Agricultural and Biological Engineering

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• Florida Plan Service Publications

Publications

• The 1/128th of an Acre Sprayer Calibration Method
• Access to Employee Exposure and Medical Records -- OSHA Standard 1910.1020
• Agricultural Chemical Drift and Its Control
• Agricultural Employer's Resources for Safety
• Alternatives of Low Cost Soil Moisture Monitoring Devices for Vegetable Production in South Miami-Dade County
• An Analysis of Agricultural Accidents in Florida for 1991
• An Analysis of Agricultural Accidents in Florida -- 1992
• An Analysis of Serious Occupational Diseases and Poisoning to Agricultural Workers in Florida During a Three-Year Period, 1987-1989
• Aquatic Weed Management in Citrus Canals and Ditches
• Arc Welding and Cutting — OSHA Standard 1910.254
• Assessing Phosphorus Load Reductions Under Agricultural Best Management Practices
• Atmospheric Parameters Which Affect Evapotranspiration
• Automatic Irrigation Based on Soil Moisture for Vegetable Crops
• Automatic Sprinkler Systems -- OSHA Standard 1910.159
• Auxiliary Power Units For Greenhouse Operations
• Avoid the Invisible Hazard: Know about Soil Shear Lines
• Avoiding Frauds and Deception
• Basic Concepts in Environmental Computer Control of Agricultural Systems
• Basic Irrigation Scheduling in Florida
• BMP: Ribbon Barriers
• Building Student Commitment to Agricultural Safety: A Guide for Agriculture Education Classes
• Calculating Nutrient Loads
• Calibration of Airblast Sprayers
• Causes and Prevention of Emitter Plugging In Microirrigation Systems
• Chapter VII. Small Businesses
• Water Measurement for Agricultural Irrigation and Drainage Systems
• Design and Construction of Screened Wells for Agricultural Irrigation Systems
• Chemical Injection Methods for Irrigation
• Chemigation Equipment and Techniques for Citrus
• "Childproofing" Your Yard or Farmstead
• Chlorine Use In Produce Packing Lines
• Cisterns To Collect Non-Potable Water For Domestic Use
• Citrus BMP Implementation in Florida's Gulf Citrus Production Area: Water, Sediment, and Aquatic Weeds
• Climate-Based Management of Lawns
• Climate-Based Management Options for North Central Florida Beef Cattle Producers
• Climate-based Management to Reduce Nitrate Leaching from Dairies in the Suwannee River Basin
• Climate Forecast and Decision Making in Agriculture
• ¿Cómo El Viento Afecta Las Casas?
• Comparison of Energy Needed to Heat Greenhouses and Insulated Frame Buildings Used in Aquaculture
• Construction of High Tensile Wire Fences
• Construction of Home Compost Units
• Consultation Agreements -- OSHA Standard 1908
• Consumer Choices Can Reduce Packaging Waste
• Control and Automation in Citrus Microirrigation Systems
• Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout Requirements and Procedures): OSHA Standard 1910.147
• Cooling Florida Sweet Corn
• Coordinated Farm Cropping Patterns for Phosphorus Control onOrganic Soils
• Decreasing Door Danger Zones -- How to make doors, including garage doors, more wind resistant.
• Degree Days: Heating, Cooling, and Growing
• Design Safety Standards for Electrical Systems: Hazardous (classified) Locations -- OSHA Standard 1910.307
• Design Safety Standards for Electrical Systems: Special Systems -- OSHA Standard 1910.308
• Design Safety Standards for Electrical Systems: General Requirements -- OSHA Standard 1910.303
• Design Tips For Drip Irrigation Of Vegetables
• Detention/Retention for Citrus Stormwater Management
• Dimensiones del Bulbo Húmedo en Riego Localizado
• Disminuyendo Zonas Peligrosas De Puertas
• Drainage Systems for Flatwoods Citrus in Florida
• Efficiencies of Florida Agricultural Irrigation Systems
• Efficiencies of Irrigation Systems Used in Florida Nurseries
• Electrical - Safety-Related Work Practices -- OSHA Standards 1910.331-1910.335
• Employee Alarm Systems -- OSHA Standard 1910.165
• Emergency Action Plans — OSHA Standard 1910.38
• Energy Efficient Main Pipelines for Drip-Irrigated Tomato Production
• Energy Requirements for Drip Irrigation of Tomatoes in North Florida
• Enstalé Panno Sou Fénèt
• Environmental Acts and Regulatory Agencies Affecting Citrus Groves in Florida
• Èske Kay Nou Paré?
• Estimating Crop Irrigation Requirements for Irrigation System Design and Consumptive Use Permitting
• Evaluating Irrigation Pumping Systems
• Evaporation Loss During Sprinkler Irrigation
• Evapotranspiration: Potential or Reference?
• Evolution of water quality regulations in the United States and Florida
• Excavated Pond Construction in Florida
• Extension Service Consumer Factsheet: "Paper or Plastic?"
• Extension Service Opportunities in Packaging Science
• Fan and Pad Greenhouse Evaporative Cooling Systems
• Fans For Greenhouses
• Farm Ponds in Florida Irrigation Systems
• Fence Brace Assemblies
• Fertigation Nutrient Sources and Application Considerations for Citrus
• Field Data Report for the First Microwave Water and Energy Balance Experiment (MicroWEX-1), July 17 - December 16, 2003, Citra, Florida
• Field Devices For Monitoring Soil Water Content
• Field Evaluation of Container Nursery Irrigation Systems: Part 1: Measuring Operating Pressures in the Irrigation System1
• Field Evaluation of Container Nursery Irrigation Systems: Measuring Uniformity of Water Application of Microirrigation Systems
• Field Evaluation of Container Nursery Irrigation Systems: Uniformity of Water Application in Sprinkler Systems
• Field Evaluations of Irrigation Systems: Solid Set or Portable Sprinkler Systems
• Field Evaluation of Microirrigation Water Application Uniformity
• Field Observations During the Fifth Microwave Water and Energy Balance Experiment: from March 9 through May 26, 2006
• Field Sanitation — OSHA Standard 1928.110
• Filling Gas Cans Safely
• Fire Detection Systems -- OSHA Standard 1910.164
• Fire Extinguishing Systems -- OSHA Standards 1910.160 - 1910.163
• Fire Protection -- Definitions: OSHA Standard 1910.155
• Fittings and Connections for Flexible Polyethylene Pipe Used in Microirrigation Systems
• Fixed Industrial Stairs: OSHA Standard 1910.24
• Flood Insurance -- A Key to Recovery
• 2008 Florida Citrus Pest Management Guide: Pesticide Application Technology
• Florida Irrigation Systems
• Flushing Procedures for Microirrigation Systems
• Food Product Quality: It Isn't Just Food Safety That Counts
• General Housekeeping Requirements — OSHA Standard 1910.22
• Maintenance, Safeguards, and Operational Features for Exit Routes — OSHA Standard 1910.37
• General Requirements for All Machines, including Hand-held and Portable Power Tools -- OSHA Standards 1910.212 and 1910.242
• General Requirements for Welding, Cutting, and Brazing -- OSHA Standard 1910.252
• Getting Started on the Right Foot: Dangers of Bypass Starting
• Getting the News Out in Time of Disaster
• Golf Courses' Water Use and Conservation Practices in Miami-Dade County
• Grain Drying and Storage on Florida Farms
• Grain Handling Facilities -- OSHA Standard 1910.272
• Grain Handling Facilities -- OSHA Standard 1910.272, Appendix A
• Grain sorghum: Harvesting, Drying and Storage
• Greenhouse Gas Mitigation in Forest and Agricultural Lands: Carbon Sequestration
• Greenhouse Heating Checklist
• Greenhouse Ventilation
• Guarding of Farm Field Equipment, Farmstead Equipment, and Cotton Gins — OSHA Standard 1928.57
• Guarding Floor and Wall Openings and Holes — OSHA Standard 1910.23
• Guide to OSHA Standard 1910.110 -- Storage and Handling of Liquefied Petroleum Gases
• Guidelines for Means of Egress Requirements -- OSHA Standard 1910 Subpart E Appendix
• Hand-me-down Hazards: Dangers of Used Equipment
• Handling Materials: General Regulations -- OSHA Standard 1910.176
• Harvesting Silage Safely
• Hazard Communications — OSHA Standard 1910.1200
• Heating Greenhouses
• Helpful Tips for Chemigation of Papaya
• Home Irrigation and Landscape Combinations for Water Conservation in Florida
• Home Water Quality and Safety
• Hose Connection Vacuum Breakers for Home Backflow Prevention
• How Safe Is Your Home
• Using Seasonal Climate Variability Forecasts: Crop Yield Risk
• How to Operate Chain Saws Safely: A PowerPoint Presentation
• How the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) Works
• How Wind Affects Homes
• Hurricane Preparedness and Recovery of Computer Equipment and Software
• Hydraulic Considerations for Citrus Microirrigation Systems
• 1993 IFAS Task Force on Microirrigation in Florida: Systems, Acreage and Costs
• Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources
• Individual Assistance Programs from FEMA
• An inexpensive device for multiple depth sampling of groundwater quality in cohesionless aquifers
• Injection of Chemicals Into Irrigation Systems: Rates, Volumes, and Injection Periods
• Innovations in Groundwater Remediation
• Inspections, Citations, and Proposed Penalties -- OSHA Standard 1903
• Instalación de Obturadores De Ventanas
• Install Window Shutters
• Introduction to Best Management Practices for Phosphorus Control onOrganic Soils
• Iron Ochre And Related Sludge Deposits In Subsurface Drain Lines
• Irrigated Acreage in Florida: A Summary through 1998
• Irrigating With High Salinity Water
• Irrigation Costs for Tomato Production in Florida*
• Irrigation of Lawns and Gardens
• Irrigation System Controllers
• Irrigation System Selection for Container Nurseries
• Keeping a Household Inventory and Protecting Valuable Records
• Kouman Van Afekte Kay
• Large Scale Utilization and Composting of Yard Waste
• Lawn Sprinkler Selection and Layout for Uniform Water Application
• Loading Effects on Irrigation Power Unit Performance
• Logging Operations -- OSHA Standard 1910.266
• Maintenance Guide for Greenhouse Ventilation, Evaporative Cooling Heating Systems
• Managing Salinity in Florida Citrus
• Manual Monitoring of Farm Water Tables
• Materials and Installation of Delivery Pipes for Irrigation Systems
• Means of Egress -- OSHA Standard 1910.36
• Measuring Irrigation Water
• Measuring Pump Capacity for Irrigation System Design
• Media Filters For Trickle Irrigation In Florida
• Methods To Relieve Heat Stress For Florida Dairies
• Microirrigation in Mulched Bed Production Systems: Irrigation Depths
• Microirrigation in The Landscape
• Microirrigation of Young Blueberries in Florida
• Microirrigation On Mulched Bed Systems: Components, System Capacities, And Management
• Microsprinkler Irrigation for Cold Protection of Florida Citrus
• Occupational Noise Exposure: OSHA Standard 1910.95
• Organic Greenhouse Container Herb Production in South Florida: Fertilizer and Potting Media
• Ornamental Growers' Water Use and Conservation Practices in Miami-Dade County
• Operation of Residential Irrigation Controllers
• Orifice Meters for Water Flow Measurement
• Other Working Surfaces -- OSHA Standard 1910.30
• Outline for Managing Irrigation of Florida Citrus with High Salinity Water
• Overview of The Florida Solid Waste Management Act of 1988
• Packingline Machinery for Florida Citrus Packinghouses
• Personal Protective Equipment: OSHA Standards 1910.132-137
• Pest Management Strategies for Storing Grains in Florida
• A Portable Demonstration Forced- Air Cooler
• Portable Fire Extinguishers — OSHA Standard 1910.157
• Portable Metal Ladders — OSHA Standard 1910.26
• Portable Wood Ladders -- OSHA Standard 1910.25
• Positive Displacement Pumps for Agricultural Applications
• Potential Impacts of Improper Irrigation System Design
• Powered Industrial Trucks — OSHA Standard 1910.178
• Precision Farming Adoption by Florida Citrus Producers: Probit Model Analysis
• Precooling Strawberries
• Preventing Injuries from Slips, Trips, and Falls
• Principles of Micro Irrigation
• Principles of On-Farm Water Management
• Protect with Plywood
• Protecting Children on the Farm: The North American Guidelines for Children's Agricultural Tasks (NAGCAT)
• Pwotéjé ak Plywood
• Psychrometrics and Postharvest Operations
• Pumps for Florida Irrigation and Drainage Systems
• Protegiendo con Plywood
• ¿Qué Tan Segura Es Su Casa?
• Reading the Simplified Psychrometric Chart for Frost Protection
• Ready or Not? Get Ready with A Tractor Operator Checklist
• Recording and Reporting Occupational Injuries and Illness -- OSHA Standard 1904
• Redwi Danjé Nan Zòn Pòt
• Reforzando Su Techo
• Reinforcing Your Roof
• Replacing Lost or Damaged Papers
• Residential Irrigation System Rainfall Shutoff Devices
• Retrofitting a Traditional In-ground Sprinkler Irrigation System for Microirrigation of Landscape Plants
• RFID - Making It So...With Some Help From the University of Florida
• Role of Packaging in Society and the Environment
• Roll-Over Protective Structures (ROPS) for Tractors Used in Agricultural Operations -- OSHA Standard 1928.51
• Rules of Practice for Variances, Limitations, Variations, Tolerances, and Exemptions under the Williams-Steiger Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 -- OSHA Standard 1905
• Rhythm of the Seasons: Planting Seeds of Safety, Harvesting Grains of Hope — A Lesson Plan for Farm Safety Audiences
• Safer Tractor Operations for Agricultural Employers
• Safer Tractor Operations for Emergency and Rescue Personnel
• Safer Tractor Operations for Landscape Maintenance and Horticultural Industries
• Safer Tractor Operations: Introduction
• Safety Requirements for Scaffolding: OSHA Standard 1910.28
• Sanitation: OSHA Standard 1910.14
• Scheduling Tips For Drip Irrigation of Vegetables
• Screen Filters in Trickle Irrigation Systems
• Selecting a Method for Sealing Ponds in Florida
• Selection and Use of Water Meters for Irrigation Water Measurement
• Selection Of Centrifugal Pumping Equipment
• Settling Basins for Trickle Irrigation in Florida
• Shortcuts are Short-sighted! or, Invest Seconds, Save Lives
• Shunt Flow Meters for Irrigation Water Measurement
• Silage Harvesting Equipment
• Simple Water Level Indicator for Seepage Irrigation
• Sinkholes
• Sipò Pou Do-Kay
• Six Steps in Making an Insurance Claim
• Small Farmer's Resources for Safety
• Soil Plant Water Relationships
• Some Devices for Flushing Animal Wastes
• Sources of Extension Information for Growers in Miami-Dade County
• Sources of Information on Flood-Resistant Design and Construction
• South Florida ornamental plant grower perspectives: water conservation management practices
• South Florida Tropical Fruit Grower Perspectives: Water Conservation Management Practices
• Specific Purpose Equipment and Installations -- OSHA Standard 1910.306
• Specifications for Accident Prevention Signs and Tags -- OSHA Standard 1910.145
• Spray Finishing Using Flammable and Combustible Materials -- OSHA Standard 1910.107
• Standpipe and Hose Systems -- OSHA Standard 1910.158
• Storage and Handling of Anhydrous Ammonia — OSHA Standard 1910.111
• Stray Voltages In Dairies
• Sustainability of Agriculture in Miami-Dade County: Considering Water Supply
• Temporary Labor Camps — OSHA Standard 1910.142
• Tensiometer Service, Testing and Calibration
• Tensiometers for Soil Moisture Measurement and Irrigation Scheduling
• Toolkit for Implementing a Community-Based "IMBY" Safety Event
• Treating Irrigation Systems with Chlorine
• Tropical Fruit Growers' Water Use and Conservation Practices in Miami-Dade County
• Turf Irrigation for the Home
• Understanding the Concepts of Uniformity and Efficiency in Irrigation
• Understanding the Pesticide Label for Citrus Grove Workers
• Understanding Water Quality Parameters for Citrus Irrigation and Drainage Systems
• Uniformity of Sprinkler and Microirrigation Systems for Nurseries
• USDA Farm Service Agency Disaster Assistance
• Use of Aquatic Cover Crops for Phosphorus Control on Organic Soils
• Uses Of Water In Florida Crop Production Systems
• Using Crop Models and Climate Forecasts to Aid in Peanut Crop Insurance Decisions
• Using Seasonal Climate Variability Forecasts: Risk Management for Tomato Production in South Florida
• Using Seasonal Climate Variability Forecasts to Plan Forest Plantation Establishment
• Using Tensiometers for Vegetable Irrigation Scheduling in Miami-Dade County.
• Valves in Irrigation Systems
• Vegetable Growers' Water Use and Conservation Practices in Miami-Dade County
• Vehicle-mounted Elevating and Rotating Work Platforms -- OSHA Standard 1910.67
• Vertical Distribution of Moisture in a Growing Sweet Corn Canopy During MicroWEX-4
• Water and Environmental Considerations for the Design and Development of Citrus Groves in Florida
• Water Budgeting for High Water Table Soils
• Water Hammer In Irrigation Systems
• Water Management Best Management Practices for PhosphorusControl on Organic Soils: Minimizing Water Table Fluctuations
• Water Management Best Management Practices for PhosphorusControl on Organic Soils: Retention of Drainage On-Farm
• Water Management Best Management Practices for PhosphorusControl on Organic Soils: Retention of Vegetable Field DrainageWater in Sugarcane or Fallow Lands
• Water Management District Considerations for Citrus Groves
• Water Quality Monitoring Programs for Environmental Assessment of Citrus Groves
• Water Requirements for Drip Irrigated Strawberries in South Central Florida
• Water Table Measurement and Monitoring for Flatwoods Citrus
• Water Use in Establishment of Young Blueberry Plants
• Water Wells for Florida Irrigation Systems
• Watersheds - Functions and Management
• An Updated Web-based Distance Diagnostic and Identification System for Extension
• Wetted Bulb Dimensions From a Trickle Source
• What You Need to Apply for Disaster Rehabilitation Assistance
• When Two's a Crowd: Dangers of Extra Riders on Tractors
• Winter Ventilation And Heating Requirements Of PRIVATE Fiberglass Greenhouses For Condensation Control
• Wiring Design and Protection -- OSHA Standard 1910.304
• Wiring Methods, Components, and Equipment for General Use -- OSHA Standard 1910.305
• Yee-Haa! Formula for a Successful Tractor Rodeo
• I am testing Minor Revision Functions
• Ascii tests

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