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Copy free to members of the Maine Vegetable and Small Fruit Growers Association or $10 from Highmoor Farm, P.O. Box 179, Monmouth, ME 04259-0179. Checks should be made out to <strong>UMaine Extension<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>2010-2011 New England Vegetable Management Guide. Copy free to members of the Maine Vegetable and Small Fruit Growers Association or $20 from Highmoor Farm, P.O. Box 179, Monmouth, ME 04259-0179. Checks should be made out to <strong>UMaine Extension<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Watering Systems for Grazing Livestock, Great Lakes Basin, Grazing Network &amp; Michigan State University Extension<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/extensionpubs.umext.maine.edu\/\">UMaine Extension Publications Catalog<\/a><\/h3>\n<h4><strong>Crops<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Weeds of the Northeast, Item #2164, Publisher: Cornell University Press, $29.95<\/li>\n<li>Building Soils for Better Crops, Item 1171, Sustainable Ag. Network, $19.95<\/li>\n<li>Managing Cover Crops Profitabily, Item 1173, Sustainable Ag Network, $19<\/li>\n<li>Trickle Irrigation in the Eastern United States, Item 1125, NRAES, $6<\/li>\n<li>Production of Vegetables, Strawberries and Cut Flowers Using Plasticulture, Item 2183, NRAES, $24<\/li>\n<li>Sustainable Vegetable Production from Start-Up to Market, Item #1164, NRAES, $38<\/li>\n<li>Herbaceous Perennials Production: A Guide from Propagation to Marketing, Item 2435, NRAES, $27<\/li>\n<li>Greenhouse Engineering, Item 1050, NRAES, $35<\/li>\n<li>New England Floriculture Guide: A Management Guide for Insects, Diseases, Weeds, and Growth Regulators, Item 1052, NE Floriculture $30<\/li>\n<li>Strawberry Production Guide for the Northeast, Midwest and Eastern Canada, Item 2431, NRAES, $45<\/li>\n<li>Tree Fruit Field Guide to Insect, Mite and Disease Pests and Natural Enemies of Eastern North America, Item 2423, $32<\/li>\n<li>Raspberry and Blackberry Production Guide for the Northeast, Midwest, and Eastern Canada, Item 2158, NRAES, $37<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Livestock<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Beef Housing and Equipment, Item 1001, MWPS-6, $15<\/li>\n<li>Sheep Housing and Equipment, Item 1109, MWSP-3, $8<\/li>\n<li>Swine Production Manual, Item 2185, UMinnesota Extension, $2.50<\/li>\n<li>A Handbook for Raising Small Numbers of Sheep, Item 1110, Univ. of California, $8<\/li>\n<li>American Farmstead Cheese: The Complete Guide to Making and Selling Artisan Cheeses, Item 1037, Chelsea Green, $35<\/li>\n<li>Storeys Barn Guide to Sheep, Item 1111, Storey Publishing, $29.95<\/li>\n<li>Storeys Guide to Raising Meat Goats: Managing, Breeding, Marketing, Item 1112, Storey Publishing, $18.95<\/li>\n<li>Post-Frame Building Handbook, Item 1088, NRAES, $14<\/li>\n<li>Forage Production for Pasture-Based Production, Item 2205, NRAES, $25<\/li>\n<li>Managing and Marketing for Pasture-Based Livestock Production, NRAES, $21<\/li>\n<li>Forage Utilization for Pasture-Based Livestock Production, Item 2204, NRAES, $27<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Marketing<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Direct Marketing of Farm Produce and Home Goods, Item 2300, UMaine Extension, $3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Books, CDs, and DVDs Harvesting Clean Energy: Farm Energy Field Guide, DVD, Maine Rural Partners, Farm Energy Partnership Beef Cattle Handbook, CD, MidWest Plan Service Developing the Goat Meat Industry, Improving Marketing Channel Communications, Louisiana State University AgCenter Sow Gestation Housing: Considering the Options, DVD \u2013 AS \u2013 569, Purdue University The New Pork Industry [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/page-withsidebar.php","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3752","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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