Multimedia Petroleum Hydrocarbons Course (Text, Images & Simulations). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Petroleum Hydrocarbons Calculators "...provide consistency for simple calculations, and access to methods and data that are not commonly available. The latter include data on fuel composition and models for leaching from fuel lenses..." For more information see Modeling Subsurface Transport of Petroleum Hydrocarbons Course Home Page or the Ecosystems Research Division (ERD) or the National Exposure Research Laboratory (NERL) Some examples from over "25" Modeling Subsurface Transport of Petroleum Hydrocarbons Calculators include Gradient and Direction from Three Points with Map Scaling Calculator Moisture Content Calculator Diffusion Coefficient Estimation Calculator Retardation Factor Calculator (Solids Density, Porosity, Bulk Density etc.) Seepage Velocity Calculation and Advective Travel Time Effective Solubility Calculator Vertical Gradients with Well Screen Effects

Water

Water Chemistry, Water Measurement, Water Quality, Lake Monitoring, etc. Courses, Lectures, Textbooks, Manuals, etc. Water Conversion, Rainfall ~ pH ~ Alkalinity Drainage ~ Erosion ~ ET & pET ~ Ground Water Hydraulics & Hydrologic ~ Irrigation & Watering Systems Percolation Test ~ Pollution Water Runoff - Watershed ~ Water Treatment Hydrology Engineering, Hydaulics Engineering, Reservoir Engineering, etc. Courses, Databases, Manuals, etc. Geotechnical Engineering, Geology Engineering, Rock Engineering, Geo-Engineering Courses, Databases, Manuals, etc. Geoscience: Fish Habitats, Fish Protection at Water Diversions, Hatchery Breeding, etc. Courses, Databases, Manuals, etc. Water, Wastewater Treatment Engineering Courses, Databases, Manuals, etc.

Water WATER CHEMISTRY COURSES, WATER CHEMISTRY TEXTBOOKS, WATER CHEMISTRY LECTURES, ETC. WATER MEASUREMENT COURSES, LECTURES, TEXTBOOKS, MANUALS, SOFTWARE, ETC. Water Chemistry WATER STRUCTURE AND SCIENCE - Martin Chaplin, Department of Applied Science, Faculty of Engineering, Science and Built Environment, London South Bank University Multimedia Water Structure and Science Course (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Water Structure and Science "...Water is the most studied material on Earth but it is remarkable to find that its behavior and function are so poorly understood (or even ignored), not only by people in general, but also by scientists working with it everyday. The small size of its molecule belies the complexity of its actions and its singular capabilities. Liquid water's unique properties and chameleonic nature seem to fit ideally into the requirements for life as can no other molecule..." Examples of "Water Structure and Science" Course Chapters & Subchapters include The Water Molecule "...The structure of the water molecule; Hydrogen bonding in water; The Phase Diagram of water; Water at interfaces; Properties of water and heavy water; etc..." Water Clustering in Liquid Water "...Introduction to water clustering; Evidence for icosahedral water clusters; etc..." Hydration Protein hydration and denaturation; Nucleic acid hydration; Sugar hydration; Polysaccharide hydration; Ion hydration; Kosmotropes and chaotropes; etc..." For more information see Martin Chaplin's Home Page or the Department of Applied Science Water Measurement INSTALLING MONITORING WELLS IN SOILS - S.W. Sprecher, National Soil Survey Center, Lincoln, Nebraska, Natural Resources Conservation Service, USDA Multimedia Installing Monitoring Wells in Soils Manual - PDF, 33 Pages (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Installing Monitoring Wells in Soils "...This technical note provides general guidance on how to install and use piezometers and water-table wells to investigate soil water regimes under conditions commonly encountered in Soil Survey and hydropedology studies. Piezometers and water-table wells installed using these procedures act as lined and unlined bore holes, respectively, usually at depths that desaturate seasonally..." Examples of "Installing Monitoring Wells in Soils" Chapters include "...Background Fundamentals; Standard Design Recommendations; Construction; "...Well Stock; Riser; Well Screen & Well Point; Filter Pack and Filter Cloth; Bentonite Seal; Grout; Well Cap; Water Level Reading Equipment; etc..." Standard Installation "...Equipment List; Piezometer Installation; Water-table Well Installation; Well Development; Site Construction; etc..." Problem Soils; Documentation "...Study Site Data; Rainfall data; Antecedent precipitation; Research; etc..." For more information see the Technical References or the Natural Resources Conservation Service WATER MEASUREMENT MANUAL - Hydraulic Investigations and Laboratory Services Group, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior Multimedia Water Measurement Manual (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Water Measurement Manual" Chapters include Chapter 2: Basic Concepts Related to Flowing Water and Measurement; Chapter 3: Measurement Accuracy; Chapter 4: Selection of Water Measuring Devices; Chapter 5: Inspection of Water Measurement Systems; Chapter 7: Weirs; Chapter 9: Submerged Orifices; Chapter 11: Acoustic Flow Measurement; Chapter 13: Special Measurement Methods in Open Channels; etc..." For more information see Water Measurement Manual Home Page; Engineering Manuals & Engineering Monographs; Publications or the Hydraulic Investigations and Laboratory Services Group WINFLUME - SOFTWARE & TOOLS - (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, APPLEWORKS, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Authors: T.L. Wahl, A.J. Clemmens, M.G. Bos & J.A. Replogle; Hydraulic Investigations and Laboratory Services Group, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior Multimedia WinFlume Software & Tools (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. WinFlume Software "...is a Windows-based computer program used to design and calibrate long-throated flume and broad-crested weir flow measurement structures. The software was developed through the cooperative efforts of the Bureau of Reclamation, the Agricultural Research Service, and the International Institute for Land Reclamation & Improvement..." Examples of "WinFlume" Tools include "...Wall Gage Creator: stand-alone program allows users to create flow-graduated staff gages for any hydraulic structure for which a rating table or rating equation is known..." "...Excel spreadsheets for estimating construction quantities of several common configurations of flumes and broad-crested weirs..." Excel spreadsheets for computing parameters needed for design of drop structures and stilling basins below weirs and flumes; etc..." For more information see the Hydraulic Investigations and Laboratory Services Group Water Quality FIELD MANUAL FOR THE COLLECTION OF WATER-QUALITY DATA - F.D. Wilde, et al., Office of Water Quality, U.S. Geological Survey Multimedia Field Manual for the Collection of Water-Quality Data (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Field Manual for the Collection of Water-Quality Data "...The development and use of a National Field Manual is necessary to achieve consistency in the scientific methods and procedures used, to document those methods and procedures, and to maintain technical expertise. USGS field personnel use this manual to ensure that the data collected are of the quality required to fulfill our mission..." Examples of "Field Manual for the Collection of Water-Quality Data" Chapters include "...Preparations for Water Sampling; Selection of Equipment for Water Sampling; Cleaning of Equipment for Water Sampling; Collection of Water Samples; Processing of Water Samples; Biological Indicators; etc..." For more information see the Water Resources of the United States LAKE MONITORING FIELD MANUAL - Authors: M.B. Nevers & R.L. Whitman, Lake Michigan Ecological Research Station, U.S. Geological Survery & Hosted by the Office of Water Quality, U.S. Geological Survey Multimedia Lake Monitoring Field Manual - PDF, 92 Pages (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Lake Monitoring Field Manual "...Lake monitoring has become an essential part of lake management due to increased human populations and the associated increase in pollution threats. The varieties of monitoring techniques are numerous. These range from tests that can be performed occasionally by those with little training to full-scale, professional analyses of the physical, chemical, and biological aspects of a lake ecosystem..." Examples of "Lake Monitoring Field Manual" Chapters include "...Principles of Monitoring Design; Limnology; Lake Parameters; Pre-sampling Decisions; Field Sampling; After Field Sampling; Limnology Terms and Concepts..." For more information see the Water-Quality Information - Field Procedures or Water Resources of the United States REAL-TIME SURFACE-WATER, GROUND-WATER AND WATER-QUALITY FOR U.S. - Water Resources of the U.S., U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Multimedia Water Databases (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. USGS Water Databases "...provide access to water-resources data collected at approximately 1.5 million sites in all 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico..." USGS Water Databases include: Real-time Data "... Current-conditions data transmitted from selected surface-water, ground-water, and water-quality sites.." Surface Water "...Water flow and levels in streams, lakes, and springs..." Ground Water "...Water levels in wells..." Water Quality "...Chemical and physical data for streams, lakes, springs, and wells..." For more information see Water Resources of the U.S. GROUND WATER ATLAS OF THE UNITED STATES - U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Multimedia Ground Water Atlas (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Ground Water Atlas "...describes the location, the extent, and the geologic and hydrologic characteristics of the important aquifers of the Nation..." For more information see USGS Maps or Geological WATER CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS WATER CONVERSION CALCULATORS & APPLETS FOR MORE UNIT CONVERSION CALCULATORS SEE CALCULATOR CENTER: MATHEMATICS - UNIT CONVERSION RAINFALL CALCULATOR - Lenntech Water- & Luchtbehandeling Holding B.V., The Netherlands Rainfall Calculator calculates "...the amount of rain water (precipitation) that will fall on a certain surface (your roof or premises)..." For more information see Lenntech or Lenntech RAINFALL CALCULATOR - U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) Rainfall Calculator "...lets you choose an area(s) and a rainfall amount - then it will tell you how many gallons of water fell from the sky onto that area..." For more information see Water Science for Schools or USGS Water Resources of Georgia SPREAD RATE (BY VOLUME) CALCULATOR - F. Tapson & Cleave Books, Centre for Innovation in Mathematics Teaching, University of Exeter, U.K. Rainfall Calculator - Spread Rate Calculator "...The amount of rain that has fallen is usually given, in millimetres or inches, as being the depth to which it would have risen (if it could not drain away) in a certain period of time..." Spread Rate Calculator INPUT Values include: "...inches/mm of rain; gallons per acre/cu.metres per sq.km, etc..." For more information see Specialist Calculators; Cleave Books or the Centre for Innovation in Mathematics Teaching USGS CUBIC FEET PER SECOND (CFS) CALCULATOR - Maryland, Delaware & Washington D.C. Area, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Department of the Interior CFS Calculator is located about 3/4 of the page down. CFS Calculator converts "...from Cubic Feet Per Second (cfs) to Gallons of water, Liters of water or Pounds of water..." For more information see Maryland, Delaware & Washington D.C. - USGS pH CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS pH CALCULATOR - Sensorex Corporation VERY EXTENSIVE. pH Calculator "...will calculate the pH of a solution of known concentration... pH Calculator INPUT Values include: Chemical in Solution (Acetic Acid, Aniline, Arsenic Acid, Arsenious Acid, Benzoic Acid, Boric Acid, Carbonic Acid, Chlorous Acid, Citric Acid, etc.); and Select one of Three Methods Concentration Method (Concentration of Solution); Weight Method (Weight of acid or base; Total Volume of solution); or Volume Method (Concentration of Acid or Base being added; Volume of acid or base; Total Volume of Solution (including acid/base)..." For more information see Technical Education or Sensorex Corporation pH CALCULATOR - B. Wayne Bequette, Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, School of Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Insititute pH Calculator INPUT Values include: Enter either the "pH" or enter "concentration of hydrogen ions (H+)". For more Information see Environmental Engineering Applets; Index to All Subjects; Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering or the School of Engineering pH PLAYGROUND: UNDERSTANDING pH (JAVA APPLET) - A.W. Grogono (Retired), Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, Tulane University VERY EXTENSIVE. "...pH is the negative logarithm of the [H+] measured in moles per liter. A pH of 7.4 is equivalent to 40 nanoMols/liter [H+] (hydrogen ion concentration)..." For more information see Acid-Base Balance or Alan W. Grogono's Home Page ALKALINITY CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS ALKALINITY CALCULATOR - S. Rounds, Water Resources of Oregon, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Alkalinity Calculator "...will analyze the titration curve and calculate the alkalinity or acid neutralizing capacity (ANC) of your sample using one or more of several different methods, including: Inflection point method; Fixed endpoint method; Theoretical carbonate titration curve method 1 & 2; Gran function plot method; Calculation of alkalinity, hydroxide, carbonate, and bicarbonate..." For more information see Water Resources of Oregon, USGS ALKALINITY CALCULATOR (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service, NC State University and North Carolina A&T State University VERY EXTENSIVE. Alkalinity Calculator "...allows growers to calculate the amount of acid to inject to neutralize alkalinty in irrigation water. Users can select either an endpoint pH or endpoint alkalinity concentration. The spreadsheet gives..." For more information see Commercial Floriculture Software; Floriculture; Horticultural Science Extension Publications; Department of Horticulture Science Extension; Department of Horticulture Science Extension; Department of Horticulture Science; North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service or the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences GRAN PLOT SPREADSHEET: MEASURING ALKALINITY (GRAN PLOT TECHNIQUE) (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Water Industry Operators Association (WIOA), Shepparton, Victoria, Australia Gran Plot Measuring Alkalinity using the Gran Plot Technique Calculator. For more information see Operator Resources or the Water Industry Operators Association (WIOA) DRAINAGE COURSES, HANDBOOKS, CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) DRAINMOD - R. Wayne Skaggs, Soil and Water Management Research Group, Department of Biological & Agricultural Engineering, North Carolina State University DRAINMOD "...The model simulates the hydrology of poorly drained, high water table soils on an hour-by-hour, day-by-day basis for long periods of climatological record (e.g. 50 years). The model predicts the effects of drainage and associated water management practices on water table depths, the soil water regime and crop yields. Parallel DitchesIt has been used to analyze the hydrology of certain types of wetlands and to determine whether the wetland hydrologic criterion is satisfied for drained or partially drained sites. The model is also used to determine the hydraulic capacity of systems for land treatment of wastewater..." For more information see the Soil and Water Management Research Group AGRICULTURE DRAINAGE CALCULATORS, INCREMENTAL VOLUME CALCULATOR & G.R.O.W. ANALYSIS CALCULATOR - Advanced Drainage Systems VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Agriculture Draninage Systems Calculators include: "...Agriculture Drainage Calculators; Incremental Volume Calculators; G.R.O.W. Analysis Calculator..." For more information see Calculations or Advanced Drainage Systems BTC DRAINAGE CALCULATORS - Baughman Tile Company "...Calculate pipe flow and recommended size..." BTC Drainage Calculator INPUT Values include: "...Acres Drained; Percentage Slope or Grade; Drainage Coefficient..." BTC Drainage Calculator OUTPUT values include: "...Liquid Flow (GPM, CFS, Acre inches per day) & Recommended Pipe Size..." For more information see Baughman Tile Company FARM DRAINAGE CALCULATORS - Prinsco, Inc. VERY EXTENSIVE. Click on Drainage Calculator Farm Drainage Calculators "...Farm Drainage Calculator by Acreage; Farm Drainage Calculator By Pipe Sizes..." For more information see Resources or Prinsco

EROSION CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS EROSION CALCULATOR: CALCULATIONS OF IOWA SOIL LOSS AND RESIDUE COVER (CORN & SOYBEAN) - Soil Management & Conservation Practices, Agronomy Extension, Iowa State University VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Erosion Calculator Calculates "...Crop Residue with results showing the Relationship between Residue Cover and Water Erosion and the Relationship between Residue Cover and Wind Erosion..." Erosion Calculator INPUT Values include: Crops; Fall Tillage 1 & 2 "...using Chisel-subsoiler; Disk-subsoiler; Chisel plows with Sweeps, Spike points etc.; Disk chisel plow with Sweeps etc.; Disk harrows; Field Cultivators; Finishing Tools; etc..." Spring Tillage 1 & 2 "...using Chisel-subsoiler; Disk-subsoiler; Chisel plows with Sweeps, Spike points etc.; Disk chisel plow with Sweeps etc.; Disk harrows; Field Cultivators; Finishing Tools; etc..." Planting "...using Conventional planters; Drills with Hoe opener drills, Single Disk opener drills, etc.; Rotary Hoes, etc..." For more information see Soil Management/Environment; Iowa State University Extension or the Department of Agronomy WATER RUNOFF: SHORT-TERM & LONG-TERM HYDROLOGIC IMPACT ASSESSMENT (L-THIA) DETAILED INPUT - Urban Sprawl Hydrologic Impact, Schools of Engineering, Agricultural & Biological Engeering, Purdue University & the Construction Engineering Research Laboratories Division of the US Army Corps of Engineers VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Impacts of Land Use Change on Water Resources Water Runoff: Short-Term Impact Assessments Tools "...Includes four different tools: SedSpec, Rational Method, TR-55 & Database Frontend..." Water Runoff: Long-Term Impact Assessments Tools "...This tool uses the land use and a soil characteristic from the user along with thirty years of precipitation data to determine the average impact that a particular land use change or set of changes..." Water Runoff Tools INPUT Values include: By State; By County; Area in "...Acres, Hectares, Km2, Mi2..." Land Use "...Commercial; Industrial; Residential; Open Spaces; Parking/Paved Spaces; Water/Wetlands; Grass/Pasture; Agriculture; Forest; Custom Land Use..." Hydrologic Soil Groups..." For more information see Web-Based GIS and Decision Support Systems for Hydrological/Water Quality Impact Analysis or the College of Engineering WEPP MODEL: WATER EROSION PREDICTION PROJECT - National Soil Erosion Research Laboratory (NSERL), Agricultural Research Service, Department of Agriculture & located at Purdue University VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Water Erosion Prediction (WEPP Model) "...a computer simulation that predicts soil erosion..." For more information see the National Soil Erosion Research Laboratory (NSERL) Water Erosion Prediction Calculators that Predict Soil Erosion include Basic Hillslope Profile Calculator Basic Hillslope Profile Calculator allows you to "...run a single landuse, single soil WEPP hillslope simulation..." Hillslope with Filter Strip at Bottom Calculator Hillslope with Filter Strip at Bottom Calculator allows you to "...add a different landuse area at the bottom of a hillslope..." Strip Cropping Calculator Strip Cropping Calculator allows you to "...use alternating crops down a hillslope..." Water Erosion Prediction Worksheet Calculator Water Erosion Prediction Worksheet Calculator allows you to "...run multiple simulations to see effects of landuse changes..." EVAPOTRANSPIRATION CALCULATORS, SPREADSHEETS, VIDEOS, ETC. ET CALCULATORS, SPREADSHEETS, VIDEOS, ETC. POTENTIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION CALCULATORS, SPREADSHEETS, VIDEOS, ETC. pET CALCULATORS, SPREADSHEETS, VIDEOS, ETC. WATER USE BY PLANTS CALCULATORS, SPREADSHEETS, VIDEOS, ETC. EVAPOTRANSPIRATION GUAGES AND SENSORS VIDEOS - UNL Water, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska Multimedia evapotranspiration gauges and sensors (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Evapotranspiration Gauges and Sensors" Videos include "...Assembly and Placement of an Evapotranspiration Gauge Video; How to Assemble and Prepare Watermark Sensors Video; Installing Soil Moisture Sensors in the Field Video; etc..." For more information see Crop Water Use — Evapotranspiration (ET); Agriculture Water Management or UNL Water CALCULATING WATER USE BY TURF-pET CALCULATOR - Spring Irrigation Calculating Water Use By Turf -pET Calculator "...The use of water by plants can be estimated by calculating what is known as potential evapotranspiration (pET). This is the possible loss of water (or use) through evaporation and transpiration..." Calculating Water Use By Turf -pET Calculator INPUT Values include: "...Time of Year; Sky Conditions (sunlight); Air Temperature; Average Relative Humidity; Average Wind Speed..." For more information see Scheduling Help or Spring Irrigation EVAPOTRANSPIRATION CALCULATORS - Online Hydraulic and Hydrologic Calculators, V.M. Ponce, Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, San Diego State University VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. For Evapotranspiration Calculators scroll down to Evapotranspiration. Examples of Evapotranspiration include "...Potential evapotranspiration by the Blaney-Criddle method; Potential evapotranspiration by the Penman method; Potential evapotranspiration by the Penman-Monteith method; Potential evapotranspiration by Thornthwaite method; Potential evapotranspiration by the Priestley-Taylor method; etc..." For more information see Victor Miguel Ponce's Home Page; Victor Miguel Ponce's Alternative Home Page; Faculty Home Page; Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering or the College of Engineering SOIL MOISTURE SENSOR CALCULATOR - WATER DEPLETION CALCULATOR (WATERMARKTM) - High Plains Regional Climate Center, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska Examples of "Soil Moisture Sensor Calculator - Water Depletion Calculator" INPUT Values include "...Select Soil Texture; Input Readings 1-Foot Depth; 2-Foot Depth; etc..." For more information see the High Plains Regional Climate Center; Crop Water Use — Evapotranspiration (ET); Agriculture Water Management or UNL Water PENMAN CALCULATOR FOR WATER USE BY GRASS - Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center, Washington State University VERY EXTENSIVE. Penman Calculator for Water use by Grass "is based on the Penman equation, a formula in wide use by agricultural scientists around the world. The calculator estimates daily pET in inches of water..." Penman Calculator for Water use by Grass INPUT Values include: "...daily (24 hour) AVERAGE Solar Radiation or Time of Year & Sky Conditions; Air Tempterature; Realative Humidity or Dew Point; Wind Speed or Wind Condition..." For more information see WSU-TFREC Orchard Calculator; Horticulturer or the Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center GROUNDWATER CALCULATORS, APPLETS, COURSES & VIDEOS HOW WATER MOVES THROUGH SOIL (WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER) - Soil Water Lab, Cornell University Multimedia How Water Moves Through Soil Videos (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Examples of "How Water Moves Through Soil" Videos include "...Pore SizeDifferences in Soils Video; Soil Water Holding Capacity Video; Saturated vs. Unsaturated Soil Conditions Video; Stratified Soils: Different Textures as Layers Video; Soil Layer Open/Not Open to Free Water Video; etc..." For more information see Soil Water Lab GROUNDWATER HYDROLOGY - C.F. Harvey, Water & Sanitation, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, & the MIT OpenCourseWare, MIT Multimedia Graduate Groundwater Hydrology Course (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of Graduate "Groundwater Hydrology" Course Lectures include "...Aquifers, Porosity, and Darcy's Law; Groundwater/Surface Water Interactions; Pump Test Analysis; Solute Transport in Groundwater; Soil Moisture; etc..." For more information see Charles F. Harvey's Hydrogeology Group Home Page; Charles F. Harvey's Home Page; Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Civil & Environmental Engineering Courses or the MIT OpenCourseWare GROUNDWATER MODELING - Earthward Consulting, Inc. VERY EXTENSIVE. Groundwater Modeling Calculators include: "...Molecular Diffusion Calculator; Dispersivity Calculator; Fluid Density Calculator; Waste Injection Well Plume Calculator..." For more information see Earthward Consulting Examples of Groundwater Calculators include Dispersivity Calculator Dispersivity Calculator INPUT Values include "...Injection Rate; Duration; Formation Thickness; Formation Porosity..." Waste Injected Plume Calculator Waste Plume Calculator INPUT Values include "...Injection Rate; Duration; Formation Thickness; Formation Porosity; Dispersivity..." INTERACTIVE MODELS FOR GROUNDWATER FLOW AND SOLUTE TRANSPORT (JAVA APPLETS) - A.J. Valocchi, Ven Te Chow Hydrosystems Laboratory, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of Groundwater Flow & Solute Transport Calculators include "...Non-reactive and Reactive Diffusive Transport Calculator; 1D Non-reactive and Reactive Solute Transport Calculator; Multidimensional Non-reactive and Reactive Solute Transport Calculator; 2D Steady Flow in Homogeneous Aquifers with Particle Tracking Calculator; 2D Steady Flow in Heterogeneous Aquifers with Particle Tracking Calculator; etc..." For more information see Ven Te Chow Hydrosystems Facilities; Ven Te Chow Hydrosystems Laboratory; Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering (EHHE); A.J. Valocchi Home Page; A.J. Valocchi Faculty Home Page or the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering Also see Sediment Transport Processes Video (76MB) HYDRAULICS & HYDROLOGICS CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) FOR HYDRAULICS & HYDROLOGICS CALCULATORS, COURSES, DATABASES, ETC. SEE THE ENGINEERING CENTER: HYDROLOGY ENGINEERING, HYDAULICS ENGINEERING, RESERVOIR ENGINEERING, ETC. AN EXAMPLE HYDRAULIC AND HYDROLOGIC CALCULATORS - V.M. Ponce, Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, San Diego State University VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples from over "60" Hydraulic Calculators & Hydrologic Calculators include Hydraulic Calculators "...Normal and Critical Depth Calculators; Control of Flow, Hydraulic Jump Calculators; Water-surface Profiles Calculators; Channel Design, Spillways Calculators; Pipe Flow Calculators..." Hydrology Calculators Peak Discharge Calculators; Routing Calculators; Regression Calculators; Evapotranspiration Calculators; Flood Frequency, Unit Hydrographs Calculators; Time of Concentration Calculators; Sediment Transport, Backwater; etc..." For more information see Victor Miguel Ponce's Home Page; Victor Miguel Ponce's Alternative Home Page; Faculty Home Page; Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering or the College of Engineering Some examples from over "60" Hydraulic Calculators & Hydrologic Calculators Hydraulics - Normal and critical depth: Critical Depth in a Prismatic Channel Calculator Hydraulics - Channel design, spillways: Ogee Spillway Rating Calculator Hydrology - Routing: Muskingum-Cunge Method Calculator Hydrology - Flood frequency, unit hydrographs: Flood Frequency by the Log Pearson III Method Calculator

Irrigation & Watering Systems

Irrigation & Water Systems Manuals, Handbooks, Design, Costs, etc. Center Pivot and Lateral Move Systems Calculators, Spreadsheets & Movies & LEPA: Low Energy Precision Application Agriculture Irrigation Calculators All Inclusive Avocado Irrigation Calculators ~ Chemigation Calculators ~ Furrow Irrigation Calculators Grape Irrigation, Vineyard Irrigation Calculators Irrigation Water Allocation Calculators ~ Micro Irrigation, Drip Irrigation Calculators Sprinkler Irrigation Calculators

Irrigation & Watering Systems IRRIGATION & WATERING SYSTEMS MANUALS, HANDBOOKS, DESIGN & COSTS, CALCULATORS, SPREADSHEETS (XLS), ETC. IRRIGATION FACT SHEETS - R.T. Peters (Washington State University), H. Neibling (University of Idaho) & M. English (Oregon State University), Irrigation in the Pacific Northwest Multimedia Irrigation Fact Sheets (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples from over "20" Irrigation Fact Sheets include "...Soil Water Monitoring & Measurement (T. Ley, R. Stevens, R. Topielec & W.H. Neibling); Sprinkler and Drip Equipment (W.H. Neibling); Big Guns versus Booms (R.T. Peters); Rust Never Sleeps: Ways to Deal with Iron in Drip Irrigation Water (T. Walters); Irrigation Runoff Control Strategies (H. Hansen and W. Trimmer); etc..." For more information see Irrigation Resources or Irrigation in the Pacific Northwest IRRIGATION PUBLICATIONS - Mobile Irrigation Lab, K-State Research & Extension, Kansas State University Multimedia Irrigation Publications (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Irrigation Publications" include Irrigation Management "...Irrigation Water Measurement as a Management Tool; Soil, Water, and Plant Relationships; Using Evapotranspiration Reports for Furrow Irrigation Scheduling; Using Evapotranspiration Reports for Center Pivot Irrigation Scheduling; etc..." Irrigation Scheduling "...Predicting the Final Irrigation for Corn, Grain Sorghum, and Soybeans; Tensiometer Use in Scheduling Irrigation; etc..." Center Pivot "...Considerations for Sprinkler Packages on Center Pivots; Sprinkler Package Effects on Runoff; etc..." Subsurface Drip Irrigation "...Filtration and Maintenance Considerations for Subsurface Drip Irrigation Systems; Subsurface Drip Irrigation (SDI) Components: Minimum Requirements; Design Considerations for Subsurface Drip Irrigation; Management Consideration for Operating a Subsurface Drip Irrigation System; etc..." Flood Irrigation "...Surge Irrigation; Managing Furrow Irrigation Systems; etc..." Pumping Plants and Wells; etc. For more information see Mobile Irrigation Tools; Mobile Irrigation Lab or K-State Research & Extension AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION SCHEDULING TUTORIAL - CALCULATOR - a joint project of the Center for Irrigation Technology and Advanced Technology Information Network, California Agricultural Technology Institute at California State University, Fresno VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Agricultural Irrigation Scheduling Tutorial - Calculator "...There will be a list of up to 10 fields for which you can create seasonal schedules. There are two buttons to the right of each line of field data, EDIT and SCHEDULE. If you know you have enough data chosen, you can just click SCHEDULE to develop the latest seasonal irrigation schedule..." For more information see WATERIGHT COSTING AN IRRIGATION SYSTEM (NET MARGIN CALCULATOR) - A. Richards & L. Davies, New South Wales Department of Primary Industries, New South Wales, Australia VERY EXTENSIVE. Costing an Irrigation System: Net Margin Calculator "...The net margin per year can be compared with the initial capital outlay to consider the return on investment. The result from this calculator indicates which systems are worth more detailed analysis:..." For more information see Irrigation Costs; Irrigation; Water & Irrigation; Natural Resources and Climate; Agriculture or the New South Wales Department of Primary Industries ENERGY ESTIMATOR FOR IRRIGATION (U.S.) - Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), USDA VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Energy Estimator for Irrigation Calculator "...enables you to estimate energy cost of pumping water in the irrigation operations on your farm or ranch. NRCS technical specialists have developed these cost estimates based on irrigation methods for predominant crops in your state. This tool does not provide field-specific recommendations. It evaluates options based on user input..." For more information see Energy Tools Center Pivot and Lateral Move Systems LEPA: Low Energy Precision Application CENTER PIVOT IRRIGATION INVESTMENT AND OWNERSHIP COSTS (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - David Reinbott, Agriculture Business Specialist, Scott County University of Missouri Extension Service, University of Missouri Extension, University of Missouri VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Center Pivot Irrigation Investment and Ownership Costs" Calculator INPUT Values include Center Pivot Irrigation Ownership Cost "...Pivot Machine, Electric Generator & Concrete Pad Costs; Power Unit Cost; 12" Well 100' Deep Costs; Fuel Tank Costs; Taxes & Insurance Costs; etc..." Center Pivot Irrigation Operation Cost "...Fuel and Oil Costs; Repair & Maintenance Costs; Labor Costs; etc..." Furrow Irrigation and Ownership Costs; Furrow Irrigation and Ownership Operating Costs; etc. For more information see Spreadsheets; Southeast Missouri Region or the University of Missouri Extension CENTER PIVOT CALCULATORS - R.T. Peters (Washington State University), H. Neibling (University of Idaho) & M. English (Oregon State University), Irrigation in the Pacific Northwest VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Browse Down to "Center Pivot Calculators". Examples of "Center Pivot Calculators" include "...1" Application Time Calculator; Center Pivot Acreage Calculator; Percent Timer Setting Calculator; Pivot Full Rotation Time Calculator; System Pumping Requirements Calculator; etc..." For more information see Irrigation in the Pacific Northwest CENTER PIVOT WATER CONSERVATION PROJECT - UNL Water, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska Multimedia Center Pivot Water Conservation Project (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "The Center Pivot Water Conservation Project" Videos include "...Center Pivot Management Video; Crop Response to Irrigating with Limited Water Supplies Video; Irrigating Pumping Costs Video; etc..." For more information see Agriculture Water Management or UNL Water LATERAL MOVE IRRIGATION (VIDEO) - H. Gaynor, Midkin Operations, Auscott Ltd., Moree, Australia; Hosted by the National Heritage Trust, Government of Australia Multimedia Lateral Move Irrigation Video (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound). VERY EXTENSIVE. For more information see Publications or the National Heritage Trust Agriculture Irrigation Calculators All Inclusive FUELCOST ONLINE: CALCULATE PROJECTED IRRIGATION PUMPING COSTS - Mobile Irrigation Lab, K-State Research & Extension, Kansas State University VERY EXTENSIVE. FuelCost Online: Calculate Projected Irrigation Pumping Costs INPUT Values include "...Irrigated Field Size (Acres); Water Discharge Rate (GPM); Well Head Operating Pressure (psi); Pumping Water Lift (Feet); Annual Irrigation Application Depth (Inches); Fuel Type (Diesel, Natural Gas, Propane, Electricity); Fuel Price..." For more information see Mobile Irrigation Tools; Mobile Irrigation Lab or K-State Research & Extension IRRIGATION CALCULATORS - R.T. Peters (Washington State University), H. Neibling (University of Idaho) & M. English (Oregon State University), Irrigation in the Pacific Northwest VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples from over "40" Irrigation Calculators include Sprinkler Calculators "...Lateral Friction Loss Calculator; Nozzle Requirements Calculator; Sprinkler Application Rate Calculator; Sprinkler Discharge Rate Calculator; Traveling Big Gun Sprinkler Calculator; etc..." Center Pivot Calculators "...Center Pivot Acreage Calculator; Percent Timer Setting Calculator; Pivot Full Rotation Time Calculators; etc..." Chemigation Calculators "...Batch/Bulk Application Calculator; Calibration Calculator; Chemical Injection Rate (Volume) Calculator; Chemical Injection Rate (Water Chemistry Control) Calculator; Mixing Dry Chemicals Calculator; etc..." General Calculators "...Irrigation Frequency Calculator; Irrigation Run Time Calculator; Pipe Velocity and Diameter Calculator; Pipeline Pressure Rating Calculator; Required Water Pump Horsepower Calculator; Set Times Calculator; Total Dynamic Head Calculator; Water Application Rate Calculator; Water Hammer Calculator; Water Supply Design Calculator; etc..." Water Measurement Calculators "...Cipolletti Weir Calculator; Parshall Flume Calculator; Rectangular Contracted Weir Calculator; Trapezoidal Weir Calculators; etc..." For more information see Irrigation in the Pacific Northwest IRRIGATION CALCULATORS (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Click ON Irrigation. Examples of Irrigation Calculators include: "...Value of an additional cfs of water for Hydro Power Generation Calculator; Costs for Big Gun Irrigation System Calculator; Costs for Center Pivot Irrigation System Calculator; Costs for Drip Irrigation System Calculator; Costs for Gated Pipe Irrigation System Calculator; Cost Estimate of Pipeline Projects Calculator; Estimating the Cost of Irrigation Water Calculator; Costs for Wheel Line (Diesel) Irrigation System Calculator; Costs for Wheel Line (Electric) Irrigation System Calculator; etc..." For more information see Tools By Landuse; NRCS Economics; Technical Resources or the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Avocado Irrigation Calculators IRRIGATION CALCULATOR - Created by Reuben Hofshi and Shanti Hofshi, Avocadosource, California Avocado Commission "...Calculate your grove water requirements by using a handy irrigation calculator..." Avocado Irrigation Calculator INPUT Values include: "...Evapotranspiration (ETo); Crop Coefficient (Kc); Distribution Uniformity (DU); Trees per Acre;Tree Spacing; Sprinkler Output (Gal/Hour); Leaching Requirement (LR)..." For more information see Avocadosource Tools; Avocadosource; California Avocado Growers or the California Avocado Commission Chemigation Calculators CHEMIGATION CALCULATORS - R.T. Peters (Washington State University), H. Neibling (University of Idaho) & M. English (Oregon State University), Irrigation in the Pacific Northwest VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Browse Down to "Chemigation Calculators" Examples of "Chemigation Calculators" include "...Batch/Bulk Application Calculator; Calibration Calculator; Chemical Injection Rate (Volume) Calculator; Chemical Injection Rate (Water Chemistry Control) Calculator; Maximum Solution Concentration Calculator Mixing Dry Chemicals Calculator; etc..." For more information see Irrigation in the Pacific Northwest Furrow Irrigation Calculators FURROW IRRIGATION CALCULATOR - Irrigation District Engineering and Assistance Program, Irrigation Technology Center, Rio Grande Basin Initiative, Texas Water Resources Institute, Texas A&M University VERY EXTENSIVE. Furrow Irrigation Calculator "...This tool is designed to help the farmers to manage the water and irrigation delivered from the farm outlet by estimating the: Efficiency of the current irrigation; Time of application of irrigation at each irrigation set; Total Flow at the Farm Outlet; Number of irrigation sets; etc..." Furrow Irrigation Calculator INPUT Values include: "...Soil Type; Crop Type; Furrow Length; Width of Furrows; Width of Field for the Outlet..." For more information see Furrow Irrigation; Irrigation Tools or the Irrigation District Engineering and Assistance Program (IDEA) PLANNING A FURROW IRRIGATION - a joint project of the Center for Irrigation Technology and Advanced Technology Information Network, California Agricultural Technology Institute at California State University, Fresno VERY EXTENSIVE. Planning a Furrow Irrigation Sections include "...Six Steps for Planning a Furrow Irrigation; Calculating an Equavilent Depth of Water Applied per Irrigation; Estimating Soil Moisture Depletion from the Look and Feel of a Soil Sample; Common Suggestions for Improving Furrow Irrigations; etc..." For more information see Advisories and Tutorials or WATERIGHT Grape Irrigation Calculators - Vineyard Irrigation Calculators GRAPE WATER USE CALCULATOR - WELL WATER USE CALCULATOR - California AgQuest Consulting, Inc. Grape Vineyard Water Use Calculator "...calculation is based on "normal" climate conditions for the specified weather station and "clean" cultivation (i.e. no actively growing cover crop)..." "...The calculated well water use for the week should be multiplied by the percentage of well-water use intended for a specific vineyard..." Grape Vineyard Water Use Calculator INPUT Values include: "...Starting Date; Weather Station; Trellis System (Trellis Type); Cross Arm Width (width of the trellis cross arm...); Row Spacing; Vine Spacing..." Grape Vineyard Water Use Calculator OUTPUT Values include: "...Crop Coeff; % Shaded Area; Well Watered Use For Week..." For more information see California AgQuest Consulting Irrigation Water Allocation Calculators IRRIGATION WATER ALLOCATION CALCULATOR - Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, Alberta, Canada Agriculture Irrigation Water Allocation Calculator INPUT Values include: "...Rationed allocation depth; Area being irrigated; Average rate of flow..." For more information see Area & Volume Calculators; Calculators or Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development Micro Irrigation Calculators - Drip Irrigation Calculators MICRO IRRIGATION CALCULATORS - Rain Bird Corporation VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Click on "Micro Irrigation Calculator". Micro Irrigation Calculators include "...Tree & Vine Daily Requirement Calculator; Precipitation Rate Calculator; PC Dripline Pressure Loss Calculator; Rain Bug PC Lateral Pressure Loss Calculator; Lady Bug Lateral Pressure Loss Calculator; Micro Quick Lateral Pressure Loss Calculator; Micro Quick Feeder Tube Pressure Loss Calculator; Manifold Pipe Friction Loss Calculator; Manifold Pipe Diameter Calculator; For more information see Agricultue Technical Information or Rain Bird Corporation DRIP IRRIGATION CALCULATORS - Netafim Irrigation, Inc. VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Choose Drip Irrigation Calculators from: "...Clay-shrubs/groundcover; Loam-shrubs/groundcover; Sand-shrubs/groundcover; Clay-turf grass; Loam-turf grass; Sand-turf grass..." For more information see Site Map or Netafim Irrigation Examples of Drip Irrigation Calculators include Techline CV Drip Irrigation Calculator Techline CV Drip Irrigation Calculator INPUT Values include "...Total Irrigation Area in Square Feet; Row Spacing between 18 and 22 inches; etc..." Techline CV Drip Irrigation Calculator OUTPUT values include "...Techline in Feet; Number of Drippers Needed; Gallon Flow per Minute for the Area; Application Rate; Time to apply 1/4" of water..." Techline Drip Irrigation Calculator Techline Drip Irrigation Calculator INPUT Values include "...Total Irrigation Area in Square Feet; Row Spacing between 18 and 22 inches..." Techline Drip Irrigation Calculator OUTPUT values include "...Techline in Feet; Number of Drippers Needed; Gallon Flow per Minute for the Area; Application Rate; Time to apply 1/4" of water..." Sprinkler Irrigation Calculators SPRINKLER IRRIGATION CALCULATORS - Rain Bird Corporation VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Click on "Sprinkler Irrigation Calculator" Examples from over "11" Sprinkler Irrigation Calculators include "...Precipitation Rate Calculator; Nozzle Discharge Calculator; Lateral or Mainline Pipe Friction Loss Calculator; Pipe Velocity Calculator; Water Hammer Surge Pressure Calculator; etc..." For more information see Agricultue Technical Information or Rain Bird Corporation

PERCOLATION TEST CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) PERCOLATION TEST DATA SHEET (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Onsite Sewage Treatment Program, Water Resources Center (WRC), College of Agriculture, Food & Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota Percolation Test Calculator INPUT Values include: "...Depth at Bottom of Hole; Date Presoak Started; Depth of Initial Water Filling; Method used to Maintain 12" of Water Depth in Hole for 4 Hours; Date Presoak Ended; Date Perc Readings Conducted; Maximum Depth above Hole Bottom during Test; etc..." For more information see SSTS Forms and Worksheets by Type; Design Worksheets and Forms; Information for Professionals; Onsite Sewage Treatment Program or the Water Resources Center (WRC) POLLUTION CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS 1-D CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT IN GROUNDWATER FROM A SLUG SOURCE (JAVA APPELT) - D. Nairn, Environmental Engineering Laboratory, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Delaware VERY EXTENSIVE. 1-D Transport in Groundwater from a Slug Source INPUT Values include: "...Pollutant Source Concentration; Porosity; Interstitial Water Velocity; Retardation Coefficient; Dispersion Coefficient..." For more information see CIEG 337 - Environmental Engineering Laboratory or the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering THE IOWA PHOSPHORUS INDEX CALCULATOR (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Iowa NRCS and the Electronic Field Office Technical Guide, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), USDA VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Click ON "Iowa Phosphorus Index Calculator" The Iowa Phosphorus Index Calculator "...reflects conditions that predominate under grain-crop production systems, considers source factors in a multiplicative manner within three main transport mechanisms, and approximates loads of P likely to enter and become available to aquatic ecosystems. The Iowa P Index was developed in 2001, and was modified in 2004 to include support for an additional soil P test and to use the latest revision of the Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE2). An erosional component considers sheet and rill erosion from RUSLE2, P enrichment, total soil P, filter strip..." For more information see Soils; Iowa Natural Resources Conservation Service; Iowa NRCS Technical Resources or the Iowa NRCS RUNOFF DATABASES, CALCULATORS, ETC. WATERSHED DATABASES, CALCULATORS, ETC. ESTIMATING SURFACE WATER RUNOFF (JAVA APPLET) - The Shodor Education Foundation, Inc. VERY EXTENSIVE. Surface Water Runoff Calculator "...uses the conceptual framework of computational science - application, algorithm, and architecture..." Surface Water Runoff Calculator INPUT Values include: Cover Type "...Brush; Desert Shrub; Dirt Road; Farmsteads; Gravel Road; Herbaceous; Meadow; Oak Aspen; Open Urban Space; Parking Lots; Pasture; Paved Street With Curb; Paved Street with Open Ditch; Pinyon Juniper; Residential; Sagebrush; Woods; & Woods with Grass..." Hydrologic Condition; Soil Condition; Type of storm; Duration of storm. For more information see Surface Water Runoff Home Page; Master Tools or The Shodor Education Foundation, Inc. WATER RUNOFF: SHORT-TERM & LONG-TERM HYDROLOGIC IMPACT ASSESSMENT (L-THIA) DETAILED INPUT - Urban Sprawl Hydrologic Impact, Schools of Engineering, Agricultural & Biological Engeering, Purdue University & the Construction Engineering Research Laboratories Division of the US Army Corps of Engineers VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Impacts of Land Use Change on Water Resources Water Runoff: Short-Term Impact Assessments Tools "...Includes four different tools: SedSpec, Rational Method, TR-55 & Database Frontend..." Water Runoff: Long-Term Impact Assessments Tools "...This tool uses the land use and a soil characteristic from the user along with thirty years of precipitation data to determine the average impact that a particular land use change or set of changes..." Water Runoff Tools INPUT Values include: By State; By County; Area in "...Acres, Hectares, Km2, Mi2..." Land Use "...Commercial; Industrial; Residential; Open Spaces; Parking/Paved Spaces; Water/Wetlands; Grass/Pasture; Agriculture; Forest; Custom Land Use..." Hydrologic Soil Groups..." For more information see Web-Based GIS and Decision Support Systems for Hydrological/Water Quality Impact Analysis or the College of Engineering WEPP MODEL - DHARMA PROJECT: WATERSHED SIMULATION USING THE 'WEPP MODEL' (JAVA WEB START) - D. Andresen, M. Neilsen, G. Singh & P. Kalita, Department of Computing and Information Sciences, Kansas State University & the Department of Agricultural Engineering, University of Illinois VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Watershed Simulation using the WEPP Model is "...an interactive Drag and Drop (DND) interface that allows the user to create a diagram that visually represents a simulation run..." For more information see the DHARMA Project Home Page or Daniel Andresen's Home Page WEPP MODEL: WATER EROSION PREDICTION PROJECT - National Soil Erosion Research Laboratory (NSERL), Agricultural Research Service, Department of Agriculture & located at Purdue University VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Water Erosion Prediction (WEPP Model) "...a computer simulation that predicts soil erosion..." For more information see the National Soil Erosion Research Laboratory (NSERL) Water Erosion Prediction Calculators that Predict Soil Erosion include Basic Hillslope Profile Calculator Basic Hillslope Profile Calculator allows you to "...run a single landuse, single soil WEPP hillslope simulation..." Hillslope with Filter Strip at Bottom Calculator Hillslope with Filter Strip at Bottom Calculator allows you to "...add a different landuse area at the bottom of a hillslope..." Strip Cropping Calculator Strip Cropping Calculator allows you to "...use alternating crops down a hillslope..." Water Erosion Prediction Worksheet Calculator Water Erosion Prediction Worksheet Calculator allows you to "...run multiple simulations to see effects of landuse changes..." WATER TREATMENT CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS FOR MORE WASTEWATER/WATER TREATMENT CALCULATORS SEE THE CALCULATORS CENTER: ENGINEERING - WASTEWATER TREATMENT ENGINEERING WATER/WASTEWATERMATH CALCULATORS - Drinking Water & Wastewater Treatment System, Operator Information Center, Department of Environmental Protection, Pennsylvania VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Water Calculators - Wastewater Calculators include: "...Temperature Calculator; Gallons per Minute (GPM) to Millions of Gallons per Day (MGD) Calculator; Loadings Calculator; Pounds (Lbs) of Chemical per Gallon of Solution Calculator; Tank Volume Calculator; Dry Chemical needed per Day Calculator; Treatment Unit Efficiency Calculator (Removal Efficiency); Food to Microorganism (F/M) Activated Sludge Calculator (F/M Ratio Calculator); Geometric Mean Calculator; Fecal Coliform Reporting Calculator; Wastewater Sludge Volume Calculator; Geometric Mean Calculation: Colonies Too Numerous To Count (TNTC) Estimating Calculator; Nitrification Alkalinity Calculator, etc..." For more information see Drinking Water & Wastewater Treatment System, Operator Information Center; Local Government Main Page or the Department of Environmental Protection, Pennsylvania Examples from over "16" Water/Wastewater Calculators include Treatment Unit Efficiency Calculator Treatment Unit Efficiency Calculator "...can calculate how efficiently a treatment unit (or entire treatment process) is working. It will calculate pounds in, pounds out, pounds removed and percent removal..." Food to Microorganism (F/M) Activated Sludge (Wastewater) Calculator Food to Microorganism (F/M) Activated Sludge (Wastewater) Calculator "...The term Food to Microorganism Ratio (F/M) is actually a measurement of the amount of incoming food (Lbs of Influent CBOD) divided by the Lbs of Microorganisms in your system..."

Aquaculture, Fish Farming
& Ocean Commercial Fishing

Ocean Commercial Fishing Budgets, Costs, etc. Aquaculture Courses, Technical Manuals, Videos, etc. Aquaculture & Fish Budgets, Costs, etc. Aquaculture Drugs, Chemical & Biologics Pond Liner Sizing

Aquaculture, Fish Farming & Ocean Commercial Fishing OCEAN COMMERCIAL FISHING BUDGETS, COSTS, ETC. CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) GEORGIA SHRIMP TRAWLING ENTERPRISE BUDGET (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - C.L. Escalante, Extension Agriculture and Applied Economics, Cooperative Extension Service, Department of Agriculture and Appliled Economics, College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences, University of Georgia VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Georgia Shrimp Trawing Budget Calculator "...is developed as a tool that Georgia fishermen engaged in shrimp trawling will be able to use for the following reasons: (1) To provide a snapshot of the operations' financial performance; (2) To identify problem areas that need to be addressed in order to maximize the returns for the business; etc..." For more information see Budgets in Microsoft Excel; Computer Spreadsheet Budgets; Computer Decision Aids; Extension Agricultural & Applied Economics; Cooperative Extension Service or the Department of Agriculture and Appliled Economics FISHERIES INDUSTRY TOOLS (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Agbiz: Queensland Agribusiness Decision Toolkit, Queensland Government, Australia VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Fisheries Industry Tools" include "...East Coast Trawl Industry Cash Flow Calculator; Seafood Processing - Cost of Filleting Calculator; Commercial Scallop Reseeding Calculator; Live Trout Boat Fishing Calculator; etc..." For more information see Fisheries Tools or Agbiz: Queensland Agribusiness Decision Toolkit

AQUACULTURE DATABASES, COURSES, LECTURES, TECHNICAL MANUALS, ETC. FISH FARMING DATABASES, COURSES, LECTURES, TECHNICAL MANUALS, ETC. FRESHWATER AQUACULTURE & MARINE AQUACULTURE DATABASES, COURSES, LECTURES, TECHNICAL MANUALS, ETC. AQUACULTURE VIDEOS (QUICKTIME & WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER) - Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University Multimedia Aquaculture Videos (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Aquaculture" Videos include "...Catfish Farming in the South Video; Alligator Aquaculture in the South Video; Cage Culture-Raising Fish in Ponds Video; Red Drum Aquaculture Video; Induced Spawning of Fish Video; Shrimp Farming Video; etc..." For more information see Aquaculture; Outreach or the Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering AQUACULTURE VIDEOS (QUICKTIME, WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER) - Atlantic Marine Aquaculture Center, Durham, New Hampshire Multimedia Aquaculture Videos (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Aquaculture" Videos Subject Categories include "...Shellfish Videos; Finfish Videos (Halibut Videos & Cod Videos); etc..." For more information see Atlantic Marine Aquaculture Center AQUACULTURE - Center for Tropical and Subtropical Aquaculture (CTSA), Hawaii Multimedia Aquaculture Manuals & Technical Publications (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Aquaculture" Manuals & Technical Publications include Swordtail Aquaculture "...Commercial Production of the Swordtail; etc..." Tiger Barb Aquaculture "...Commercial Production of the Tiger Barb; etc..." Pearl Aquaculture "...The Basic Methods of Pearl Farming; etc..." Giant Clam Shell Aquaculture "...How to Make and Sell Giant Clam Shell Products; etc..." Sponge Farm Aquaculture "...Starting a Successful Aquaculture Sponge Farm; etc..." For more information see CTSA Publications or the Center for Tropical and Subtropical Aquaculture (CTSA) CULTURED AQUATIC SPECIES - Fisheries and Aquaculture Department, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Unived Nations Multimedia Aquaculture Technical Manuals (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Available in English, Spanish (Español), French (Français), Chinese & Arabic. Each Species Technical Manual includes "...Identity; Profile Historial Background; Main Producer Countries; etc. Production Production Cycle; Production Systems; etc. Statistics; Status & Trends; etc..." Examples from over "57" "Cultured Aquatic Species" include "...American Bull Frog Aquaculture; Blue Mussel Aquaculture; Chinese River Crab Aquaculture; Coho Salmon Aquaculture; Eucheuma Seaweeds Nei Aquaculture; European Ee Aquaculture; Giant River Prawn Aquaculture; Grooved Carpet Shell Aquaculture; Japanese Eel Aquaculture; Japanese Kelp Aquaculture; Japanese Sea Cucumber Aquaculture; Mediterranean Mussel Aquaculture; New Zealand Mussel Aquaculture; Nile Tilapia Aquaculture; North African Vatfish Aquaculture; Orange-spotted Grouper Aquaculture; Red Swamp Crawfish Aquaculture; Siberian Sturgeon Aquaculture; Soft-shell Turtle Aquaculture; Sydney Cupped Oyster Aquaculture; Yesso Scallop Aquaculture; etc..." For more information see Aquaculture Resources; Aquaculture; Fisheries and Aquaculture Department or the Food and Agriculture Organization AQUACULTURE - North Carolina State Fisheries & Pond Management, North Carolina Cooperative Extension, North Carolina University Multimedia Aquaculture Manuals & Technical Publications (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Aquaculture" Manuals & Technical Publications include Pond Management Guide "...Site Planning and Pond Construction; Stocking and Harvesting; Pond Management; etc..." Special Topics; etc. For more information see North Carolina State Fisheries & Pond Management Also see Pond Management Video Pond Management Video "...A comprehensive guide to basic pond management for quality fishing. This guide includes information on site planning and pond construction, fish stocking and harvesting, fertilization, liming and other management options, and solving common pond problems..." AQUACULTURE - North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services (NCDA&CS) Multimedia Aquaculture Manuals & Technical Publications (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Aquaculture" Manuals & Technical Publications include Catfish Aquaculture "...Catfish Production Cycle; Fingerlings; Feed; Oxygen; Medication & Chemicals; Electricity & Fuel; Equipment; Labor; Catfish Production; Catfish Budget; Investment Costs; etc..." Hybrid Striped Bass Aquaculture "...Hybrid Striped Bass Production Cycle; Fingerlings; Labor; Electricity & Fuel; Equipment; etc..." Crawfish Aquaculture "...Crawfish Production Cycle; Water; Land; Breeding Stock; Feed; Medication & Chemicals; Harvest Bait; Financing; Farm Size; Crawfish Budgets; etc..." Rainbow Trout Aquaculture "...Rainbow Trout Production Cycle; Water; Land & Facilities; Fingerlings & Inventory Management; Feed; Medication; etc..." Clam Aquaculture "...Hard Clam Habitat & Characteristics; Hard Clam Production Cycle; Hard Clam Procuction Systems (Hatchery, Nursery, Hard Clam Seed, Equipment, etc.); Financing; Insurance; Budgets; etc..." Tilapia Aquaculture "...General Design of a Tilapia Fish Barn (Water, Land, Equipment, etc.); Water Treatment System Components (Sludge collector, Particle Trap, Oxygen Saturator, etc.); Tilapia Medication and Chemicals; Tilapia Harvesting and Grading; Instrumentation & Control Systems; Labor Costs; Financing; Insurance; Tilapia Budget; Tilapia Operating Costs; etc..." For more information see Aquaculture Publications; Aquaculture or the North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services

AQUACULTURE - Aquaculture Research Station, Louisiana State University Agriculture Center - LSU AgCenter, Louisiana State University Multimedia Aquacultue Manuals, Publications, etc. (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "LSU Aquaculture Research Station's Aquaculture" Manuals, Publications, etc. include "...Fingerling Production in Ponds; Pond Production of Foodfish (Hybrid Striped Bass); Design and Construction of Degassing Units for Catfish Hatcheries; Production of Hybrid Catfish; Weed Management in Lakes and Ponds; Feeding Practices for Baitfish; Production of Freshwater Prawns (Shrimp) in Ponds; Construction of Levee Ponds for Commercial Catfish Production; Stocking Crawfish Ponds; Tilapia Production; etc..." For more information see the Aquaculture; Livestock; Crops & Livestock; Aquaculture Research Station; LSU Agriculture Research Stations or the Louisiana State University Agriculture Center - LSU AgCenter AQUACULTURE - Alabama Coperative Extension System and the Department of Fisheries & Allied Aquacultures, Auburn University Multimedia Aquacultue Lessons, Technical Publications, etc. (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Aquaculture" Manuals, Publications, etc. include "...Alligator Aquaculture; Bait Minnows Aquaculture; Catfish Aquaculture; Chinese Carp Aquaculture; Crawfish Aquaculture; Florida Pompano Aquaculture; Freshwater Prawn Aquaculture; Hybrid Striped Bass Aquaculture; Marine Shrimp Aquaculture; Mollusks Aquaculture; Ornamental Fish Aquaculture; Paddlefish Aquaculture; Rainbow Trout Aquaculture; Red Drum Aquaculture; Sport Fish Aquaculture; Tilapia Aquaculture; Threadfin Shad Aquaculture; Yellow Perch Aquaculture; etc..." For more information see the ACES: Fisheries and Allied Aquacultures; Alabama Coperative Extension System or the Department of Fisheries & Allied Aquacultures, Auburn University AQUACULTURE - International Publications, Department of Fisheries & Allied Aquacultures, Auburn University Multimedia Aquacultue Technical Publications, etc. (Text & Images). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Available in English, Spanish (Español) & French (Français). Examples of "Aquaculture" Technical Publications, etc. include "...Production of 1-gram, Mixed-Sex Oreochromis Niloticus Fingerlings in Earthen Ponds; Net Enclosure System for Oreochromis Niloticus Fingerling Production; Introduction to Oreochromis Niloticus Fingerling Production Systems; Introduction to Fish Culture in Rice Paddies; Introduction to Intensive Cage Culture of Warm Water Fish; etc..." For more information see the Department of Fisheries & Allied Aquacultures PONDS: PLANNING, DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION - AGRICULTURE HANDBOOK 590 - Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Indiana, Department of Agriculture Multimedia Planning, Design & Construction of Ponds - Agriculture Handbook 590 (Text & Images). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Ponds: Planning, Design & Construction" Handbook Chapters include "...Preliminary Investigation; Estimating Storm Runoff; Enbankment Ponds; Excavated Ponds; Sealing the Pond; Establishing Vegation; etc..." For more information see Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Indiana ALLIGATOR PRODUCTION - Author: Michael P. Masser, Aquaculture Research Station, Louisiana State University Agriculture Center - LSU AgCenter Multimedia Alligator Production Manuals, Publications, etc. (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "LSU Aquaculture Research Station's Alligator Production" Manuals, Publications, etc. include Alligator Breeding and Egg Incubation "...Alligator farming requires specific culture techniques and specialized knowledge on the part of the producer. The commercial production of alligators can be divided into 3 phases: 1) management of adult alligators, 2) egg collection, incubation and hatching, 3) grow-out of juvenile alligators to market size..." Alligator Grow-out and Harvest "...Alligator production in environmentally controlled houses is similar in intensity to production in poultry and swine houses. As with any highly intensified agriculture activity, alligator farming has a high degree of risk and demands special management skills..." For more information see the Aquaculture; Livestock; Aquaculture Research Station; LSU Agriculture Research Stations or the Louisiana State University Agriculture Center - LSU AgCenter CRAWFISH PRODUCTION MANUAL - Authors: W. Ray McClain, Robert P. Romaire, C. Greg Lutz & Mark G. Shirley, Aquaculture Research Station, Louisiana State University Agriculture Center - LSU AgCenter Multimedia Louisiana Crawfish Production Manual - PDF, 60 Pages (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Louisiana Crawfish Production Manual" Chapters & Subchapters include "...Crawfish Biology; Crawfish Production Systems; Pond Location, Design and Construction; Stocking; Water Quality and Management; Harvest; Population Management; Managing for Larger Crawfish; Diseases; etc..." For more information see the Crawfish; Aquaculture; Livestock; Aquaculture Research Station; LSU Agriculture Research Stations or the Louisiana State University Agriculture Center - LSU AgCenter SUNFISH CULTURE GUIDE - Editors: J.E. Morris, C.C. Mischke & D.L. Garling, a Project of the North Central Regional Aquaculture Center (NCRAC) Multimedia Sunfish Culture Guide (Text & Images). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Sunfish Culture Guide" Chapters include "...Spawning Behavior and Early Life History; Culture Methods (Pond Culture, Cage Culture, Fry Care & Feeding, etc.); Brood Stock Management; Hybridization (Hybrid Production Methods, etc.); Production of Polyploid Sunfish; Common Sunfish Parasites; etc..." s For more information see the North Central Regional Aquaculture Center (NCRAC) AQUACULTURE - Southern Regional Aquaculture Center Multimedia Aquaculture Lessons & Technical Manuals (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Commercial Aquaculture" Subject Categories & Subcategories include Pond Construction "...Site Selection of Levee-Type Fish Production Ponds; Construction of Levee-Type Ponds for Fish Production; etc..." Cage Culture "...Site Selection and Water Quality; Cage Construction and Placement; Species Suitable for Cage Culture; etc..." Water Quality "...Pond Mixing; Nitrite in Fish Ponds; Ammonia in Fish Ponds; Carbon Dioxide in Fish Ponds; Interactions of pH, Carbon Dioxide, Alkalinity and Hardness in Fish Ponds; Algae Blooms in Commercial Fish Production Ponds; etc..." Aeration "...Pond Aeration; Piping Systems; Open Channel Flow in Aquaculture; etc..." Species Profiles Bigmouth Buffalo Aquaculture; Goldfish Aquaculture; Grouper Aquaculture; Koi Aquaculture Sturgeon Aquaculture; etc..." Species Production, Management, Processing, etc. Alligator Aquaculture; Baitfish Aquaculture; Catfish Aquaculture; Crawfish Aquaculture; Penaeid Shrimp Aquaculture; Shad Aquaculture; Striped Bass Aquaculture; Trout Aquaculture; etc..." Induced Spawning; Diseases & Treatments; Harvesting, Holding and Hauling; etc.

AQUACULTURE BUDGETS, COSTS, ETC. CALCULATORS, SPREADSHEETS (XLS), ETC. FISH FARMING BUDGETS, COSTS, ETC. CALCULATORS, SPREADSHEETS (XLS), ETC. AQUACULTURE CALCULATORS - California Aquaculture, Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Aquaculture Calculators include: "...Weight Calculator; Length Calculator; Area Calculator; Volume Calculator; Flow Rate Calculator; Concentration Calculator; Temperature Calculator; Pressure Calculator; Yield Calculator; Power Calculator; Work Calculator; Density of Water Calculator; Volume of a Cylindrical Tank Calculator; Treatment Levels Calculator; Drug Weight Needed Calculator..." For more information see California Aquaculture AQUACULTURE INDUSTRY TOOLS (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Agbiz: Queensland Agribusiness Decision Toolkit, Queensland Government, Australia VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Aquaculture Industry Tools" include Farming Methods Calculators "...Pacific Islands Floating Fish Cage Culture Calculator; Pacific Islands Fish Pond Culture Calculator; Inland Saline Recirculation Culture Calculator; etc..." Abalone Farming Calculators; "...Land-based Abalone Farming Economic Calculator..." Barramundi Farming Calculators; Clams and Coral Farming Calculators; Crab Farming Calculators; "...Mud Crab Aquaculture Calculator..." Crocodile Farming Calculators; "...CrocProfit Calculator - Crocodile farming economic decision tool based on a land based production system..." Eel Farming Calculators; Grouper Farming Calculators; "...Grouper Hatchery Operation Calculator; Grouper Nursery Calculator; etc..." Oyster Farming Calculators; Pearl Farming Calculators "...Mabe Pearl Farming Calculator; Black Pearl Farming Calculator..." Perch Farming Calculators; Prawns Farming Calculators "...Inland Saline Prawn Calculator; Marine Prawn Farming Calculators; etc... Seaweed Farming Calculators; Shrimp Farming Calculators; Sponge Farming Calculators "...Sponge Farming Calculator - Sponge farming economic decision tool for the Pacific Islands..." Trout Farming Calculators; etc. For more information see Fisheries Tools or Agbiz: Queensland Agribusiness Decision Toolkit AQUACULTURE (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services (NCDA&CS) VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of Aquaculture Calculators include "...Catfish Economic Calculator; Hybrid Striped Bass Economic Calculator; Crawfish Economic Calculator; Trout Economic Calculator; Clam Economic Calculator; RASS Calculator; etc..." For more information see Aquaculture Publications; Aquaculture or the North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services AQUACULTURE: COMMERCIAL CATFISH OPERATIONS (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - G. Clary, Rural Business Central, Texas Extension Agricultural Economics, Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Commercial Catfish Operations Calculators include: Catfish Farm Budget Calculator INPUT Values include "...Pond acres; Number of ponds; Target yield per acre; etc... Initial Investment: Pond Construction; Feed Bin; Mower; Truck; Well; Roads; Oxygen Meters; Trackor; Feeding systems; Aerators; etc. Operating Costs Fingerlings; Feed; Chemicals; Utilities; Repairs; Labor; Pond Management Services; Water Well Repairs; Insurance; etc. Harvesting Costs; etc. Commercial Catfish Production Farmpond and Recirculation Calculator INPUT Values include "...Watershed Pond Excavation and Dam Volume; Water Supply Pond Excavation and Dam Volume; Watershed Pond Facilities and Equipment Investment; Water Supply Pond Facilities and Equipment Investment; etc..." Catfish Breakeven Farm Budget Calculator; Performance Evaluation Standards for Commercial Catfish Operations Software; etc. For more information see Rural Business Central or Texas Extension Agricultural Economics AQUACULTURE DRUGS, CHEMICALS AND BIOLOGICS AQUACULTURE DRUGS, BIOLOGICS & CHEMICALS GUIDES, MANUALS, TECHNICAL REPORTS, ETC. GUIDE TO USING DRUGS, BIOLOGICS, AND OTHER CHEMICALS IN AQUACULTURE - Working Group on Aquaculture Drugs, Chemicals and Biologics, AFS Fish Culture Section, American Fisheries Society (AFS) Multimedia Guide to Using Drugs, Biologics, and Other Chemicals in Aquaculture - PDF (Text & Images). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. For more information see the Fish Culture Section or the American Fisheries Society (AFS) AQUATIC ANIMAL DRUG APPROVAL PARTNERSHIP (AADAP) PROGRAMS - U.S. Fish & Wildlife Services Multimedia Aquaculture Approved Drugs, Biologics, Chemicals, Databases, Technical Reports, etc. (Text & Images) VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. For more information see Fisheries and Habitat Conservation or the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Services AQUACULTURE DRUGS, BIOLOGICS & CHEMICALS CALCULATORS, SPREADSHEETS (XLS, XLSX), ETC. GUIDE TO USING DRUGS, BIOLOGICS, AND OTHER CHEMICALS IN AQUACULTURE COMPANION TREATMENT CALCULATOR (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Working Group on Aquaculture Drugs, Chemicals and Biologics, AFS Fish Culture Section, American Fisheries Society (AFS) VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Click on Excel 2007 Version of Treatment Calculator. Examples of "Guide to Using Drugs, Biologics, and Other Chemicals in Aquaculture Companion Treatment Calculator" Sections include "...Volume Calculations for Static Bath Treatments; Volume/Rate Calculations for Flow-Through Treatments; Hydrogen Peroxide Static Bath Treatments & Flow-Through Treatments; Formalin Static Bath Treatments & Flow-Through Treatments; Florfenicol - VFD Calculations; Oxytetracycline HCI Static Bath Treatments; etc..." For more information see Fish Culture Section or the American Fisheries Society (AFS) POND CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS LINER SIZING CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS POND LINER SIZING: POND CALCULATOR - GeoCHEM, Inc. Pond Liner Sizing Calculators include: "...Circular Shaped Pond Calculator; Oval Shaped Pond Calculator; Rectangle Shaped Pond Calculator; Trapezoid Shaped Pond Calculator; Kidney Shaped Pond Calculator; For more information see GeoCHEM, Inc.

Beekeeping & Honey Production

BEEKEEPING Bee Glossaries & Dictionaries Beekeeping Calculators & Spreadsheets Honey Bee Genome - Honey Bee Genetics Honey Bee Biology Courses & Lectures Beekeeping Courses, Databases, Lectures, Manuals, Handbooks, Videos Honey Bee Research Databases, Lectures, etc. Bee Diseases, Bee Parasites, Bee Pests, Bee Predators, Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), Honey Bee Brood Disruption, Managed Honeybee Colony Losses, etc. Bee Medication Databases ~ Pollination Databases HONEY PRODUCTION BEESWAX

Beekeeping BEE GLOSSARIES & DICTIONARIES BEE GLOSSARY - Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility. Department of Entomology & Nematology, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of California, Davis Multimedia Bee Glossary (Text & Images). For more information see Honey Bees; Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility or the Department of Entomology & Nematology BEEKEEPING CALCULATORS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS), ETC. BEEKEEPING CONVERSION CALCULATORS (MIRROR SITE) - N. Walligford, New Zealand, and hosted by the Virtual Beekeeping Gallery, Beekeeping.com For more information see Tools or Virtual Beekeeping Gallery BEEKEEPING SPREADSHEETS (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Bee Improvement and Bee Breeders Association, U.K. VERY EXTENSIVE. Beekeeping Spreadsheets include: "...DrawWing; Bee Cubital Index and Discoidal Shift; Bee Stud Book; Bee Colony Assessment; etc..." For more information see Bee Improvement and Bee Breeders Association HONEY BEE GENOME - HONEY BEE GENETICS HONEY BEE GENOME DATABASE - Human Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine Multimedia Honey Bee Genome Database (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. HONEY BEE GENOME RESOURCES - National Center for Biotechnology Information, NIH Multimedia Honey Bee Genome Databases, etc. (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. DWARF HONEY BEE GENOME DATABASE - Human Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine Multimedia Dwarf Honey Bee Genome Database (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. HONEY BEE BIOLOGY Honey Bee Biology Courses, Lectures, etc. HONEY BEE BIOLOGY - Mid-Atlantic Apiculture Research and Extension Consortium (MAAREC), Pennsylvania State University Multimedia Honey Bee Biology (Text & Images). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. For more information see the Mid-Atlantic Apiculture Research and Extension Consortium (MAAREC) A SCANNING ELECTION MICROSCOPE ATLAS OF THE HONEY BEE - Eric H. Ericson, Jr., Stanley D. Carlson & Martin B. Garmen, Honey Bee Research Unit, Carl Hayden Bee Research Center, USDA, Tucson, Arizona Multimedia A Scanning Electron Microscope Atlas of the Honey Bee - PDF, 180 Pages (Text & Images). Examples of "A Scanning Electron Microscope Atlas of the Honey Bee" Chapters include "...The Natural History of the Honey Bees; Micrographs of the Queen; Micrographs of the Workers; Micrographs of the Drones; Major Anatomical Divisions of the Honey Bee; etc..." For more information see Online Books; Products & Services or the Carl Hayden Bee Research Center BEEKEEPING COURSES, DATABASESE, LECTURES, MANUALS, HANDBOOKS, VIDEOS BEEKEEPING - Mid-Atlantic Apiculture Research and Extension Consortium (MAAREC) Multimedia Beekeeping Courses, Databases, etc. (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Beekeeping" Subject Categories & Subcategories include Beginning Beekeeping "...Methods of Starting; Apiary Location; Handling Bees; Equipment; etc.." Honey Bee Biology "...The Colony and it's Organization (Queen, Drones, Workers, Laying Workers, Bee Development, etc.); Bee Behavior; etc..." General Management "...Dividing Colonies; Swarm Prevention and Control; Transferring Bees; Removing Bees; etc..." Parasites, Pests, Predators & Diseases; Pollination; etc. BEE BRIEFS - Author: E.C. Mussen, Apiculturist, Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, Department of Entomology & Nematology, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of California, Davis Multimedia Bee Briefs Technical Reports (Text & Images). Examples of "Bee Briefs" Technical Reports include "...Robbing Screen; Getting Started in Beekeeping; Removing Swarms; Queen Quality; Feeding Bees Nectar Substitutes; Treating Colonies for Tracheal Mite Infestation; Treating Colonies for Varroa Mite Infestation; Honey Bees and California Native Plants; etc..." For more information see Eric C. Mussen's Home Page; Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility or the Department of Entomology & Nematology BEEKEEPING - Honey Bee Program, Department of Entomology, College of Agricultural & Environental Sciences, University of Georgia Multimedia Beekeeping Courses, Databases, Lessons, etc. (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Beekeeping" Subject Categories & Subcategories include Getting Started "...Honey Bee Biology; Beekeeping Equipment; How to Light a Smoker; Buying and Moving Colonies; Catching Swarms; Honey Bee Management; Processing Honey; etc..." Pollination "...Managing Honey Bees for Pollination; Other Pollinating Bees; Establishing a Bee Pasture; Crop Pollination Requirements; etc..." Honey Bee Disorders "...Bacterial Diseases; Fungal Diseases; Viral Diseases; Microsporidian Diseases; Non-infectious Diseases and Pests; etc..." For more information see Honey Bee Program or the Department of Entomology BEEKEEPING IN TENNESSEE - Authors: John A. Skinner, et.al., Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Institute of Agriculture, University of Tennessee Muultimedia Beekeeping in Tennessee Manual - PDF, 43 Pages (Text & Images). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Beekeeping in Tennessee Manual" Chapters include "...Locating an Apiary; Bee Biology and Behavior; Races of Bees; Beekeeping Protective Gear; Hardware & Equipment; Wooden Equipment; Working with Honey Bee Colony; Inspecting a Colony; Removing Surplus Honey; etc..." For more information see John Skinner's Publications; John Skinner's Home Page or the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology BEEKEEPING IN CALIFORNIA - Authors: E.C. Mussen, L. Foote, N.E. Gary, H.H. Laidlaw, R.W. Thorp & L.H. Watkins; Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources & the Cooperative Extension, University of California, Davis; University of California Publication 21422; Hosted by the: Santa Clara Valley Beekeepers Guild Multimedia Beekeeping in California - PDF, 69 Pages (Text & Images). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Beekeeping in California" Chapters include "...The Colony; Choosing Bees; Choosing Equipment; Feeding Bees; Maintaining Genetic Stock; Producing and Marketing Honey; Commercial Queen Rearing; etc..." For more information see Santa Clara Valley Beekeepers Guild HONEY BEE RESEARCH Honey Bee Research Databases, Lectures, Courses, Videos, etc. BEE PUBLICATIONS - Honey Bee Research Unit, Carl Hayden Bee Research Center, USDA, Tucson, Arizona Multimedia Bee Publications (Text & Images). For more information see Products & Services or the Carl Hayden Bee Research Center CARL HAYDEN BEE RESEARCH CENTER - Honey Bee Research Unit, Carl Hayden Bee Research Center, USDA, Tucson, Arizona Multimedia Honey Bee Databases, Courses, Lessons, Publications, Technical Reports (Text, Images & Videos/Movies) VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. BEE DISEASES, PARASITES, PESTS, PREDATORS, COLONY COLLAPSE DISORDER (CCD), HONEY BEE BROOD DISRUPTION, MANAGED HONEYBEE COLONY LOSSES, ETC. Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), Honey Bee Brood Disruption, Managed Honeybee Colony Losses HONEY BEES AND COLONY COLLAPSE DISORDER (CCD) - Agricultural Research Service, Department of Agriculture (USDA) Multimedia Honey Bees and Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) (Text & Images). For more information see the Bee Research Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland; Honey Bee Breeding, Genetics and Physiology Laboratory, Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Carl Hayden Bee Research Center (CHBRC), Tucson, Arizona or the USDA Agricultural Research Service WINTER LOSS SURVEY 2012-2013: PRELIMINARY RESULTS - MAY 1, 2013 - Bee Informed Partnership; Funded by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, USDA Multimedia Preliminary Results: Honey Bee Colony Losses in the United States, Winter 2012-2013 (Text & Images). Preliminary Results: Honey Bee Colony Losses in the United States, Winter 2012-2013 "...On average, U.S. beekeepers lost 45.1% of the colonies in their operation during the winter of 2012/2013..." For for more information see Bee Informed Partnership REPORT ON THE NATIONAL STAKEHOLDERS CONFERENCE ON HONEY BEE HEALTH - National Honey Bee Health Stakeholder Conference Steering Committee; Organized by the CCD Steering Committee (Established by the U.S. Department of Agriculture) & the Pennsylvania State Univeristy Multimedia Report on the National Stakeholders Conference on Honey Bee Health - October 15-17, 2012 (Text & Images). "...Despite a remarkably intensive level of research effort towards understanding causes of managed honeybee colony losses in the United States, overall losses continue to be high and pose a serious threat to meeting the pollination service demands for several commercial crops..." For more information see the U.S. Department of Agriculture Honey Bee Diseases, Parasites, etc. HONEY BEE PARASITES, PESTS, PREDATORS AND DISEASES - Mid-Atlantic Apiculture Research and Extension Consortium (MAAREC) Multimedia Honey Bee Parasites, Pests, Predators & Diseases (Text & Images). For more information see Mid-Atlantic Apiculture Research and Extension Consortium (MAAREC) Bee Mites Databases BEE MITES - Systematic Entomology Laboratory, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Multimedia Bee Mites Databases (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Bee Mites "...Solitary and social bees are host to a great diversity of mite associates. Because at a minimum, most bees create a unique type of habitat by constructing nest cells and provisioning with pollen and nectar, a variety of resources are made available to invading mites. Bee-mite associations run the gamut from parasitism through commensalism to several types of mutualism, and many different lineages of bees have mite associates..." For more information see Mites; Mites & Ticks or the Systematic Entomology Laboratory NORTH AMERICAN BEE-ASSOCIATED MITES - Barry OConnor, Curator of Insects for the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan Multimedia Norht American Bee-Associated Mites Database (Text & Images). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. For more information see Acari Systematics or the Division of Insects BEE MEDICATION DATABASES BEE MEDICATION - Indiana State Beekeepers Association Multimedia Bee Medication Guide (Text & Images). VERY EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Bee Medication Guide" includes "...Medication/Usage; Length of Treatment; Method of Application; etc..." For more information see Indiana State Beekeepers Association POLLINATION DATABASES Insect Pollination Database INSECT POLLINATION OF CULTIVATED CROP PLANTS - S.E. McGregor, Honey Bee Research Unit, Carl Hayden Bee Research Center, USDA, Tucson, Arizona Multimedia Insect Pollination Of Cultivated Crop Plants Book - PDF, 849 Pages (Text & Images). Insect Pollination Of Cultivated Crop Plants Book "...The First and Only Virtual Beekeeping Book Updated Continously. Additions listed by crop and date..." Examples of "Insect Pollination Of Cultivated Crop Plants" Chapters & Subchapters include Introduction "...Economics of Plant Pollination; Flowering and Fruiting of Plants; Wild Bees and Wild Bee Culture..." Examples of "Crops Dependent upon or Benefited by Insect Pollination" include "...Alfafa; Almonds; Clover & Relatives; Legumes & Relatives; Tree Fruits & Nuts; Exotic Fruits & Nuts; Common Vegetables for Seed & Fruit; Small Fruits & Brambles; etc..." For more information see Online Books; Products & Services or the Carl Hayden Bee Research Center Honey Production HONEY PRODUCTION CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS CALCULATE THE WEIGHT OF HONEY IN TAPERED & CYLINDRICAL CONTAINERS - N. Walligford, New Zealand, and hosted by the Virtual Beekeeping Gallery, Beekeeping.com Honey Container Calculators include: Weight of Honey in TAPERED Containers Calculator INPUT Values include: "...Internal Diameter at top of Honey Level; Height of Honey; Internal Ciameter at Bottom; Honey Density..." Weight of Honey in CYLINDRICAL Containers Calculator INPUT Values include: "...Internal Diameter; Height of Honey; Honey Density..." For more information see Tools or Virtual Beekeeping Gallery Beeswax BEESWAX CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS BEESWAX POLISH FORMULAE - CALCULATOR - N. Walligford, New Zealand, and hosted by the Virtual Beekeeping Gallery, Beekeeping.com Beeswax Polish Formulae Calculators include: Liquid Beeswax Polish Calculator input & output values include: Input any one of the following values: "...Pure Beeswax; Turpentine; Quantity of polish..." Solid Beeswax Polish Calculator input & output values include: Input any one of the following values: "...Pure Beeswax; Turpentine; Quantity of polish..." For more information see Tools or Virtual Beekeeping Gallery

Forestry

Tree Species, Common & Scientific Names, Characteristics, Mechanical Properties, etc. Forestry Course, Lectures, Textbooks, etc. Forest Nursery Management ~ Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Timberland Finance & Management Calculators Forestry Economics, Analysis, Costs, etc. Spreadsheets Forest Ecosystems Simulations ~ Forest Hydrology Calculators Tree Height, Volume, Spacing, etc. Calculators Forestry Inventory, Analysis, Tree Biomass, Stand Damage Logging Calculators Fire Modeling, Fire Data, Fire Tests, etc. Fire Dynamics (Flame Height, Severity, Smoke Density, etc.) Forest Fire Tools & Modeling Sawmill Operations Hydrology, Hydraulics, Hydrogeology, Geohydrology, Reservoirs

Forestry TREE CHARACTERISTICS (WOOD CHARACTERISTICS) DATABASES, CALCULATORS & APPLETS Tree (Wood) Common Names, Scientific Names, Characteristics, etc. COMMON NAMES DATABASE AND WOOD PROPERTIES DATABASES - Center for Wood Anatomy Research, Forest Products Laboratory (FPL), Madison, Wisconsin; U.S. Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Multimedia Common Name Database & Wood Properties Databases (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Wood Properties Databases include "...Lesser Known Woods Database; North American Hardwoods Database; North American Softwoods Database; Tropical Hardwoods Database; etc..." Trees Common Name Database for each Tree species includes "...Common Name; Complete Scientific Name; Synonym; Family; Country of Orgin and if available a Tech Sheet..." Trees Common Name Tech Sheet (if available) for each Tree species includes: General Information; Other Common Names; Distribution; General Wood Characteristics "...Weight: Moisture content; Specific gravity; Weight lb/ft3..." Mechanical Properties "...MOE; MOR; WML; Hardness; Sheer; etc..." Drying and Shrinkage; Kiln Drying Schedules; etc. For more information see Advanced Housing Research Center (AHRC); Research; Forest Products Laboratory (FPL) or the U.S. Forest Service COMMON NAMES DATABASE OF WORLD TIMBERS - Regis B. Miller (Center for Wood Anatomy Research, Forest Products Laboratory) and Jugo Ili (Forestry and Forest Products, CSIRO); Hosted by the Center for Wood Anatomy Research, Forest Products Laboratory (FPL), Madison, Wisconsin; U.S. Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Multimedia Common Name Database & Wood Properties Databases (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Common Names Database of World Timbers "...The database contains approximately 30,000 unique botanical names and 130,000 common names including the corresponding botanical family name, synonyms, geographic origin, and links to technical data sheets if one is available..." Technical Data Sheets include "...Other Common Names; Distribution; The Tree (Height, etc.); The Wood: General Characteristics; Weight; Mechanical Properties; Drying and Shrinkage; Working Properties; Durability; Preservation; Uses; etc..." For more information see the Center for Wood Anatomy Research; Advanced Housing Research Center (AHRC); Research; Forest Products Laboratory (FPL) or the U.S. Forest Service COMMERCIAL TIMBERS (HARDWOOD) OF THE WORLD - Authors: H.G. Richter and M.J. Dallwitz; and hosted by Botany Online, University of Hamburg Multimedia Commerical Hardwood Trees Database (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Available in English, French/Français, German/Deutsch & Spanish/Español. Commercial Timbers of the World Database "...contains descriptions and an interactive identification system for hardwood taxa common in the international trade that occur in all major forest regions of the world..." Commercial Timbers of the World Description Sheet for each Tree species includes: "...Nomenclature; Trade and Local Names; Geographic Distribution; General Characteristics; Vessels; Tracheids and Fibres; Axial Parenchyma; Rays; Storied Structures; Illustrations Transverse Section Illustration; Tangential Section Illustration; Radial Section Illustration. Secretory Structures; Mineral Inclusions; etc..." For more information see Botany Online NATURAL DURABILITY OF WOOD: A WORLDWIDE CHECKLIST OF SPECIES - Authors: T.C. Scheffer & J.J. Morell, Forest Research Laboratory; Research Contribution #22; College of Forestry, Oregon State University Multimedia Natural Durability of Wood: A Worldwide Checklist of Species - PDF, 58 Pages (Text & Images). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Natural Durability of Wood: A Worldwide Checklist of Species "...1500 Wood Species..." "...Species are listed alphabetically by scientific name, along with trade name, decay resistance rating, growing region, and source of resistance information..." "...In this list, durability may be used synonymously with resistance to decay, termites, or marine borers..." For more information see Forest Research Laboratory: Research Contributions; Forestry Communications Group; Forest Research Laboratory or the College of Forestry WOOD HANDBOOK: WOOD AS AN ENGINEERING MATERIAL - Center for Wood Anatomy, Forest Products Laboratory (FPL), Madison, Wisconsin; U.S. Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Multimedia Wood Handbook: Wood as an Engineering Material - PDF, 486 Pages (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Wood Handbook: Wood as an Engineering Material" Chapters include: "...Characteristics and Availability of Commercially Important Wood; Structure of Wood; Physical Properties and Moisture Relations of Wood; Mechanical Properties of Wood; Commercial Lumber; Lumber Stress Grades and Design Properties; Fastenings (Nails, Spikes, Wood Screws, Bolts, etc.); Structural Analysis Equations; Adhesive Bonding of Wood Materials; Wood-Based Composites and Panel Products; Glued Structural Members; Finishing of Wood; Round Timbers and Ties; Specialty Treatments; etc..." For more information see Information Products & Services; Forest Products Laboratory (FPL) or the U.S. Forest Service WOOD PROPERTIES DATABASES - Center for Wood Anatomy Research, Forest Products Laboratory (FPL), Madison, Wisconsin; U.S. Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Multimedia Wood Properties Databases (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Wood Properties Databases include "...North American Hardwoods Database; North American Softwoods Database; Tropical Hardwoods Database; Lesser Known Woods Database..." Wood Properties Database Tech Sheets for each Tree species includes: General Information; Other Common Names; Distribution; General Wood Characteristics "...Weight: Moisture Content; Specific Gravity; Weight lb/ft3..." Mechanical Properties "...MOE; MOR; WML; Hardness; Sheer; etc..." Drying and Shrinkage; Kiln Drying Schedules; etc. For more information see Advanced Housing Research Center (AHRC); Research; Forest Products Laboratory (FPL) or the U.S. Forest Service COMMON NAMES DATABASE OF WORLD TIMBERS - Regis B. Miller (Center for Wood Anatomy Research, Forest Products Laboratory) and Jugo Ili (Forestry and Forest Products, CSIRO); Hosted by the Center for Wood Anatomy Research, Forest Products Laboratory (FPL), Madison, Wisconsin; U.S. Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Multimedia Common Name Database & Wood Properties Databases (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Common Names Database of World Timbers "...The database contains approximately 30,000 unique botanical names and 130,000 common names including the corresponding botanical family name, synonyms, geographic origin, and links to technical data sheets if one is available..." Technical Data Sheets include "...Other Common Names; Distribution; The Tree (Height, etc.); The Wood: General Characteristics; Weight; Mechanical Properties; Drying and Shrinkage; Working Properties; Durability; Preservation; Uses; etc..." For more information see the Center for Wood Anatomy Research; Advanced Housing Research Center (AHRC); Research; Forest Products Laboratory (FPL) or the U.S. Forest Service FORESTRY COURSES, LECTURES, TEXTBOOKS, ETC. Forestry Courses HARVESTING PROCESS ENGINEERING - L.D. Kellogg, Department of Forest Engineering, Resourses and Management, College of Forestry, Oregon State University Multimedia Harvesting Process Engineering Course (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Harvesting Process Engineering" Course Lectures include "...Chainsaw felling and tree processing; Mechanical directional felling / Log manufacturing quality control; Ground-based skidding; Mechanized logging; Cable yarding; Harvest planning processes; Loading, secondary transport, and sort yards; etc..." For more information see Harvesting Process Engineering Course Home Page; Loren D. Kellogg's Home Page; Department of Forest Engineering, Resourses and Management or the College of Forestry HILLSLOPE HYDROLOGY - J.J. McDonnell, Hillslope and Watershed Hydrology Lab, Department of Forest Engineering, Resourses and Management, College of Forestry, Oregon State University Multimedia Hillslope Hydrology Course (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Hillslope Hydrology" Course Lectures include "...Introduction to Hillslope Hydrology; Runoff; Plot Scale; Hillslope Scale; Catchment Scale; Modeling; etc..." For more information see Hillslope Hydrology Course Home Page; Hillslope and Watershed Hydrology Lab; Department of Forest Engineering, Resourses and Management or the College of Forestry HOW TO PRUNE TREES - Authors: P.J. Bedker, J.G. O'Brien, and M.M. Mielke; Illustrations by J. Janke, and HTML Editing by J. Bitz, Northeastern Area's St. Paul Field Office (St. Paul, Minnesota), U.S. Forest Service, Department of Agriculture (USDA) Multimedia Tree Pruning Lessons & Technical Reports (Text & Images). How to Prune Trees "...The objective of pruning is to produce strong, healthy, attractive plants..." For more information see How To Publications; Online Publications or the Northeastern Area Field Office Eamples from over "20" Forest & Tree Health Lesson & Technical Reports include How to Recognize Hazardous Defects in Trees How to Identify and Control Noninfectious Diseases of Tree Forestry Video Lectures FORESTRY VIDEO LECTURES (WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER) - Department of Natural Resource Sciences, College of Agriculture, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences, Washington State University Multimedia Forestry Video Lectures (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Forestry Video Lectures" Subject Categories which include over "50" Video Lectures include "...Forest Health Video Lectures; Forest Management & Ecology Video Lectures; Forest Management Tools Video Lectures; Silviculture Techniques & Tools Video Lectures; Special Forest Products Video Lectures; Timber Sales & Marketing Video Lectures; etc..." For more information see Forestry Extension or the Department of Natural Resource Sciences Forestry Lessons FORESTRY HAND & POWER TOOLS - Department of Natural Resource Sciences, College of Agriculture, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences, Washington State University Multimedia Forestry Hand & Power Tools Lessons (Text & Images). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Forestry Hand & Power Tools" Subject Categories include "...Fire Tools; Measurements; Moving Logs; Multi-Purpose; Planting; Pruning; Thinning; Felling; Weed Management; etc..." For more information see Basic Hand and Power Forestry Tools Home Page; Forestry Extension or the Department of Natural Resource Sciences FOREST NURSERY MANAGEMENT COURSES, LECTURES, TEXTBOOKS, ETC. FOREST NURSERY MANAGEMENT - Southern Forest Nursery Management Cooperative, Auburn University Multimedia Forest Nursery Management Lectures, Technical Reports, etc. (Text & Images). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Forest Nursery Management" Lectures, Technical Reports, etc. Subject Categories include "...Cultural Practices; Improved Seedlings; Mycorrhiza; Nursery; Nutrients & Irrigation; Transplanting Tips; etc..." INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT (IPM) BUGWOOD NETWORK - Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Georgia VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. INSECT IMAGE DATABASE - Joint project of The Bugwood Network and USDA Forest Service; The University of Georgia - Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources and College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences - Dept. of Entomology Multimedia Insect Image Database (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. FOREST PESTS, DISEASES, ETC. IMAGE DATABASE - Forestpest.org, Part of the Bugwood Network, Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Georgia Multimedia Forest Pest, Diseases, etc. Images Database (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. BARK AND WOOD BORING BEETLES OF THE WORLD - Developed by the University of Georgia Bugwood Network in cooperation with USDA Forest Service - Forest Health Protection, USDA APHIS PPQ, Georgia Forestry Commission, Texas Forest Service and the Pests and Diseases Image Library - Australia Multimedia Bark and Wood Boring Beetles of the World Databases & Atlases (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. TIMBERLAND INVESTMENT FINANCE CALCULATORS & APPLETS TIMBERLAND MANAGEMENT SIMULATIONS TIMBERLAND DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM (TDSS): FINANCIAL CALCULATORS - W. Xu, Timberland Decision Support Service (TDSS), Texas Forest Service VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Texas A&M Forest Service TDSS "...is a web-based decision tool for non-industrial private forest landowners and others who are interested in timberland investment and management..." Examples of Timberland Basic Financial Calculators include "...Timberland Compound Interest Calculator; Timberland Real Rate/Nominal Rate Calculator; Timberland Periodic Constant Payments Calculator; Timberland Land Rent Calculator - Timberland Land Value Calculator; Timberland Bare Land Value Calculator; etc..." For more information see Texas Forest Service TIMBERLAND MANAGEMENT SIMULATOR - W. Xu, Timberland Decision Support Service (TDSS), Texas Forest Service VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Timberland Management Siumlator INPUT Values include Timberland Stand Parameters "...Growth & Yield Models; Site Index; Initial Stand Age; etc..." Timberland Financial Parameters "...Discount Rate, Wood Type: Saw Log, Pulp Wood, Chip-n-Saw; Regeneration Costs; Annual Costs; etc..." Timberland Harvest Regime "...Harvest Type; Stand Age; Harvest Intensity: Percentage of trees Cut..." Expense As Percentage of Harvest Value for First Thinning, Second Thinning; etc.)..." For more information see Timberland Decision Support System or the Texas Forest Service TIMBERLAND INVESTMENT CALCULATOR - W. Xu, Timberland Decision Support Service (TDSS), Texas Forest Service VERY EXTENSIVE. Timberland Investment Calculator "...can be used to analyze timberland investment if you know all the costs and revenues of the investment..." For more information see Timberland Decision Support System or the Texas Forest Service FORESTRY ECONOMICS CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) FOREST ECONOMICS CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) FORESTRY ECONOMIC ANALYSIS CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) FORESTRY PLANNING & COSTS EXTIMATE SPREADSHEETS (XLS) FOREST ECONOMIC SPREADSHEETS (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Click ON Forest. Examples from over "8" Forestry Economic Calculators include "...A Conservation Buffer Economic Calculator; Forest and Windbreak Economic Calculator; Forestry Economic Analysis Calculator; Forestry Planning and Cost Estimate Calculator; Rotation Budget for Hybrid Popular for Pulp Fiber Calculator; etc..." For more information see Tools By Landuse; NRCS Economics; Technical Resources or the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) AUSTRALIAN MASTER TREEGROWER FORESTRY ECONOMIC TOOLS (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - The Australian Master TreeGrower (MTG), The University of Melbourne VERY EXTENSIVE. Australian Master TreeGrower Economic Tools include "...MTG Inventory Spreadsheet & Stocking Rate Guide..." For more information see Agroforestry FORESTRY CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS ECOSYSTEMS CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS ECOLOGY CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS ECOLOGY SIMULATORS - G. Booth VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Ecology Simulators" include "...Predator/Prey with Functional Response; Diversity Metrics; Population Growth Models; etc..." For more information see Portfolio or Ginger Booth's Home Page GECKO SIMULATORS - G. Booth VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Gecko Simulators" include "...Woods; GrassWorld; BacSim (models microbial ecology); etc..." For more information see Portfolio or Ginger Booth's Home Page

FOREST HYDROLOGY CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS TURBIDITY THRESHOLD CALCULATOR (JAVA APPLET) - Pacific Southwest Research Station, U.S. Forest Service VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Turbidity is "...an optical measure of the number, size, shape, and color of particles in suspension..." Turbidity Threshold Sampling "...collects physical samples that are distributed over a range of rising and falling turbidities...The resulting set of samples can be used to accurately determine suspended sediment loads by..." For more information see Guidelines for Setting Turbidity Thresholds; How Turbidity Threshold Sampling Works; Turbidity Threshold Sampling; Research Topics: Water and Watersheds; Research Topics; Pacific Southwest Research Station or the U.S. Forest Service FORESTRY CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS TREE HEIGHT, TREE VOLUME, TREE SPACING, ETC. NEW ZEALAND SCHOOL OF FORESTRY TOOLS - N. Ledgard, L. Langer & E. Mason, School of Forestry, University of Canterbury, New Zealand VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. For more information see Resources or the School of Forestry Some examples from over "12" Forestry Modeling Software Programs & Forestry Calculators include Tree Height Calculator Tree Height Calculator INPUT Values include "...Top Angle; Datum Angle; Distance; Datum Height; etc..." Risk of Wilding Spread Calculator Risk of Wilding Spread Calculator INPUT Values include "...Species Planted; Siting Risk; etc..." Growth and Yield Model Calculator for Douglas-fir in the South Island, NZ Growth and Yield Model Calculator for Douglas-fir in the South Island, NZ INPUT Values include "...Age; Mean Top Height; Basal Area/Ha; Stems/Ha; etc..." TIMBER CALCULATORS - J. Brokaw, The Timber Buyers Network VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Examples of Timber Calculators include "...Tree Value Comparison Calculator; Log Value Comparison Calculator; Tree Volume Calculator; Tree Value Calculator; Tree Spacing Calculator; etc..." For more information see The Timber Buyers Network FORESTRY INVENTORY, ANALYSIS, TREE BIOMASS CALCULATORS & APPLETS FORESTRY STAND DAMAGE CALCULATORS & APPLETS STAND-DAMAGE MODEL WITH JAVA - Research Work Unit NE-4557, Forestry Sciences Laboratory, Morgantown, WV, Northeastern Research Station, U.S. Forest Service VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Stand-Damage Applet "...simulates tree diameter and height growth, foliage production, and mortality. Each year the model calculates diameter growth of trees as a function of relative stocking (a measure of tree crowding), shading,..." For more information see the Stand-Damage Model; Stand-Growth and Gypsy Moth Software; Research Work Unit NE-4557: Disturbance Ecology and Management of Oak-Dominated Forests; Forestry Sciences Laboratory, Morgantown, WV; Northeastern Research Station or the U.S. Forest Service Tree Biomass Calculators & Applets INTERACTIVE HUBBARD BROOK SINGLE-TREE BIOMASS CALCULATOR - Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, N.H. VERY EXTENSIVE. Hubbard Brook Single-Tree Biomass Calculator "...calculates the biomass for individual trees and their parts...lets you summarize the amount of various elements in the plant tissues in grams per plant part and..." For more information see Quantifying the Forest; Current Research or The Hubbard Brook Ecosstem Study LOGGING CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS LOG VOLUME CALCULATOR - WOODWEB Inc., Montrose, PA Log Volume Calculator INPUT Values include "...Diameter; Length; Number of Logs this Size; Log Scales (Doyle, Scribner or International)..." For more information see Calculators or WOODWEB LOG WEIGHT CALCULATOR - WOODWEB Inc., Montrose, PA VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Log Weight Calculator "...Calculates Log Weight for over "120" species of wood..." Log Weight Calculator INPUT Values include "...Species; Small End Diameter; Large End Diameter; Length; Number of Logs this Size..." For more information see Calculators or WOODWEB LOG WEIGHT CALCULATOR (METRIC) - WOODWEB Inc., Montrose, PA VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Log Weight Calculator "...Calculates Log Weight for over "120" species of wood..." Log Weight Calculator INPUT Values include "...Species; Small End Diameter; Large End Diameter; Length; Number of Logs this Size..." For more information see Calculators or WOODWEB FIRE MODELING, FIRE DATA, FIRE TESTS CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SIMULATIONS FIRE ON THE WEB - Building and Fire Research Laboratory (BFRL), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Multimedia Databases, Lessons, Publications, Technical Reports & Videos (Text, Images & Videos/Movies). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Fire on the Web "...is a collection of resources from the Building and Fire Research Laboratory's Fire Research Division at NIST. These Web pages provide links to fire related software, experimental fire data and mpeg/quick time movies of fire tests that can be downloaded and/or viewed with a Web browser..." Examples of "Fire On The Web" Fire Databases & Fire Simulations include Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) and Smokeview "...FDS is a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model of fire-driven fluid flow. The software solves numerically a form of the Navier-Stokes equations appropriate for low-speed, thermally-driven flow with an emphasis on smoke..." Fire Growth and Smoke Transport Modeling with CFAST "...The Consolidated Model of Fire and Smoke Transport, CFAST, is a computer program that fire investigators, safety officials, engineers, architects and builders can use to simulate the impact of past or potential fires..." FIRE MODELING PROGRAMS - Fire Research Division, Engineering Laboratory, NIST VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples from over "10" Fire Modeling Programs include "...Characterization of Internal Flow of Firefighter Respirator; Cigarette Ignition Metrology; Fires in the Wildland-Urban Interface - Development of an Outdoor-Scale Fire Model b Hydrogen Flammability, Detection, and Fire Safety; Sprinkler Decision Tool for Communities; etc..." For more information see Fire Research Division or the Engineering Laboratory FIRE DYNAMICS CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) FIRE DYNAMICS TOOLS (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Fire Protection Engineering and Special Projects Section, Plant Systems Branch (SPLB) Division of Systems Safety and Analysis (DSSA), Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Fire Dynamics Tools include over "20" Spreadsheets including: "...Predicting Hot Gas Layer Temperature and Smoke Layer Height in a Room Fire with Natural Ventilation, Forced Ventilation & Door Closed Spreadsheet; Estimating Wall Fire Flame Height Spreadsheet; Estimating Thermal Radiation from Hydrocarbon Fireballs Spreadsheet; Estimating Burning Duration of Solid Combustibles Spreadsheet; Estimating Centerline Temperature of a Buoyant Fire Plume Spreadsheet; Estimating Sprinkler Response Time Spreadsheet; Fire Severity Calculations Spreadsheet; Estimating Visibility Through Smoke Spreadsheet; etc..." For more information see NUREG-1805; Staff Reports; NUREG-Series Publications; Document Collections; Electronic Reading Room or the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) PILED FUELS BIOMASS AND EMISSIONS CALCULATOR - C. Wright, Fire and Environmental Research Applications Team (FERA), Pacific Wildland Fire Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest Research Station, U.S. Forest Service VERY EXTENSIVE. Pile Fuels Biomass and Emissions Calculator "...allows land managers to more accurately assess biomass in hand piles, leading to better smoke production estimates, improved burn scheduling, and more accurate compliance with the maximum allowable emissions limits as determined by various state smoke management plans..." For more information see Estimating the Biomass of Piled Fuels for Smoke Management Planning; Fire and Environmental Research Applications Team (FERA); Pacific Wildland Fire Sciences Laboratory; Pacific Northwest Research Station or the U.S. Forest Service

FOREST FIRE TOOLS & MODELING Forest Fire Tools, Calculators & Spreadsheets (xls) WILDLAND FIRE AIR QUALITY TOOLS - WFDSS-AQ team at USFS AirFire, USFS PNW AirFire Team, Desert Research Institute's Center for Fire Ecological Applications (DRI/CEFA) & Sonoma Technology, Inc. Multimedia Wildland Fire Air Quality Tools (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Wildland Fire Air Quality Tools "...This site was developed to try to provide a "one-stop shopping" portal for air quality tools. Primarily designed to be accessed from the Wildland Fire Decision Support System, it also exists as a stand-alone site..." For more information see the U.S. Forest Service AirFire Team BLUESKY GATEWAY - U.S. Forest Service AirFire Team & Sonoma Technology, Inc. VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. BlueSky Framework "...is a modeling framework designed to facilitate the operation of predictive models that simulate cumulative smoke impacts, air quality, and emissions from forest, agricultural, and range fires..." "...was created through the close collaboration of land management and air quality regulators and scientific researchers. The BlueSky Framework is governed by the BlueSky Consortium with the USDA Forest Service AirFire Team taking the lead responsibility for scientific development..." For more information see the U.S. Forest Service AirFire Team SMOKE AND EMISSIONS MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT (SEMIP) - U.S. Forest Service AirFire Team & Sonoma Technology, Inc., US Forest Service PNW Research Station, & the Joint Fire Science Program Multimedia Smoke and Emission Model Intercomparison Project (SEMIP) (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Smoke and Emission Model Intercomparison Project (SEMIP) "...an ongoing community effort to intercompare and evaluate the growing number of fire smoke and fire emissions models that have been developed. SEMIP is designed to be of use to both the scientific and management communities who need model performance comparisons..." For more information see the U.S. Forest Service AirFire Team FIRE & AVIATION MANAGEMENT - U.S. Forest Service VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Fire & Aviation Management includes "...Fire & Aviation Management Fire Applications Software; Tools & Technology (Wildland Fire Chemicals; Wildland Fire Situation; etc.); etc..." For more information see the U.S. Forest Service Forest Fire Modeling Applets FOREST FIRE MODEL (JAVA APPLET) - A. Schueller, Department of Mathematics, Whitman College Forest Fire Model "...At the start of this model, you will see trees growing uncontrollably. After a while, lightening strikes will start fires. The fires will spread, destroying trees in big swaths. Behind the fires, new trees will grow up again. If you have pGrowth and pBurn set at the right levels, you should see clusters of trees develop and burn..." For more information see My Java Applets or Albert Schueller's Home Page FOREST FIRES & PERCOLATION (JAVA APPLET) - P. Trunfio & G. McGath, Center for Polymer Studies, Department of Physics, Boston University Forest Fires and Percolation "...Imagine a forest in which the trees were planted by scattering seeds randomly all over the ground. The trees are now full-grown, tall and green. Some trees stand alone; others are in clusters. The forest is peaceful on a quiet, windless day. Now imagine that all the trees along one edge of the forest are suddenly set on fire. As each tree burns, the fire spreads rapidly..." For more information see Fractals in Science; Center for Polymer Studies or the Department of Physics

Fertilizer, Manure, Compost & Spreaders

Soil Test, Interpretation & Fertilizer Decision Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium, Secondary Nutrients, Micro Nutrients Compost & Manure Composting Manure, Animal Waste, Manure Nutrients Ammonia Emissions & Waste Anaerobic Digester Economics - Biogas Economic Assessment Fertilizer & Nitrogen Management Spreaders for Fertilizer & Liquid Animal Waste

Fertilizer, Manure, Compost & Spreaders SOIL TEST INTERPRETATION CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) FERTILIZER DECISION CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) SOIL TEST INTERPRETATION AND FERTILIZER DECISION-SUPPORT SYSTEM (JAVA WEB START APPLET) - Soil, Water and Forage Analytical Laboratory, Department of Plant & Soil Sciences, Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Oklahoma State University VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Soil Test Interpretation and Fertilizer Decision-Support System (includes Fertilizer Blending and Cost Calculator) "...provides fertilizer rates to meet the crop nutrient needs based on soil test results. It also calculates the value and application rates of animal manure as a nutrient source for specific field conditions..." For more information see the Soil, Water and Forage Analytical Laboratory; Department of Plant & Soil Sciences or the Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources NITROGEN, PHOSPHORUS, POTASSIUM, SECONDAY NUTRIENTS & MICRO NUTRIENTS LESSONS, CALCULATORS, VIDEOS, ETC. NITROGEN USE EFFICIENCY NITROGEN USE EFFICIENCY - Nitrogen Use Efficiency, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Oklahoma State University Multimedia Nitrogen Use Efficiency (Text & Images). Examples of "Nitrogen Use Efficiency" Lessons, Technical Reports, etc. include "...Nitrogen Cycle; Nitrogen Deficiencies; Nitrogen Fertilizers; Nitrogen Fertilization Methods; Nitrogen Uptake in Corn and Wheat; etc..." For more information see the Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources NITROGEN, PHOSPHORUS, POTASSIUM, SECONDAY NUTRIENTS & MICRO NUTRIENTS NPK - NITROGEN, PHOSPHORUS, POTASSIUM, SECONDAY NUTRIENTS & MICRO NUTRIENTS - NPK, Extension Programs, Department of Plant & Soil Sciences, Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Oklahoma State University Multimedia Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium, Secondary Nutrients, Micro Nutrients Lessons, Technical Reports, etc. (Text & Images). Nitrogen Lessons, Technical Reports, etc. include "...Nitrogen General Information; Nitrogen Cycle; Nitrogen Fertilizers..." Phosphorus Lessons, Technical Reports, etc. include "...Phosphorus General Information; Phosphorus Cycle; Phosphorus Fertilizers..." Potassium Lessons, Technical Reports, etc. include "...Potassium General Information; Potassium Cycle; Potassium Fertilizers..." Secondary Nutrients Lessons, Technical Reports, etc. include "...Calcium, Magnesium & Sulfur..." Micro Nutrients Lessons, Technical Reports, etc. include "...Boron, Iron, Zinc, Manganese, Copper, Chlorine, Molybdenum, etc...." For more information see Department of Plant & Soil Sciences or the Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources NITROGEN RATE CALCULATOR SENSOR-BASED NITROGEN RATE CALCULATOR - Developed by: Oklahoma State University, CIMMYT, INTA, Australian Farmers, The Noble Foundation, Ohio State University, Virginia Tech, USDA-ARS, National Soil Tilth Lab, Ag Canada & Kansas State University; Hosted by the: Soil, Water and Forage Analytical Laboratory (SWFAL), Department of Plant & Soil Sciences, Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Oklahoma State University VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples from over "28" Sensor-Based Nitrogen Rate Calculators include "...Winter Wheat (US Grain Belt); Spring Wheat-Rainfed (US, Canada, Mexico); Spring Wheat-E.Australia; Spring Wheat-India; Trigo Bajo-Riego (Mexico); Winter Wheat (China); Corn-Rainfed and Irrigated (US Grain Belt); Canola (Canada); Sorghum-Great Plains; Cotton South West Irrigated; Corn (Zimbabwe); Rice (Kenya); Winter Wheat Protein Optimizer; etc..." For more information see the Soil, Water and Forage Analytical Laboratory (SWFAL); Departmental Websites or the Department of Plant & Soil Sciences RATE APPLICATION CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS VARIABLE N RATE APPLICATOR (QUICKTIME) - Nitrogen Use Efficiency, Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Oklahoma State University Multimedia Variable N Rate Application (Text, Images & Videos/Movies). For more information see Nitrogen Use Efficiency or the Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources COMPOST CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) CO-COMPOSTER (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - D. Haith, T. Crone, A. Sherman, J. Lincoln, J. Reed, S. Saidi & J. Trembley; Cornell Waste Management Institute, Department of Crop & Soil Science, Cornell University VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Co-Composter is "...an Excel spreadsheet model for the planning of co-composting systems for mixtures of dairy manure and other organic wastes. Co-Composter provides mass and volume balances, area estimations, and a cost analysis of alternate composting systems based on inputs entered on the user..." Co-Composter Calculator INPUT Values include: "...Average number of dairy animals (in each category) present on the farm during the year; Moisture content of the raw manure (% by weight); Daily volume of digested manure; Is wastewater (e.g. from milkhouse or parlor) added to the raw lactating cow manure; Moisture content (%) of the separated solids; Days the manure and separated solids will be stored at the composting pad before composting; Annual volumes (ft3), maximum days of storage, & value of additional materials to be composted; etc..." For more information see Co-Composter; Composting or the Cornell Waste Management Institute COMPOST MIX CALCULATOR - Klickitat County, Washington VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Compost Mix Calculator "...solves for the TOTAL carbon to nitrogen ratio of up 4 materials (or less) in a mix. The calculations use average bulk weights per cubic foot, average moisture contents and take into account the availability of carbon..." Compost Mix Calculator INPUT Values include Materials & CuFt for: "...Beef Manure/Waste; Dairy Manure/Waste; Horse Manure/Waste; Pig Manure/Waste; Poultry Manure/Waste; Sheep Manure/Waste; Vegetable Waste; Grass; Coffee Grounds; Woodchips; etc...." Compost Mix Calculator output values include their corresponding values for "...Pounds Wet (LbWet); Percent of Water (H2O); Available Percent of Carbon (C); Percent of Nitrogen (N); Available Pounds of Carbon (C); Available Pounds of Nitrogen (N); etc..." For more information see the Solid Waste Home Page or Klickitat County MANURE COMPOSTING CALCULATOR - Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, Alberta, Canada VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Manure Composting Calculator "...determines the amount of carbon source material and water needed to create a good compost mix. The calculator is primarily intended for manure composting, however it can be used for other materials as well..." Manure Composting Calculator INPUT Values include: Nitrogen Source "...Beef, Dairy, Horse, Pig, Poultry, Sheep & Fish Liquid or Solid Manure/Waste; Grass Clippings; Hay; etc..." Carbon Source "...Grass Clippings; Hay; Paperv Cardboard; Straw; Sawdust; etc..." Volume & Desired Moisture Content of your Mix For more information see Livestock Calculators; Calculators or Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development

MANURE CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) ANIMAL WASTE CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) MANURE NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY CALCULATORS, APPLETS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) ANIMAL WASTE/MANURE ECONOMICS (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Authors: W.F. Lazarus, W. Meland & R. Koehler; Department of Applied Economics, College of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota Multimedia Animal Waste/Manure Economics Calculators, Spreadsheets, Technical Reports, etc. (Text & Images). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Animal Waste/Manure Economics Calculators & Spreadsheets" include MANURWKST.XLS "...used to determine whether manure will make a positive cash flow contribution to a livestock/farming operation, or whether it will result in a net cost to the livestock operation..." MANURCST.XLSM "...used by livestock producers or custom manure applicators to estimate the cost of distributing manure on land. It allows the user to enter farm specific information such as the equipment being used, the distance to land receiving the manure, and market prices..." For more information see William F. Lazarus' Decision Tools; William F. Lazarus' Home Page or the Department of Applied Economics ANIMAL AND POULTRY MANURE PRODUCTION & CHARACTERIZATION - C. James Barker (Emeritus), Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, North Carolina State University Multimedia Animal & Poultry Manure Production & Characterization Databases, Lessons, Technical Reports, Nutrient Content of Fertilizer and Organic Materials Database, etc. (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Animal & Poultry Manure Production & Characterization" Databases Subject Categories include DAIRY, BEEF VEAL & SWINE "...Fresh Manure; Paved Surface Scraped Manure; Liquid Manure Slurry; Anaerobic Lagoon Liquid & Sludge..." SHEEP, GOAT & HORSE "...Fresh Manure; Paved Surface Scraped Manure..." RABBIT & DOG "...Fresh Manure..." LAYERS "...Fresh Manure; Paved Surface Scraped Manure; Unpaved Deep Pit Stored Manure; Liquid Manure Slurry; Anaerobic Lagoon Liquid; Sludge..." BROILERS "...Fresh Manure; House Whole Litter; House Manure Cake; Cornish, Roaster & Breeder Hen House Whole Litter; Cornish Hen House Manure Cake & Stockpiled Litter..." TURKEY "...Fresh Manure; House Whole Litter; House Manure Cake; Brooder (Poult) House Whole Litter; Breeder House Whole Litter; Stockpiled Litter..." DUCK "...Fresh Manure; House Whole Litter; Stockpiled Litter..." RATTITES "...Ostrich Manure..." GAME BIRD "...Bobwhite Quail, Jumbo Quail, Chukar Partridge & Ring-Neck Pheasant House Whole Litter..." For more information see C. James Barker's Home Page; Animal Waste Management Systems; Animal Waste Management; Animal Waste Progams by Department; Animal Waste Progams or the College of Agriculture & Life Sciences ANIMAL WASTE & MANURE CALCULATORS (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Animal Waste & Manure Calculators include Animal Waste Economics Calculator - Animal Waste Production Computation; AWM Costs Calculator "...Rent; Lagoon; Tank; Compost; Biogas..." Dairy Waste Management Analysis Calculator; Economic Value of Manure Calculator; Animal Waste Nutrient Value Analysis Calculator; Pig Waste Nutrient Analysis Calculator; etc. For more information see Tools By Landuse; NRCS Economics; Technical Resources or the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) MANURE DISTRIBUTION COST ANALYZER - SPREADSHEET (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - R. Massey, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, College of Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources, University of Missouri VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Click ON "Manure Distribution Cost Analyzer". Manure Distribution Cost Analyzer "...allows users to obtain an estimate of the cost (both time and money) of transporting and land applying manure to fields using a specified complement of equipment..." For more information see Ray Massey's Downloads; Ray Massey's Home Page; Ray Massey's Faculty Home Page or the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics MANURE NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY CALCULATOR - Purdue Research Foundation, Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture, Purdue University VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Manure Nutrient Calculator INPUT Values include: Select State; Select County; Manure Information "...Animal Type; Manure Analysis; Manure Storage..." Field/Application Information "...Field Information; Manure Application Information; etc..."; etc. For more information see Manure Management Planner Web Calculators; Manure Management Planner or the Department of Agronomy MANURE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - R.K. Koelsch, Livestock Environmental Engineer, Environmental Engineering & Bioremediation, Department of Biological Systems Engineering and the Department of Animal Science, College of Agriculture Sciences and Natural Resources, University of Nebraska, Lincoln VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Manure Management Software" includes "...Whole Farm Nutrient Balance; Feed Nutrient Management Planning Economics; Nutrient Inventory; Manure Use Plan; etc..." For more information see Livestock Manure Management or Manure TCFA MANURE VALUE CALCULATOR - Texas Cattle Feeders Association VERY EXTENSIVE. TCFA Manure Value Calculator "...use this online calculator to determine the value of nutrients in manure and compare commercial fertilizer costs to manure costs..." For more information see Texas Cattle Feeders Association VALUE OF MANURE ESTIMATOR - SPREADSHEET (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - R. Massey, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, College of Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources, University of Missouri VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Click ON "Value of Manure Estimator". Examples of "Value of Manure Estimator" Calculator INPUT Values include "...Fertilizer Costs; Crops; Type of Manure; Type of Application; Crop Removal Value of Manure Nutrients; Estimated liquid pit manure characteristics (lbs./1,000 gallons of manure) - Livestock Stages; Crop Removal of Nutrients in Harvested Portion; etc..." For more information see Ray Massey's Downloads; Ray Massey's Home Page; Ray Massey's Faculty Home Page or the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics

AMMONIA EMISSIONS & WASTE CALCULATORS, SPREADSHEETS, ETC. AMMONIA EMISSIONS ESTIMATOR - Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, Alberta, Canada Multimedia Ammonia Emissions Estimator (Text & Images). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Ammonia Emissions Estimator "...Accurate ammonia loss estimates from manure are needed to improve nutrient management recommendations and test the value of ammonia abatement techniques..." Ammonia Emissions Estimator INPUT Values include Animal Species and Production Stage "...Beef, Dairy, Poulty, Swine..." Herd Size; etc..." For more information see Livestock Decision Making Tools; Calculators or Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development AMMONIA LOSSES FROM LIZUID MANURE APPLICATIONS CALCULATOR - Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, Alberta, Canada Multimedia Ammonia Losses from Liquid Manure Applications Calculator (Text & Images). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Ammonia Losses from Liquid Manure Applications Calculator "...Estimates of whole-farm ammonia emissions suggest that as much as 35% of the total ammonia emissions may occur during land application of manure depending on manure characteristics and environmental conditions..." "...The primary purpose of this calculator is to assist producers with the implementation of management practices that promote environmental and economic sustainability..." For more information see Livestock Decision Making Tools; Calculators or Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development ANAEROBIC DIGESTER ECONOMICS, BIOGAS ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT CALCULATORS, SPREADSHEETS, ETC. DIGESTER ECONOMICS - BIOGAS ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - B.A. Gloy, Director, Center for Commercial Agriculture, Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue Agriculture, Purdue University Multimedia Digester Economics - Biogas Economic Assessmet Calculator - Spreadsheet (Text & Images). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Digester Economics - Biogas Economic Assessmet Calculator - Spreadsheet "...can be used for a general economic assessement of an anaerobic digestion system..." "...The inputs are used to create pro-forma financial statements for the biogas project and conduct a discounted cash flow analysis of the project..." For more information see Tools and Resources - Special Topics - Anaerobic Digestion and Bio-Energy; Tools and Resources - Special Topics; Tools and Resources; Brent Gloy's Home Page; Center for Commercial Agriculture or the Department of Agricultural Economics DIGESTER FARMWARE - BIOGAS ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - B.A. Gloy, Director, Center for Commercial Agriculture, Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue Agriculture, Purdue University Multimedia Digester FarmWare - Biogas Economic Assessmet Calculator - Spreadsheet (Text & Images). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Digester FarmWare - Biogas Economic Assessmet Calculator - Spreadsheet "...desinged to conduct an analysis from the outputs the US EPA's FarmWare program..." "...The inputs are used to create pro-forma financial statements for the biogas project and conduct a discounted cash flow analysis of the project..." For more information see Tools and Resources - Special Topics - Anaerobic Digestion and Bio-Energy; Tools and Resources - Special Topics; Tools and Resources; Brent Gloy's Home Page; Center for Commercial Agriculture or the Department of Agricultural Economics ANAEROBIC DIGESTER ECONOMICS (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - W.F. Lazarus; Department of Applied Economics, College of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota Multimedia Anaerobic Digester Economics Spreadsheet (Text & Images). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. For more information see William F. Lazarus' Decision Tools; William F. Lazarus' Home Page or the Department of Applied Economics ANAEROBIC DIGESTER CALCULATOR - Biorealis Systems, Inc. Multimedia Anaerobic Digester Calculator (Text & Images). VERY EXTENSIVE. For more information see Biorealis Systems, Inc. FERTILIZER DATABASES, CALCULATORS, APPLETS, SPREADSHEETS, ETC. CROP FERTILIZER RECOMMENDATION CALCULATOR - Purdue Research Foundation, Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture, Purdue University VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Crop Fertilizer Calculator INPUT Values include: Select State; Select County; Field/Crop Information "...Predominant Soil Type; Planned Crop; Previous Crop; Irrigated with Water; etc..."; Soil Test Data; Fertilizer Recommendations. For more information see Manure Management Planner Web Calculators; Manure Management Planner or the Department of Agronomy COMMERCIAL FERTILIZER CALCULATOR - FERTCALC (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Authors: B. Krug, B. Whipker & M. Peet, Floriculture, Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, North Carolina State University VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Commercial Fertilizer Calculator (FERTCALC) "...Users input desired injector ratio, size of stock tank, desired PPM of N, P, or, K, and elemental analysis of their fertilizer..." "...can calculate concentrations for up to four injectors at the same time, using both water soluble fertilizers and liquid fertilizers (Daniels)..." "...also give the user the option to calculate the amount (in ppm) is of N, S, or P from acid injection, cost of fertilizer being delivered, ratios of ammonia, and nitrate, and finally N:P:K and K:Ca:Mg ratios..." For more information see Floriculture Software; Floriculture or the Department of Horticulture FERTILISER CONVERSION - HGCA (a Non-Departmental Public Body established under the Cereals Marketing Act 1965), London, U.K. "...Use this fertiliser conversion tool to convert a quantity of elemental fertiliser to oxides or vice versa..." For more information see the Agronomy Calculators; Tools or HGCA ORGANIC FERTILIZER CALCULATORS (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Small Farms Program, Oregon State University Extension Service, Oregon State University VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Organic Fertilizer Calculators include "...Cover Crop Calculator; Small Farm/Garden Calculator..." For more information see Small Farms; Agriculture or the Oregon State University Extension Service SENSOR-BASED NITROGEN RATE CALCULATOR - Developed by: Oklahoma State University, CIMMYT, INTA, Australian Farmers, The Noble Foundation, Ohio State University, Virginia Tech, USDA-ARS, National Soil Tilth Lab, Ag Canada & Kansas State University; Hosted by the: Soil, Water and Forage Analytical Laboratory (SWFAL), Department of Plant & Soil Sciences, Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Oklahoma State University VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples from over "28" Sensor-Based Nitrogen Rate Calculators include "...Winter Wheat (US Grain Belt); Spring Wheat-Rainfed (US, Canada, Mexico); Spring Wheat-E.Australia; Spring Wheat-India; Trigo Bajo-Riego (Mexico); Winter Wheat (China); Corn-Rainfed and Irrigated (US Grain Belt); Canola (Canada); Sorghum-Great Plains; Cotton South West Irrigated; Corn (Zimbabwe); Rice (Kenya); Winter Wheat Protein Optimizer; etc..." For more information see the Soil, Water and Forage Analytical Laboratory (SWFAL); Departmental Websites or the Department of Plant & Soil Sciences NPK/FERTILIZER CALCULATOR: COMPARE FERTLIZER COSTS - American Crystal Sugar Company VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. NPK Calculator - Fertilizer Calculator INPUT Values include: "...Soil Tests Readings for N, P, K; Acres to be Treated..." NPK Calculator - Fertilizer Calculator OUTPUT values include: Fertilizer Prices for Common Fertilizer Types "...Anhydrous ammonia;Urea; UAN; DAP 18-46-0; MAP 11-52-0; etc..." Compare Products..." For more information see Calculators; Ag Tools; Agronomy or the American Crystal Sugar Company SPREADERS CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS FERTILIZER, MANURE & COMPOST SPREADER RATE SPREAD RATE (BY MASS) or AREA DENSITY CALCULATOR - F. Tapson & Cleave Books, Centre for Innovation in Mathematics Teaching, University of Exeter, U.K. "...The MASS spread rate gives the area density of a flat, surface of uniform thickness which is also known as the plate density..." Spread Rate Calculator INPUT Values include: "...Pounds per acre/kg per sq.metre; Pounds per sq.inch/grams per sq.mm; etc..." For more information see Specialist Calculators; Cleave Books or the Centre for Innovation in Mathematics Teaching

Insects & Pests

INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT (IPM) Integrated Pest Management Video Lectures Integrated Pest Management Image Databases (Crops, Vegetables, Fruits, Nuts, Grains, Ornamentals, Pasture, Forage, Honey Bees, Livestock, Poultry, Post Harvest, Forestry, etc.) Field Techniques Courses & Lectures Integrated Pest Management Courses, Lectures, Handbooks, Manuals, etc. (Crops, Grains, Vegetables, Fruit Trees, Nuts, Horticulture, Livestock, Poultry, Legume, Grass, Field Seed, Herbs, etc.) Greenhouse IPM Citrus IPM ~ Fruit Trees IPM ~ Mushroom IPM ~ Sorghum IPM ~ Vegetables IPM Cockroach IPM ~ Fruit Fly IPM ~ Grasshoppers IPM Nematodes IPM ~ Plant-Feeding Mites IPM ~ Whitefly IPM PHEROMONES (Insect Behaviour Modifying Chemicals Databases) CHEMICAL ECOLOGY OF INSECTS

Integrated Pest Management (IPM) INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT VIDEO LECTURES INSECT PEST MANAGEMENT DIGITAL VIDEO LIBRARY (FLASH, QUICKTIME, REALPLAYER MEDIA, WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER) - Agriculture Pest Management, Lubbock Research & Extension Center, Texas A&M University Multimedia Insect Pest Management Video Lectures (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Insect Pest Management" Video Subject Categories include Insect Collecting Techniques Videos; Cotton Videos; Corn Videos; Peanut Videos; Sorghum Videos; For more information see the Lubbock Research & Extension Center INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT IMAGE DATABASES Plant Diagnostics Image Databases PDIS IMAGE LABRARY (QUICKTIME) - Plant Diagnostics Information System, Great Plains Diagnostic Network, Kansas State University Research and Extension VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Plant Diagnostics Information System "...has been developed to facilitate plant diagnostic lab activities for a consortium of land grant institutions, state departments of agriculture and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. These labs provide services for plant disease diagnosis, plant identification, and insect identification. PDIS is a system of web and database applications designed to facilitate recordkeeping and communication needs of lab personnel and their customers..." For more information see the Plant Diagnostics Information System IPM Image Databases INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT IMAGES - Project Managers: G. Keith Douce & David J. Moorhead; Joint project of the Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health, Colorado State University, USDA CSREES and the Southern Plant Diagnostic Network; The University of Georgia - Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources and College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences - Department of Entomology Multimedia IMP Images (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Integrated Pest Management Images" Subject Categories include "...Agronomic Crops; Vegetables; Fruits and Nuts; Grain Sorghum and Small Grains; Human and Household Pests; Ornamentals; Pasture and Forage; Lawn and Turf; Honey Bees and Beekeeping; Livestock and Poultry; Post Harvest; Crop Management; Irrigation; Forestry, Wildlife and Natural Resources; Taxonomy (Animals, Fungi, Plants, Bacteria, Viruses, etc.); Damage Types (Insects, Diseases, Abiotic Damage, Parasitic & Epiphtic Plants, etc)..." BUGWOOD NETWORK - Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Georgia VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. INSECT IMAGE DATABASE - Joint project of The Bugwood Network and USDA Forest Service; The University of Georgia - Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources and College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences - Dept. of Entomology Multimedia Insect Image Database (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. FOREST PESTS, DISEASES, ETC. IMAGE DATABASE - Forestpest.org, Part of the Bugwood Network, Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Georgia Multimedia Forest Pest, Diseases, etc. Images Database (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. BARK AND WOOD BORING BEETLES OF THE WORLD - Developed by the University of Georgia Bugwood Network in cooperation with USDA Forest Service - Forest Health Protection, USDA APHIS PPQ, Georgia Forestry Commission, Texas Forest Service and the Pests and Diseases Image Library - Australia Multimedia Bark and Wood Boring Beetles of the World Databases & Atlases (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. FIELD TECHNIQUES Field Techniqes in IPM Courses, Lectures, etc. FIELD TECHNIQUES IN IPM - O.E. Liburd, Fruit & Vegetable IPM Laboratory, Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida Multimedia Field Techniqes in IPM Course (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Field Techniqes in IPM" Course Lectures include "...Lecture 2: Biological Control; Lecture 3: Monitoring in IPM programs (Pest Distribution Patterns, Sampling Pattern, Common Sampling Techniques for IPM Programs, etc.); Lecture 4: Pheromone Pest Management; Attract-and-Kill Systems; Host Plant Resistance; Cultural control techniques; etc. Lecture 5: Weed Science Mini--Lecture Field IPM Techniques; etc..." For more information see the Fruit & Vegetable IPM Laboratory; Integrated Pest Management (IPM) or the Department of Entomology and Nematology IMP VIDEOS: FIELD TECHNIQUES (QUICKTIME) - Integrated Pest Management, Department of Entlomology & the Department of Crop Sciences, College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Science, University of Illinois Multimedia IPM Videos (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Examples of Integrated Pest Management Videos include "...A Day in the Life of Field Entomologists Video; Scouting for Western Corn Rootworms Video; Wireworm Bait Stations; etc..." For more information see Integrated Pest Management; Department of Entomology or the Department of Crop Sciences INSECT TRAPS, SAMPLING, ETC. - Russell F. Mizell, III, North Florida Research and Education Center, Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida Multimedia Insect Traps, Sampling, etc. Lessons, Technical Reports (Text & Images). For more information see the North Florida Research and Education Center or the Department of Entomology and Nematology

INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT COURSES, LECTURES, HANDBOOKS, GUIDES, MANUALS, ETC. CROPS, VEGETABLES, FRUIT TREES, NUTS, LIVESTOCK, ETC. PEST MANAGEMENT STRATEGIC PLANS - NSF Center for IPM as the National Information System of the Regional Integrated Pest Management Centers Multimedia Pest Management Strategic Plans (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. For more information see Pest Management Strategic Plans or the National Information System - Regional IPM Centers HIGH PLAINS IPM GUIDE - Integrated Pest Management Centers & Departments of Entomology at Colorado State University, Montanan State University, Nebraska Universtiy, North Dakota State University, South Dakota State University and the University of Wyoming Multimedia High Plains Integrated Pest Management Guide (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "High Plains Integrated Pest Management Guides" Subject Categories include "...Crops; Livestock; Horticulture; etc..." PACIFIC NORTHWEST INSECT MANAGEMENT HANDBOOK - Hosted by the Integrated Plant Protection Center, Oregon State University Multimedia Pacific Northwest Insect Management Handbook (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Pacific Northwest Insect Management Handbook" Subject Categories include "...Farm-Stored Grains; Hops; Mint; Small Grains; Commercial Vegetables; Hay and Pasture; Legume, Grass, and Field Seed; Tree Fruits; Christmass Tree Plantations; Livestock, Poultry, Fly Control; Calibration, Mixing Tables, Chemigation, Adjuvants; etc..." A FIELD GUIDE TO COMMON TEXAS INSECTS - Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University Multimedia Insect Database (Text, Images & Videos/Movies). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. For more information see the Department of Entomology Also see Insect Videos Insect Videos Subject Categories include "...Ants, Flies, Wasps Videos; Beetle Videos; Grasshopper Videos; Soybean Insect Videos; etc..." Anthropods Image Salon AGRICULTURE IPM - Integrated Pest Management Center, University of Florida Multimedia Integrated Pest Management Manuals, Databases, etc. (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Integrated Pest Management Manuals, Databases, etc." Subject Categories include "...Ornamentals; Greenhouse; Turf (Pasture & Sod); Field Crops; Vegetables; Citrus; Livestock; Herbs; Sustainable & Organic; etc..." For more information see the Integrated Pest Management EXTENSION ENTOMOLOGY: IPM DATABASES - Extension Entomology, Department of Entomology, Purdue University Multimedia Livestock IPM Database (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "IPM Database Subject Categories include "...Biological Control; Field Crops; Fruits; Livestock & Poultry; Turfgrass; Vegetables; etc..." For more information see the Extension Entomology - IPM Database or the Department of Entomology GEORGIA PEST MANAGEMENT HANDBOOK - Department of Entomology, College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences, University of Georgia Multimedia Pest Management Handbook (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Pest Management Handbook Subject Categories include "...Agronomic Crops; Animals & Honey Bees; Horticultural Crops; Trees; Turf; Aquatic Environments; etc..." For more information see Publications or the Department of Entomology INSECT PEST MANAGEMENT GUIDE - Department of Entomology and Nematology and EDIS, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida Multimedia Insect Pest Management Lessons, Publications, Technical Reports (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Insect Pest Management" Subject Categories include "...Insects; Integrated Pest Management; Invasive Species; Nematodes; Plant Diseases; Weed Management; Pesticides; etc..." For more information see Topics or EDIS Online, University of Florida IPM: PLANT DISEASE MANAGEMENT GUIDE - Integrated Pest Management, Louisiana State University Agriculture Center - LSU AgCenter Multimedia Plant Disease Management Guide (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. For more information see the LSU Integrated Pest Management; Crops or the Louisiana State University Agriculture Center - LSU AgCenter INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT - Integrated Pest Management, Department of Entomology, University of Kentucky Multimedia Integrated Pest Management Manuals, Databases, etc. (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Integrated Pest Management" Manuals, Databases, etc. include "...IPM Manuals (Field Crops, Vegetables, Stored Grain, etc.); Apple IPM; Plant Diseases; ENT facts; etc..." For more information see the Department of Entomology INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT DATABASE - Department of Entomology, Iowa State Multimedia Integrated Pest Management Database - Iowa Insect Information Notes (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. For more information see Department of Entomology IPM MANUALS & DATABASES - Integrated Pest Management, Department of Entlomology & the Department of Crop Sciences, College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Science, University of Illinois Multimedia Integrated Pest Management Database, Manuals, etc. (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Integrated Pest Management Database, Manuals, etc." Subject Categories include "...Field Crops; Fruits; Vegetables; Landscape & Turf; Greenhouse; Livestock; etc..." For more information see the Department of Entomology or the Department of Crop Sciences PESTS OF AGRICULTURAL, FLORICULTURE, AND TURF DATABASE - Statewide IPM Project, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of California, Davis Multimedia Pests of Agriculture, Floriculture, and Turf Database (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Pests of Agriculture, Floriculture, and Turf Database provides "...practical information on pest management techniques and identification for a broad range of California pests. Management suggestions apply to California, but also may be useful in other areas..." For more information see UC IPM Home Page PEST TRACKER - National Agricultural Pest Information System (NAPIS) and hosted by The Center for Environmental and Regulatory Information Systems (CERIS), Purdue University Multimedia Pest Control Lessons, Publications, Technical Reports (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Pest Control" Lessons, Publications, Technical Reports include "....Insects, Mites & Nematodes; Plant Pathogens; Invasive Weeds; Bio-Control Agents; Mollusks; Slugs; etc..." For more information see the Center for Environmental and Regulatory Information Systems (CERIS) GREENHOUSE INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT COURSES, LECTURES, HANDBOOKS, GUIDES, ETC. GREENHOUSE IPM WITH AN EMPHASIS ON BIOCONTROLS - College of Agricultural Sciences, Penn State University Multimedia Greenhouse IPM with an Emphasis on Biocontrols Manual (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Greenhouse IPM with an Emphasis on Biocontrols Manual "...is designed to educate commercial greenhouse operators, crop consultants, and IPM scouts to develop biocontrol systems for greenhouses that will maximize yields while reducing pesticide usage..." For more information see Greenhouse; Online Guides; Extension and Outreach; Department of Entomology or the College of Agricultural Sciences NEW ENGLAND GREENHOUSE FLORICULTURE GUIDE: A MANAGEMENT GUIDE FOR INSECTS, DISEASES, WEEDS, AND GROWTH REGULATORS - Floriculture, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts Multimedia New England Greenhouse Floriculture Guide: A Management Guide for Insects, Diseases, Weeds and Growth Regulators - PDF, 150+ Pages (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. New England Greenhouse Floriculture Guide: A Management Guide for Insects, Diseases, Weeds and Growth Regulators "...A comprehensive guide for commercial production of greenhouse ornamentals with information on current pest management and growth regulators. Recommendations include IPM and biological control information for greenhouse crops..." "...This manual is a compilation of input from the members of the New England State University Extension Systems of Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, and Rhode Island..." For more information see Pest Management or Floriculture

CITRUS INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT COURSES, LECTURES, HANDBOOKS, GUIDES, ETC. CITRUS IPM - Author: Elizabeth Grafton-Cardwell, Department of Entomology and the Kearney Agriculture Center, University of California, Riverside Multimedia Citrus Integrated Pest Management Guidelines (Text & Images). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. For more information see Research and Extension Programs; Kearney Agricultural Center or the Department of Entomology FRUIT TREES INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT COURSES, LECTURES, HANDBOOKS, GUIDES, ETC. ORCHARD PEST MANAGEMENT - Elizabeth H. Beers & Jay F. Brunner, Tree Fruit Entomology, Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center, Washington State University Multimedia Orchard Pest Management (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Orchard Pest Management" Subject Categories & Subcategies include Concepts of Integrated Pest Management "...Mating Disruption; Insect Growth and Development; etc..." Direct Pests "...Tortricid moths; Leafrollers; Psylla and mealybugs; Fruit flies; etc..." Indirect Pests "...Mites; Spider Mites; Pome Fruit Aphids; Stone Fruit Aphids; Scales; Beetles; Root-feeding Grubs; etc..." Natural Enemies and Beneficial Insects "...Lacewings; Lady Beetles; Predatory Flies; Predatory Bugs; Parasitic Wasps; Honeybee; etc..." For more information see Tree Fruit Entomology or the Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center CROP PRODUCTION GUIDE FOR TREE FRUIT - Tree Fruit Entomology, Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center, Washington State University Multimedia Crop Production Guide (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Crop Production Guide for Tree Fruit" - "Spray Guide" Categories include "...General Recommendations; Bee Protection; Fruit and Leaf Injury; Fungicide Resistance Management; Pesticide Interval and Impact Charts; Apple Programs; Pear Programs; Cherry Programs; Peach Programs; Apricot Programs; Plum Programs; Bioregulators; Weed Control; etc..." For more information see Tree Fruit Entomology or the Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center MUSHROOM INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT COURSES, LECTURES, HANDBOOKS, GUIDES, ETC. MUSHROOM INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT MANUAL - Agricultural IPM, Department of Entomology, College of Agricultural Sciences, Penn State University Multimedia Mushroom Integrated Pest Management Manual (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. For more information see Mushrooms; Online Guides; Extension and Outreach; Department of Entomology or the College of Agricultural Sciences SORGHUM INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT COURSES, LECTURES, HANDBOOKS, GUIDES, ETC. INSECT PESTS OF SORGHUM - Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University Multimedia Insect Pests of Sorghum (Text & Images). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Insect Pest of Sorghum" Subject Categories include "...Integrated Pest Management; Insect Pests of Sorghum; Beneficial Insects of Sorghum; Tables; Images; etc..." For more information see the Department of Entomology VEGETABLES INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT COURSES, LECTURES, HANDBOOKS, GUIDES, ETC. VEGETABLE IPM - Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University Multimedia Vegetable IPM (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Vegetable Integrated Pest Management" Subject Categories include "...Pest and Beneficial Insect Index; Vegetable Plant Pest Identification Aid; Vegetable Insect Pest Index; Control Method; etc..." For more information see the Department of Entomology COCKROACH INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT COURSES, LECTURES, HANDBOOKS, GUIDES, ETC. COCKROACH CONTROL MANUAL - UNL Extension in Lancaster County, UNL Extension, University of Nebraska Multimedia Cockroach Control Manual (Text & Images). Cockroach Control Manual Chapters include: "...Know Your Adversary; Cockroach Biology; Primary Control Strategies: Low Risk Control Strategies; Insecticides; Insecticide Applications; Key to Cockroach Identification; etc..." For more information see Insects, Spiders, Mice & More; UNL Extension in Lancaster County or the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture FRUIT FLY INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT COURSES, LECTURES, HANDBOOKS, GUIDES, ETC. FRUIT FLY - Systematic Entomology Laboratory, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Multimedia Fruit Fly Database (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Fruit flies (Tephritidae) "...are the most agriculturally important family of flies. Some species are pests, together causing billions of dollars in losses annually, whereas other species are beneficial biological control agents of weeds..." For more information see Diptera Site or the Systematic Entomology Laboratory GRASSHOPPERS INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT COURSES, LECTURES, HANDBOOKS, GUIDES, ETC. GRASSHOPPERS: THEIR BIOLOGY IDENTIFICATION & MANAGEMENT - A joint technology transfer project of the US Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (through the Northern Plains Agricultural Research Laboratory in Sidney, Montana), the USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and the University of Wyoming-Laramie Multimedia Grasshoppers Handbooks & Grasshoppers Lessons, Publications, Technical Reports (Text & Images). Grasshoppers Subject Categories include "... Grasshopper Identification Guides and Species Fact Sheets; Field Guide to Common Western Grasshoppers; Grazing Management and Grasshoppers; Chemical Control Methods; Grasshopper Management Information; etc..." For more information see Northern Plains Agricultural Research Laboratory (NPARL) NEMATODES INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT COURSES, LECTURES, HANDBOOKS, GUIDES, VIDEOS, ETC. NEMATODES AS AGRICULTURE PESTS - Nematology Lab, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska Multimedia Nematodes as Agriculture Pests Technical Reports (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Nematodes as Agricultural Pests" Subject Categories include "...Corn; Potatoes; Soybeans; Sugarbeets; Turf; Trees, Orchards and Vineyards; Gardens, Vegetables; etc..." For more information see Plant and Insect Parasitic Nematodes or the Nematology Lab NEMATODES OF QUARANTIABLE CONCERN - Nematology Lab, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska Multimedia Nematodes of Quarantinable Concern (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Nematodes of Quarantinable Concern "...Virtually every plant, from agronomic crops to those found in the natural environment, is host to a variety of plant parasitic nematodes. Some of these nematodes cause such severe damage that it is necessary to monitor and limit their spread. State, national, and international agencies establish regulations to minimize the impact of the pest species..." For more information see Plant and Insect Parasitic Nematodes or the Nematology Lab NEMATODE VIDEOS (QUICKTIME) - Scott Edwards, Antoon Ploeg's Lab, Department of Nematology, University of California, Riverside Multimedia Nematode Videos (Text, Images & Videos/Moves). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Nematode Videos" include "...M. incognita entering a melon root tip Video; M. incognita egg masses on Tomato Root Video; Paratrichodorus feeding on sudan grass roots Video; Effects of root-knot nematodes on melon Video; The root-knot nematode life cycle Video; etc..." For more information see Antoon Ploeg's Lab or the Department of Nematology NEMATODE VIDEOS (QUICKTIME, REAL PLAYER, WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER) - Kris N. Lambert, Plant Molecular Biology and Physiology & Plant Pathology, Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Multimedia Nematode Videos (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound). VERY EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Nematode Videos" include Wormula Video; The Wormy Video; Soybean Cyst Nematode Fertilization Video; Sting Nematode Feeding Video; etc..." For more information see Kris Lambert's Home Page or the Department of Crop Sciences PLANT-FEEDING MITES INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT COURSES, LECTURES, HANDBOOKS, GUIDES, ETC. PLANT-FEEDING MITES - Systematic Entomology Laboratory, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Multimedia Plant-Feeding Mites Databases (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Plant-Feeding Mites "...Plant-feeding mites play important roles as agricultural pests of timber, fruits, vegetables, forage crops, ornamentals, and stored grains. In many instances, lack of information about the correct identity of mites, as well as our lack of adequate knowledge regarding their biology and ecology, have hampered our ability to effectively combat these mite pests..." For more information see Mites; Mites & Ticksor the Systematic Entomology Laboratory WHITEFLY INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT COURSES, LECTURES, HANDBOOKS, GUIDES, ETC. WHITEFLY WEB PAGE - Systematic Entomology Laboratory, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Multimedia Whitefly Database (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Whiteflies (family Aleyrodidae) "...are not only injurious to their host plants through feeding, but are also capable of transmitting numerous plant-viral diseases. Worldwide, there are approximately 1,200 described species of whiteflies...." For more information see Systematic Entomology Laboratory

Pheromones PHEROMONES DATABASES, TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS, ETC. THE PHEROBASE: DATABASE OF PHEROMONES AND SEMIOCHEMICALS - Author: Ashraf M. El-Sayed, The Pherobase Multimedia Pherobase: Database of Pheromones and Semiochemicals (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Molecular Structures). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. The Pherobase: Database of Pheromones and Semiochemicals "...contains pheromones and semiochemicals of more than 7000 species and 3500 semiochemical compounds..." "...A kovats retention index database for more than 8000 organic compounds in 25,000 records with literature references are listed. A floral compound database of about 2000 floral compounds and their occurrence in 1700 plant species is also listed. Another database of over 100,000 abstracts related to the Pherobase records is also included,..." Examples of "Pherobase" Subject Categories include "...Animal Taxa; Control; Semiochemicals; Plant Taxa; Organic Compounds; Floral Compounds; Synthesis; Invasive Species; etc..." For more information see Ashraf M. El-Sayed's Home Page Chemical Ecology of Insects CHEMICAL ECOLOGY OF INSECTS CALCULATORS, TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS, ETC. CHEMICAL ECOLOGY OF INSECTS: JAVA APPLETS - J.A. Byers, Pest Management & Biocontrol Research Unit, Arid-Land Agricultural Research Center, Agriculture Research Center, USDA VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Also available is Free Scientific Sofware Developed by Byers including "...Spatial Distribution and Territoriality Software; Biology, Taxonomy and Systematics Software; Simulation of Animal Behavior/Chemical Ecology Software including Insects Searching for Mates; Trapping of Insects; Bark Beetle Dispersal in Forests; Predicting Mean Dispersal Distance of Population; etc. For more information see Chemical Ecology of Insects; John A. Byers Home Page or the Pest Management & Biocontrol Research Unit Some examples from over "30" Chemical Ecology of Insects Calculators & Applets include Effective Attraction Radius (EAR) Calculator & Simulation Effective Attraction Radius Calculator INPUT Values include: "...Number minutes trapping; Number caught on passive trap; Number caught on pheromone trap; Radius of passive trap; Estimated trap interception percentage of all flight levels; Estimated average insect speed..." Tomicus Mate Finding Calculator Tomicus Mate Finding Calculator INPUT Values include: "...Number of Minutes; Turn Angle; Number of Insect Pairs; Female Radius; etc..." Statistics: Polynomial Regression Analysis (Outliers) Calculator CHEMICAL ECOLOGY OF INSECTS: EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN AND SIMULATION CALCULATORS - J.A. Byers, Pest Management & Biocontrol Research Unit, Arid-Land Agricultural Research Center, Agriculture Research Center, USDA VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. For more information see Chemical Ecology of Insects; John A. Byers Home Page or the Pest Management & Biocontrol Research Unit Some examples from over "16" Experimental Design and Sampling Calculators include Simple Treatment/Position Randomization with No Repeats between Replicates Simple Treatment/Position Randomization Calculator INPUT Values include: "...Number of Treatments; Number of Replications..." Randomized Uniform Sampling of Time or Distance Randomized Uniform Sampling of Time or Distance Calculator INPUT Values include: "...Select Time Samples or Distance Samples; Total Time or Distance Units; Sample Length in Units; etc..." Host plant finding by N searchers Host plant finding by N searchers Calculator INPUT Values include: "...Number animals..."

Pesticides, Sprayers,
Weed & Crop Treatment Programs

Pesticide Applicator Certification Pesticide Databases, Courses, Lectures, etc. Fumigation Databases, Manuals, Videos, etc. Fungicides Databases, etc. ~ Herbicides Databases, etc. Insecticides Databases, etc. ~ Dormant Spray Alternatives Databases, etc. Spray Nozzles for Aircraft, Boom Sprayers, Ground Sprayers Sprayers & Sprayer Calibration ~ Crop Treatment Weeds & Weed Treatment Programs Databases, Lectures, Handbooks, Manuals, etc.

Pesticides, Sprayers, Weed & Crop Treatment Programs PESTICIDE APPLICATOR CERTIFICATION MANUALS, ETC. NATIONAL PESTICIDE APPLICATOR CERTIFICATION CORE MANUAL - Published by the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture Research Foundation, National Association of State Departments of Agriculture Multimedia National Pesticide Applicator Certification Core Manual - PDF, 147 Pages (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "National Pesticide Applicator Certification Core Manual" Chapters include "...Chapter 1: Pest Management; Chapter 2: Federal Pesticide Laws; Chapter 3: Pesticide Labeling; Chapter 4: Pesticide Formulations; Chapter 5: Pesticide Hazards and First Aid; Chapter 6: Personal Protective Equipment; Chapter 7: Pesticides in the Environment; Chapter 8: Transportation, Storage, and Security; etc..." For more information see Pesticide Safety Programs; NASDA Research Foundation or the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture PESITICIDE DATABASES, COURSES, LECTURES, ETC. COMPENDIUM OF PESTICIDE COMMON NAMES - Author: A. Wood, Context Limited, London, U.K. Multimedia Pesticide Database (Text & Images). Compendium of Pesticide Common Names "...is intended to provide details of the status of all pesticide common names, together with their systematic chemical names, molecular formulae, structural formulae and Chemical Abstracts Registry Numbers..." Examples of "Compendium of Pesticide Common Names" Indexes include "...Index of all Common Names (International Organization for Standardization - ISO); Index of Non-ISO Common Names; Index of New Common Names; Index of Updated Data Sheets; Index of IUPAC Systematic Names; Index of CAS Systematic Names; Index of Molecular Formulae; Index of CAS Registry Numbers; Pesticide Classification; Simple Esters and Salts; etc..." INTERNATIONAL SURVEY OF HERBICIDE - RESISTANT WEEDS - Funded and Supported by the Herbicide Resistance Action Committee (HRAC) and the Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) Multimedia Weed Database (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. International Survery of Herbicide - Resistant Weeds "...The purpose of this survey is to monitor the evolution of herbicide-resistant weeds and assess their impact throughout the world..." For more information see Herbicide Resistance Action Committee (HRAC) or the Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) PESTICIDE DATABASE - California Department of Pesticide Regulation Multimedia Pesticide Databases (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. For more information see the California Department of Pesticide Regulation Examples of Pesticide Databases include Chemical Ingredients Database Pesticide Use Database DPR's Chemical/Product Database Product/Label Database PESTICIDE PROPERTIES DATABASE (PPDB) - Agriculture Research Service, USDA Multimedia Pesticide Databases (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. ARS Pesticide Properties Database (PPDB) "...has been developed to provide water quality modelers and managers a list of the pesticide properties most important for predicting the potentials of pesticides to move into ground and surface waters under a range of weather and soil conditions..." For more information see Public Databases and Programs or the Agriculture Research Service FUMIGATION GUIDELINES, MANUALS, VIDEOS, ETC. FUMIGATION MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR ALUMINUM PHOSPHIDE (WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER) - Andrew Thostenson, Pesticide Program Specialist, North Dakota Pesticide Training and Certification Program, North Dakota Extension Service & North Dakota Agriculture Experiment Station, North Dakota State University Multimedia Fumigation Mangement Plan for Aluminum Phosphide Videos (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Fumigation Mangement Plan for Aluminum Phosphide" Videos include "...Fumigation Management Plans For Farm Bins Video; Fumigation Management Plans For Small To Intermediate Sized Grain Handling Facilities Video; Crop Storage Management Video; Fumigation Techniques Video; Sealing Grain Bins Video; Fumigation Management Plans For Intermediate To Large Sized Grain Handling Facilities Video; Fumigation Management Plans For Farm Bins Video; etc..." For more information see the North Dakota Pesticide Training and Certification Program FUMIGATION GUIDELINES FOR GRAPES, FRUIT TREES, & WALNUTS (WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER) - Author: Michael McKenry, Kearney Agricultural Center, University of California, Riverside & Hosted by the Kings County Extension Office Multimedia Fumigation Guidelines for Grapes, Fruit Trees & Walnuts (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. For more information see Grapes, Tree Fruits & Nut Crops; Agriculture or the Kings County Extension Office FUNGICIDE CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS FUNGICIDE/INSECTICIDE SELECTOR - Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development, Alberta, Canada VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Fungicide/Insecticide Selector "...This selector will help you find petsicides to control specific diseases and insects in both cropping and non-cropping situations...." For more information see Calculators or Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development HERBICIDE CALCULATORS, SIMULATIONS, TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS, MANUALS, ETC. HERBICIDE APPLICATION DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM (HADSS): FIELD CROPS - CORN, COTTON, PEANUTS & SOYBEANS - Hosted by the North Carolina State University Multimedia Herbicide Application Decision Support System for Field Crops (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. HADSS, the Herbicide Application Decision Support System for Field Crops "...The weed control recommendations generated by HADSS are based on the manufacturer's label and on data from university experiments. Because environmental conditions and methods of application vary widely, the recommended use does not imply that the performance of a herbicide will conform to that indicated by experimental data..." HERBICIDE SELECTOR - Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development, Alberta, Canada VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Herbicide Selector "...This selector will help you find herbicides to control specific weeds in cropping and non-cropping situations..." For more information see Calculators or Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development HERBICIDE RATE/COST CALCULATOR - American Crystal Sugar Company VERY EXTENSIVE. Herbicide Rate Calculator, Herbicide Cost Calculator INPUT Values include: "...Sprayer Information; Chemical to be used; etc..." For more information see Calculators; Ag Tools; Agronomy or the American Crystal Sugar Company INSECTICIDE CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS FUNGICIDE/INSECTICIDE SELECTOR - Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development, Alberta, Canada VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Fungicide/Insecticide Selector "...This selector will help you find petsicides to control specific diseases and insects in both cropping and non-cropping situations...." For more information see Calculators or Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development ORGANOPHOSPHATE DORMANT SPRAYS CALCULATORS & APPLETS DORMANT SPRAY ALTERNATIVES CALCULATOR - University of California Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program (UC IMP), U.C. Davis VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Dormant Spray Alternatives Calculator "...estimates the costs of using organophosphate (OP) dormant sprays and selected alternative practices..." For more information see University of California Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program (UC IMP) NOZZLE CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS Aircraft Spray Nozzles: Fixed-Wing Aircraft & Rotary Aircraft FIXED-WING AIRCRAFT & ROTARY AIRCRAFT ARIAL SPRAY NOZZLE MODELS (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Areawide Pest Management Research Unit, Agriculture Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Some examples from over "11" FIXED-WING AIRCRAFT Spray Nozzle Calculators include: "...40 Degree Flat Fan Spray Nozzle Calculator; 80 Degree Flat Fan Spray Nozzle Calculator; CP-03 Spray Nozzle Calculator; CP-09 Straight Stream Spray Nozzle Calculator; Davidon Tri-Set Spray Nozzle Calculator; Disc Orifice Straight Stream Spray Nozzle Calculator; Lund Straight Stream Spray Nozzle Calculator; etc..." Some examples from over "11" ROTARY-WING Spray Nozzle Calculators include: "...40 Degree Flat Fan Spray Nozzle Calculator; Accu-Flo Double Row & Single Row Spray Nozzle Calculator; CP High Volume Flat Fan Spray Nozzle Calculator; Raindrop RD Spray Nozzle Calculator; etc..." For more information see Downloads or the Areawide Pest Management Research Unit FIXED-WING AIRCRAFT & ROTARY AIRCRAFT SPRAY NOZZLES AND CHECK VALVES FOR AGRICULTURE APPLICATIONS - CP Products Co., Inc. VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Some examples from over "15" Fixed-Wing Aircraft & Rotary Aircraft Spray Nozzles Calculators include Aircraft Nozzle and Tip Selection Calculator Aircraft Nozzle and Tip Selection and Calibration Calculator INPUT Values include: "...Speed MPH; Swath Width; Gallons per Acre..." Droplet Calculators For Fixed-Wing & Rotary-Wing Aircraft Examples of Droplet Calculators For Fixed-Wing Aircraft include "...CP 40 Degree Flat Fan (Large Orifice) Nozzle Model Fixed-Wing Calculator; CP 40 Degree Flat Fan (Small Orifice) Nozzle Model Fixed-Wing Calculator; etc..." Examples of Droplet Calculators For Rotary-Wing Aircraft include "...CP 80 Degree Flat Fan Nozzle Model Rotary-Wing Calculator; CP-80 Degree High Volume Tips for Rotorcraft Calculator; CP-110 Degree Flat Fan for Rotorcraft Calculator; etc..." Ground Spray Nozzles NOZZLE CALCULATORS (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - P.E. Sumner, Department of Biological & Agricultural Engineering, Tifton Campus, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Georgia VERY EXTENSIVE. Nozzle Calculators include: Ground Nozzle Calculators Hollow Cone Nozzle Calibration for Ground Sprayers INPUT Values include: "...Speed; Swath Width; GPA; Number of Nozzles; Nozzle Flow Rate GPM..." Herbicide Nozzle Calibration for Ground Sprayers INPUT Values include: "...Speed; Swath Width; GPA; Number of Nozzles; Nozzle Flow Rate GPM..." Spray Nozzle Selector for Hoods Calculator (from One Mixing Tank) INPUT Values include: "...Speed Calibration; Known Inputs; Band in Row Spray; Full Hood Spray; Half Hood Spray; etc..." For more information see Chemical Application Information; Tifton Campus or the Department of Biological & Agricultural Engineering NOZZEL CALCULATOR FOR TILLAGE - agrotop GmbH VERY EXTENSIVE. Available in English & German/Deutsch. Nozzel Calculator for Tillage INPUT Values include: "...Application Rate; Speed; Nozzle Distance..." Nozzel Calculator OUTPUT values include: "...Flowrate; Nozzle Size; Pressure; Droplot Size (Extremly Coarse; Very Coarse; Coarse; Medium; Fine; Very Fine); etc..." For mor information see agrotop GmbH NOZZEL CALCULATOR FOR VITICULTURE AND POMOLOGY - agrotop GmbH VERY EXTENSIVE. Available in English & German/Deutsch. For mor information see agrotop GmbH

SPRAYER CALCULATORS, APPLETS & VIDEOS AIRBLAST SPRAYER CALIBRATOR - Norhtwest Berry & Grape Information Network, North Willamette Research and Extension Center, Oregon State University Extension Service, Oregon State University VERY EXTENSIVE. Airblast Sprayer Calibrator Calculator INPUT Values include: "...Determine tractor speed; Check spray pressure and spray pattern; Determine required total nozzle output in gal/min (gpm); Check nozzle size; Check spray volume; etc...." For more information see Calculators or the Norhtwest Berry & Grape Information Network BOOM SPRAYER CALIBRATOR - Norhtwest Berry & Grape Information Network, North Willamette Research and Extension Center, Oregon State University Extension Service, Oregon State University VERY EXTENSIVE. Boom Sprayer Calibrator Calculator INPUT Values include: "...Select a nozzle; Calculate nozzle size; Compare required with actual output; Prepare the spray mixture..." For more information see Calculators or the Norhtwest Berry & Grape Information Network HERBICIDE QUANTITY CALCULATOR - Pest Genie Pty Ltd., Australia Herbicide Quantity Calculator INPUT Values include: "...Capacity of your Tank; Boom Spray Output; Rate of Chemical Application..." For more information see Pest Genie Pty Ltd. SPRAYER CALIBRATION - AggieTurf, Department of Soil & Crop Sciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Texas A&M University Sprayer Calculator INPUT Values include: "...Size of Project to be Sprayed; Rate of Nitrogen; First Number in the analysis of your Bag of Fertilizer..." For more information see Turf Calculators or the Department of Soil & Crop Sciences SPRAYER CALIBRATION CALCULATOR (FIELD SPRAYER CALIBRATION & HAND/BACKPACK SPRAYER CALIBRATION) - H. Martin & L. Huffman, Ministry of Agriculature Food and Rural Affairs, Government of Ontario, Queen's Printer for Ontario, Ontario, Canada Sprayer Calibration Calculators include Field Sprayer Calibration Calculator INPUT Values include: "...Average time to travel 50 metres; Nozzle spacing on the boom; Average amount of liquid collected per nozzle; etc..." Hand Sprayer - Backpack Sprayer Calibration Calculator INPUT Values include: "...Amount of Water Required to Fill Sprayer; Length and Width of Area to be Sprayed..." For more information see Interactives; Agriculture; Ministry of Agriculature Food and Rural Affairs or the Government of Ontario CROP TREATMENT CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS MANAGEMENT CALCULATOR FOR FIRST-GENERATION EUROPEAN CORN BORER - Integrated Pest Management, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Management Calculator for First-Generation European Corn Borer allows you to "...to decide whether it will be profitable to treat a field infested with first-generation corn borers,..." For more information see the Decisiion Aids or Integrated Pest Management MANAGEMENT CALCULATOR FOR SECOND-GENERATION EUROPEAN CORN BORER - Integrated Pest Management, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Management Calculator for Second-Generation European Corn Borer allows you to "...to decide whether it will be profitable to treat a field to control second-generation corn borers,..." For more information see the Decisiion Aids or Integrated Pest Management STRAWBERRY ROOT WEEVIL SAMPLING AND THRESHOLD CALCULATOR - R. Berry, Integrated Pest Management (IMP), Entomology Graduate Program, Oregon State University Strawberry Root Weevil "...samples consist of 1 sq. ft. by 6 inches deep soil samples taken using a shovel and sampling iron. For each soil sample, sift through a series of screen meshes, and sort..." Strawberry Root Weevil Sampling and Threshold Calculator INPUT Values include: "...Control Cost; Number of Samples; Oil Price; Treatment Percentage kill..." For more information see Strawberry Root Weevil Management; Strawberry Root Weevil; Root Feeding Insects; Insect Management; Integrated Pest Management (IMP) or the Entomology Graduate Program WEEDS & WEED TREATMENT DATABASES, CALCULATORS & SPREADSHEETS (XLS) INTERNATIONAL SURVEY OF HERBICIDE - RESISTANT WEEDS - Funded and Supported by the Herbicide Resistance Action Committee (HRAC) and the Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) Multimedia Weed Database (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. International Survery of Herbicide - Resistant Weeds "...The purpose of this survey is to monitor the evolution of herbicide-resistant weeds and assess their impact throughout the world..." For more information see Herbicide Resistance Action Committee (HRAC) or the Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) WEED SUSCEPTIBILITY TO HERBICIDES DATABASE - Editor: Steve Fennimore, Developed by: UC Weed Workgroup, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, University of California, Davis Multimedia Weed Susceptibility to Herbicides Database (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. For more information see the Weed Research and Information Center or the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences HOARY CRESS CONSORTIUM - Hosted and operated by: USDA-ARS Northern Plains Agricultural Research Laboratory - Sidney, MT; In collaboration with: University of Idaho Multimedia Hoary Cress Databases, Taxonomy, Images, etc. (Text & Images). Hoary Cress "...also called whitetop, is a deep rooted, invasive mustard perennial that poses a threat to both crop and rangelands in the Western U.S.. Accidentally introduced to North America from western Asia and eastern Europe as a seed contaminant, hoary cress currently infests more than a quarter million acres of public and private land and is found on the noxious weed lists of 14 states and one Canadian province..." For more information see Northern Plains Agricultural Research Laboratory (NPARL) LEAFY SPURGE - TEAM Leafy Spurge, USDA Multimediat Leafy Spurge Databases (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Leafy Spurge "...Listed as a noxious weed in 35 states, leafy spurge crowds out desirable plants, is toxic to cattle and horses, and costs producers and taxpayers an estimated $144 million a year in just four states alone (Montana, Wyoming and North and South Dakota)..." For more information see Northern Plains Agricultural Research Laboratory (NPARL) WEED MANAGEMENT GUIDE - EDIS, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida Mulitmedia Weed Management Lessons, Publications, Technical Reports (Text & Images). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. For more information see Weed Management Guides; Weeds; IPM or EDIS Online, University of Florida Examples from over "30" Weed Management Lessons, Publications, Technical Reports include Weed Management in Fruit and Nut Crops Weed Management in Field Crops and Pasture Grasses Weed Management in Vegetable Crops WEED EMERGENCE CALCULATOR (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Natural Systems Agriculture, Department of Plant Science, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of Manitoba, Canada Calculator is located a the bottom of the page. Weed emergence "...is determined primarily by two factors: soil temperature and soil moisture availability. These two factors are influenced by weather and soil management such as tillage..." For more information see Site Map or Natural Systems Agriculture WEED IDENTIFICATION - DATABASE - College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Multimedia Weed Identification Database (Text & Images). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. For more information see the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences WEED PHOTO HERBARIUM - Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) Multimedia Weed Image Database (Text & Images). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. For more information see WeedScience or the Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) WEED IMAGES & DESCRIPTIONS - Rutgers New Jersey Agriculture Station, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Multimedia Weed Image Database (Text & Images). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. 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