Browsing by Author "Jensen, H. R."

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    Agricultural bargaining power: some factors to consider
    (University of Minnesota. Agricultural Extension Service, 1963-06) Christiansen, M. K.; Donohue, G. A.; Fienup, D. F.; Jensen, H. R.
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    Alternative Dairy Chore Systems in Loose Housing
    (Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station, 1962) Fuller, E. I.; Jensen, H. R.
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    Cost Advantages to Size of Farm in Red River Valley Farming
    (Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station, 1963) Rixe, L. C.; Jensen, H. R.
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    Effects of Policy Programs And Capital Availability On Red River Valley Farms
    (Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station, 1965) Holt, J. S.; Jensen, H. R.
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    Herd Size Effects on Labor for Loose Housing Chore Tasks
    (Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station, 1962) Fuller, E. I.; Jensen, H. R.
    FARMERS WHO WANT TO IMPROVE the use of their dairy chore labor face many alternative choices in feeding methods, milking systems, and general husbandry practices. This bulletin provides labor data to help these farmers evaluate some alternatives in loose housing. For instance, it shows how labor needs for hay feeding vary by season, feeding frequency, and storage location. Silage feeding and green chopping choices are presented in a similar manner. Information on over a dozen different milking arrangements is also included.
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    High-Moisture vs. Dry Barley on Typical Red River Valley Cash Grain Farms
    (Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station, 1966) Black, R.; Jensen, H. R.
    DURING THE LAST DECADE, the practices of harvesting, storing, and feeding high-moisture corn were explored experimentally by research institutions and adopted by many farmers. Advantages often cited, as compared with conventionally harvested corn, include: earlier and faster harvesting, minimum operations and equipment, reduced labor, smaller field and storage losses, and an equal or greater feeding value. But barley, not corn, is the major feed crop in the Red River Valley. Can barley be handled as a high-moisture crop with advantages comparable to those of high-moisture corn? In 1960, personnel of the Northwest School and Experiment Station, Crookston, began an experiment to find out. An 80-acre field of Traill barley was divided into 12 uniform strips. Odd-numbered strips were harvested by direct combine when grain was at approximately 30 percent moisture. The grain was stored in an oxygen-free, steel silo. Barley in even-numbered strips was harvested and stored in the conventional manner. Yields were recorded; combine and shattering losses were determined; the labor, equipment, and machinery used in harvesting, storing, and feeding were listed. Data were collected on combine settings and adjustments, variations in maturity of barley heads at harvest, percent smut, soil tests, and weather conditions at harvest time. Chemical analyses were made on representative barley samples. The stage of wild oat development and the amount of wild oat shattering were determined for each plot. Viability of wild oats after storage under the two systems also was studied.
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    Income- Improving Farm Adjustments in Southeastern Minnesota
    (Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station, 1963) Sundquist, W. B.; Day, L. M.; Jensen, H. R.
    MANY MINNESOTA FARMERS face problems of farm organization because of increasing production costs, changing farm technology, changing market structures, and relatively low prices for farm products. They are involved in one of the biggest adjustments ever witnessed in our agricultural economy.
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    Profitable Adjustments in Farming in Central Minnesota
    (Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station, 1962) Sundquist, W. B.; Day, L. M.; Jensen, H. R.
    MANY MINNESOTA FARMERS CURRENTLY FACE problems of low income due to increasing costs, changing farm technology, changing market structures, and relatively low prices for farm products. As a result, they are involved in one of the biggest adjustments ever witnessed in our agricultural economy.
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    Profitable Adjustments in Farming in East Central Minnesota
    (Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station, 1962) Day, L. M.; Sundquist, W. B.; Jensen, H. R.
    MANY MINNESOTA FARMERS CURRENTLY FACE problems of low income due to increasing costs, changing farm technology, changing market structures, and relatively low prices for farm products. As a result, they are involved in one of the biggest adjustments ever witnessed in our agricultural economy.
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    Profitable Adjustments in Farming in South-Central Minnesota
    (Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station, 1964) Nohre, C. O.; Jensen, H. R.
    FARM OPERATORS CAN USE THE RESOURCES under their control in various ways. Choices exist among different crops and livestock, among numerous production techniques, and between adding more capital to existing land and adding more land. However, for each set of price relationships, a certain resource use provides maximum income for each farm. But this particular resource use varies from farm to farm because farms differ in kind, quantity, and quality of resources. Knowledge of some alternative farm organizations for various farm situations, where resource use under different price relationships results in maximum income, is useful in providing guidelines to farmers for organizing their farms. This study was made to provide such knowledge.