1998 Research Report Table of Contents

I: Grassland Research

• Animal Unit Equivalent for Beef Cattle Based on Metabolic Weight   - L.L. Manske
• Defoliation Effects on the Structure and Dynamics of Grassland Ecosystems  - L.L. Manske
• Effects of Environmental Factors on Range Plants  - L.L. Manske and J.A. Onsager
• Cultural Management Practices as Tools to Help Reduce Grasshopper Populations  - L.L. Manske
• Winter Grazing vs. Feeding Harvested Forage  - L.L. Manske
• Effects of Insecticide Spraying on Plant Reproductive Success in native Mixed Grass Prairie of Western North Dakota - S.A. DiGiacomo and H.K. Leuszler

II. Beef Research

• Integrating Crop and Livestock Systems with Pulses and Cereal-Pulse Intercrops - W.W. Poland, P. Carr and L. Tisor
• Protein Supplementation of Grazing Livestock - G. Lardy
• Utilization of Extended Grazing Periods to Increase the Net Value of Cow - W.W. Poland, J.L. Nelson, L.L. Manske and H.H. Hughes
• Artificial Insemination of Postpartum Beef Cows Utilizing Single Insemination Vs. Double Insemination -Preliminary Observations - K.J. Helmuth, K.A. Ringwall and G.L. Ottmar
• 1997 NCBA-IRM-SPA Cow-Calf Enterprise Summary of Reproduction and Production Performance Measures for CHAPS Cow-Calf Producers - K.A. Ringwall and K.J. Helmuth
• Effect of Reduced Gain Prior to Breeding Replacement Heifers - Preliminary Observations - K.A. Ringwall, K.J. Helmuth and G.L. Ottmar
• Production and Associated Costs of Heifer Development -The Benchmark Values - K.A. Ringwall, K.J. Helmuth, J. Dhuyvetter, J.L. Nelson, and G.L. Ottmar
• Grazing Value and Management of CRP Lands -- J. Nelson and L. Tisor
• Hull-less Oats as a Feedstuff for Ruminants - M. Bauer
• GTA Creep Block Study - J.L. Nelson and D.G. Landblom
• Source Verification of Beef Cattle - the DATALINE program -- K. Ringwall, K. Helmuth and C. Stoltenow
• The DATALINE Program: This Bull Lost Money -- K. Ringwall and K. Helmuth

III. Swine Research

• Evaluation of Dietary Energy Sources for Lactating Sows -- D.G. Landblom, S. Carter, K.B. Miller, R.C. Zimprich and R.L. Harrold
• An Evaluation of Grain Energy Sources for Growing-Finishing Swine When Supplemented with Field Pea - D.G. Landblom
• Corn-Pea, Barley-Pea and Naked Oat-Pea Growing-Finishing Diets Supplemented with Full-Fat Canola Seed as a Source of Methionine and Energy - D.G. Landblom and W.W. Poland
• An Evaluation of Starter Pig Growth Response and Utilization Economics When Highly Purified Protein and Lactose Sources of Varying Costs and Blended in Corn, Wheat, Naked Oat and Hull-less Waxy Barley Grain Bases - D.G. Landblom and W.W. Poland
• Effect of Winter Gestation Energy Level on Sow Productivity -- D.G. Landblom, W.D. Slanger, W.W. Poland and K.A. Ringwall

IV. Agronomy Research

• Alternative Crops and Cropping Systems in Southwestern North Dakota -- P. Carr, G. Martin, B. Melchoir, L. Tisor, W.W. Poland
• Wheat Production Systems for Southwestern North Dakota -- P. Carr, B. Martin, B. Melchoir, L. Tisor, M. McMullen, J. Kuprinsky
• Small Grains Crops in Southwestern North Dakota -- P. Carr, G. Martin, B. Melchoir, E. Elias, J. Franchowiak, R. Frohberg, R. Horsley, M. McMullen
• Diagnosis and Management of Root Disease in Dryland Wheat in Southwest North Dakota -- R.O. Ashley, M. McMullen, E. Eriksmoen, B. Schmidt, D. Barondeau, D. Duerre, K. Eraas
• Restoring Productivity of Eroded Soils with Manure Applications -- L J. Cihacek
• Alfalfa Variety Performance at the Dickinson Research Extension Center - Manning, N.D. Ranch -- R. Ashley, L. Tisor and G. L.Ottmar

V. Horticulture Research

• Sustainability Through Xeriscaping-- J.C. Larson, R.C. Smith, C. Armstrong,J. Picken
• Tomato Variety/Mulch Evaluation Study-- J.C. Larson, R.C. Smith, J. Picken
• Turfgrass Evaluations-- J.C. Larson, R.C. Smith, J.L. Nelson
• Project ND06204 - Species-Site Adaptation Study Of Woody Plants For North Dakota--L. J. Chaput and D. E. Herman
• Tree and Shrub Survival in Shelterbelt Renovation at the Dickinson Research Extension Center Fall 1997 - M. Mangold and B. Lerbakken