Producing Marketable Products
From Living Snow Fences |
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Erik Streed and Joe Walton |
Copyright ©
2001 Regents of the University of
Minnesota. All rights reserved.
Preface
In 1999 the Minnesota Interagency Task Force on
Living Snow Fences published a technical guide called
Catching the Snow With Living Snow Fences. That
guide presents the most up-to-date information available
anywhere in the country on designing successful living
snow fences (LSFs). To purchase a copy of Catching the
Snow With Living Snow Fences, contact the University
of Minnesota Extension Service at 800-876-8636 and ask for
publication number
MI-07311. The price is $65.00 plus shipping.
This publication is designed to serve as an
additional chapter to Catching the Snow With Living
Snow Fences, as well as a stand-alone publication for
those who do not have the technical guide. It is not meant
to repeat the topics covered in the technical guide, but
rather to add information about producing marketable
products in LSFs. The material presented here is the
product of research by the Center for Integrated Natural
Resources and Agricultural Management (CINRAM) at the
University of Minnesota.
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Contents
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Full book is availabe in pdf. See below.
The Case for Living Snow Fences
Perceived Disadvantages
Potential Benefits
Designing a Producing LSF System
What to Plant
Planting Strategies
Establishment Costs
Maintenance Costs
Harvest Costs
Yields
Prices
Calculating Profitable Combinations
Marketing
Conclusion
Appendix A: Tables
Table 1. LSF Plants That Produce Marketable Crops
Table 2. Per-Acre Establishment Costs for Selected LSF
Species
Table 3. Costs, Yields, and Prices for Selected LSF
Species
Appendix B: Resources
Appendix C: LSFs and CRP Eligibility
Minnesota's Ecoregions
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Minnesota Extension.
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