Serves farmers with disabilities, providing practical education and on-the-farm assistance to promote agricultural and rural independence.
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Displaying 1 - 90 of 90Learn more at this site about free online training focusing on agricultural safety and health, available to AgriSafe nonmembers as well as members.
Advocates and provides information for U.S. soy farmers on policy and trade issues.
Livestock producers can stretch short supplies of hay this year by using a simple ammonia treatment on bales, says University of Missouri Extension livestock specialist Zac Erwin.
How can seed companies help farmers and ranchers shift their acres to forages most suitable to the changing climate?
Vegetable MD Online was developed to provide access to the many Vegetable Disease Fact Sheets produced over the years by Media Services at Cornell.
Outlines precautions that ag employers can take to help protect their workforce. English and Spanish versions.
A letter for food and agriculture sector employees certifying that their work with critical infrastructure exempts them from pandemic restrictions on travel or work outside the home.
Find interactive worksheets, calculators and other tools here to help manage your crops.
Statistics useful for Missouri agriculture.
This study documents the Missouri specialty crop industry’s total economic contribution to the state and its counties.
Map showing the amount of precipitation that has accumulated within the last 24 hours.
Recent rains improved pastures and helped livestock producers get some more hay put up, but hay supplies are still short after a challenging year.
Use an assessment tool to generate a report describing the characteristics of your land or one of several other worksheets and tools at this site.
Describes how each resource or supply may be affected during various states of emergency and specific factors to consider to help develop a crisis operations plan.
The 2018 extended drought in southwest Missouri has left pastures and hayfields with few forages left at the end of summer according to Tim Schnakenberg, field specialist in agronomy with University of Missouri Extension.
The Greene County Commission, along with the Greene County MU Extension, members of County departments and delegates from the community learned about local agriculture on the third annual Greene County Ag Tour.
Gene Schmitz, a University of Missouri Extension livestock field specialist, has seen a lot of variety in hay samples this year. He says hay testing can be a good idea for producers.
Historical data about acreage, operations, cash receipts, production, yields for Missouri specialty crops (fruits, tree nuts, vegetables, nursery, etc.)
A custom weather analysis system that provides site-specific advisories to participating Missouri farmers.
It is the time of year when many farmers and ranchers are renegotiating leases.
Pennsylvania State University reference book that is applicable to Missouri.
There are many opportunities for establishing and managing food and cover to provide wildlife habitat on lands both in and out of production.
Calculate the cost and best use of various irrigation systems using tools at this site.
Broomsedge (or sagegrass) has been a steadily growing problem in southwest Missouri pastures for many years according to Tim Schnakenberg, agronomy field specialist with University of Missouri Extension.
Provides weather data required for effective planning and management of the state's agriculture, industry and natural resources.
Adding native warm-season grasses to pasture systems has resulted in increased gains on yearling cattle and improved performance of cow-calf herds during the summer when cool-season grasses (fescue, bluegrass) stop growing.
Many species of wildlife use grasslands for food, cover, and nesting.
Provides services to farming operations.
Beef producers will learn how to capture added value in marketing at the 19th annual Missouri Livestock Symposium, says Garry L. Mathes, chair of the event. The symposium is scheduled for Nov. 30 and Dec.
Research to explain Missouri’s soybean value chain: strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats related to producing, transporting, processing, marketing
Learn about soybeans and their uses from this Missouri Soybean Association and Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council website.
Results from Missouri specialty crop producers to help understand farming operations. Info on crops grown, sales, distribution outlets, operation size.
Tap into on-farm and field-scale research to obtain farm-specific data and information you can use to make decisions and evaluate best management practices while protecting your bottom line.
Stay up to date on the latest news and information with the Integrated Pest and Crop Management newsletter.
Houses information on tools, services, programs and other resources that aim to take an environmentally sensitive approach to pest management.
Learn about common pests and subscribe to pest alert emails that go out when pest captures reach significant numbers.
Search for and identify weeds by their common or Latin names, or look up descriptions of their leaves, flowers, fruit, roots, identifying characteristics and overall appearance.
The National Drought Mitigation Center (NDMC), established at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1995, helps people and institutions prepare for drought.
A presentation on how managing grazing fields, specifically warm-season grasses, can benefit not only livestock but wildlife as well.
Offers a variety of information, tools and resources related to conservation.
Information and resources on nutrient management planning, manure management and regulations that affect animal feeding operations.
Outlines two remote options for private pesticide applicator license certification or recertification.
Provides timely, high-quality plant and nematode screening services to people in the seed and biotech industries, researchers, crop advisors and farmers.
General outlook for significant U.S. river flooding.
This Excel spreadsheet can help crop farmers and livestock producers price corn silage. It uses crop and market conditions to estimate the value of silage at three different pricing points.
Researchers at Iowa Sate University have come up with the stalk nitrate N test as a diagnostic tool for improving N management in corn.
Farmers and ranchers in southwest Missouri are invited to attend the 89th Annual Stone County Livestock and Forage Conference.
Part of the National Weather Service and the National Centers for Environmental Prediction, the Storm Prediction Center provides information dealing with severe weather across the United States.
Customizable calculator for sunrise/sunset and moonrise/moonset times.
Bob Schultheis with University of Missouri Extension in Webster County discusses testing forage for nitrates.
Mid-Missouri farmers can avoid the doldrums of January by attending one or all three upcoming seminars offered by University of Missouri Extension and Natural Resources Conservation Service.
Find a summary here of federal rural resources and actions taken by USDA Rural Development to help those in rural areas affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Map depicting large-scale trends based on subjectively derived probabilities guided by short- and long-range statistical and dynamical forecasts.
The U.S. Drought Monitor is a weekly map that identifies and labels by intensity general areas of drought throughout the nation, accompanied by written regional drought summaries.
Publications related to integrated pest management.
Southwest Research Center was established in 1959 through the purchase of an 898-acre site that represented soil types in this region.
The Center for Native Grasslands Management (CNGM) was opened in 2006 by the University of Tennessee to provide the scientific background needed by producers and land managers to enable them to effectively establish and manage native gra
Features videos, webinars and other resources available through UMASH, a multidisciplinary collaboration focused on addressing occupational health and safety issues in agriculture.
A High Tunnel System, commonly called a “hoop house,” is an increasingly popular conservation practice for farmers, and is available with financial assistance through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP).
Weed problems may explode this year thanks to the drought of 2018 and residual problems associated with overgrazing in parched pastures, says University of Missouri Extension agronomist Valerie Tate.
MU Extension is providing a Warm Season Grass Cattle Grazing Workshop on January 28th beginning at 6:00 p. m. at the Vernon County Fairgrounds Diner in Nevada, Mo. and on February 1st beginning at 1:00 p. m.
There’s an old saying about warm-season grass: “First year it sleeps. Second year it creeps. Third year it leaps.”
Jointly prepared by the U.S. Department of Commerce, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the U.S.
Cattle grazing below 2 inches in a fescue pasture can expect to ingest total ergovaline, a toxic alkaloid that costs $1 billion in U.S. livestock production losses from fescue toxicosis.
Livestock producers can learn how to improve pastures and profits during the March 18 Novel Tall Fescue Renovation Workshop at the University of Missouri Southwest Research Center in Mount Vernon.