Texas Citrus Mature Orchard Production Costs and Returns--Years 8 to 10+.

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Texas Citrus Mature Orchard Production Costs and Returns--Years 8 to 10+.

4 p

Texas Citrus Orchard Establishment Costs.

4 p

The Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981.

12 p

Financial Management: The Key to Farm-Firm Business Management

4 pp.Those who succeed will manage their operations as farm/ranch businesses, with more emphasis on recordkeeping, planning, profitability analysis and repayment-based financing, and with better production and business monitoring and controls. This publication explains ways to manage the farm/ranch business

Hedging Cattle with an LRP Policy

5 pp., 2 tables, 1 diagramLivestock Risk Protection policies offer price risk insurance to cattle producers. Hedging with an LRP policy is one way to secure an acceptable price now for a commodity that will be produced or marketed some time in the future

Pasture, Rangeland and Forage Risk Management Insurance Pilot Program Continues

3 pp., 1 map, 1 figureA new insurance program is available from USDA to protect producers from the loss of forage produced for grazing or harvested for hay. Insurance polices may be purchased through local crop insurance agents until November 30, 2007. This publication explains how this new risk management program works

The Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981.

12 p

Livestock Risk Protection-Lamb: New Insurance Program to Help Ranchers Manage Lamb Price Risk

3 pp., 1 map, 1 tableUSDA is offering a new insurance program to help livestock producers manage lamb price risk. This publication explains requirements of the program and the way it works

Contributions to the morphology and phylogeny of the newly discovered bat tick species, Ixodes ariadnae in comparison with I. vespertilionis and I. simplex

Background: Recently a new hard tick species, Ixodes ariadnae has been discovered, adding to the two known ixodid tick species (I. vespertilionis and I. simplex) of bats in Europe. Findings: Scanning electron microscopic comparison of adult females of these species shows morphological differences concerning the palps, the scutum, the Haller's organ, the coxae, as well as the arrangement and fine structure of setae. Molecular analysis of 10 geographically different isolates revealed 90-95% sequence homology in the 12S and 16S rDNA genes of bat tick species. Based on 12S rDNA sequences, genotypes of I. ariadnae clustered closest to I. simplex, whereas according to their 16S rDNA gene they were closest to I. vespertilionis. The subolesin gene of I. ariadnae had only 91% sequence homology with that of I. ricinus, and is the longest known among hard tick species. Conclusions: The present study illustrates the morphology and clarifies the phylogenetic relationships of the three known bat tick species that occur in Europe. According to its subolesin gene I. ariadnae may have a long evolutionary history