Southern Utah Grass-Fed Beef Production Costs and Returns, 2016

This fact sheet is intended to be a guide used to make production decisions, determine potential returns, and prepare business and marketing pans

Northern Utah Peach Orchard Costs and Returns Comparisons by Management Strategy, 20 Acres, 2015

This fact sheet outlines the costs and returns associated with eleven separate peach orchard treatments based upon research conducted at Utah State University, Kaysville Research Farm, from 2012-2014. This publication is intended to be a guide used to make production decisions, determine potential returns, and prepare business and marketing plans

Northern Utah Grass-Fed Beef Production Costs and Returns, 2016

This fact sheet is intended to be a guide used to make production decisions, determine potential returns, and prepare business and marketing plans

Identification of a core member of the SWI/SNF complex, BAF155/SMARCC1, as a human tumor suppressor gene

Recent studies have established that two core members of the SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complex, BRG1 and SNF5/INI1, possess tumor-suppressor activity in human and mouse cancers. While the third core member, BAF155, has been implicated by several studies as having a potential role in tumor development, direct evidence for its tumor suppressor activity has remained lacking. Therefore, we screened for BAF155 deficiency in a large number of human tumor cell lines. We identified two cell lines, the SNUC2B colon carcinoma and the SKOV3 ovarian carcinoma, displaying a complete loss of protein expression while maintaining normal levels of mRNA expression. The SKOV3 cell line possesses a heterozygous 4 bp deletion that results in an 855AA truncated protein, while the cause of the loss of BAF155 expression in the SNUC2B cell line appears due to a post-transcriptional error. However, the lack of detectable BAF155 expression did not affect sensitivity to RB-mediated cell cycle arrest. Re-expression of full length but not a truncated form of BAF155 in the two cancer cell lines leads to reduced colony forming ability characterized by replicative senescence but not apoptosis. Collectively, these data suggest that loss of BAF155 expression represents another mechanism for inactivation of SWI/SNF complex activity in the development in human cancer. Our results further indicate that the c-terminus proline-glutamine rich domain plays a critical role in the tumor suppressor activity of this protein

Economic Assessment of Organic, Eco-Friendly, and Conventional Peach Production Methods in Northern Utah

Fruit producers in Northern Utah face several challenges to their production, urbanization, decreased availability of agricultural land, and competition from domestic producers and imports. As consumers are willing to pay premiums for foods differentiated by production method, such as eco-friendly and organic, conversion to these methods may increase the profitability of fruit growing operations. This study found that consumers in Northern Utah are willing to pay a premium for peaches grown using organic and eco-friendly production practices over conventionally grown peaches. The study also found that of the three methods of peach production examined (conventional, eco-friendly, and organic), organic had the highest average grower net returns and had the lowest associated risk, while conventional peach production had the potential for the highest net returns. These results may guide producers when making orchard management decisions and in the profitability assessment of alternative production methods

Annual Costs to Establish and Maintain Birdsfoot Trefoil Pastures in Northern Utah, 2012

This publication is meant to reflect birdsfoot trefoil establishment and maintenance costs on a small-scale cattle grazing area (5 to 10 acres). Birdsfoot trefoil is a perennial legume, and under proper irrigation and management, stands in northern Utah can persist for up to 8 years after seeding. Establishment costs are amortized annually based on a 6 year stand life

Northern Utah Small Cow-Calf Pasture Finished Beef Production Costs & Returns, 2012

Sample costs and returns to raise pasture-fed beef cattle for direct to consumer sales on small cow-calf operations in northern Utah are presented in this publication