Jasper County Extension Center

Katie Fix shown in the ring at the 2011 Jasper
County Youth Fair. (Photo courtesy of
Rebecca Haines Carthage Press.)

Jasper County Youth Fair

July 7-14, 2012 at the Municipal Park, Carthage, Mo.
Open to Jasper County youth organizations only. The purpose of the Jasper County Youth Fair is to promote and encourage agriculture, horticulture, and the rearing of better livestock; improve domestic science and art; and to promote general community betterment together with all your exhibitors and the community.

2012 Jasper County Youth Fair book (PDF)

True Armyworms on the move in Southwest Missouri

Extension agronomy specialists have been monitoring true armyworm (TAW) activity in various crops in Missouri this year. This comes after reports of significant damage to forages and crops in northern Arkansas. To date, there has been evidence in sections of southwest Missouri of their activity on fescue, bermudagrass, wheat and corn. Some high numbers of moth counts have been observed in southern Missouri monitoring traps in the last month. Read more ... | Treating TAW in Corn (PDF) | Treating TAW in Wheat (PDF) | Treating TAW in Fescue (PDF) | Management of Army Worm in Missouri Fields