Jasper County University of Missouri Extension

Ag News and Views

Contributors:

Ed Browning
Natural Resource Engineering Specialist
browningc@missouri.edu
(417) 358-2158

Jay Chism
Agronomy Specialist
chismj@missouri.edu
(417) 682-3579

Dona Funk
Livestock Specialist
funkd@missouri.edu
(417) 276-3313

John Hobbs
Agriculture and Rural
Development Specialist
hobbsjc@missouri.edu
(417) 223-4775

Barton, Cedar, Jasper, McDonald & Newton Counties

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October 2008
Now is the Time to Improve Your Pastures for Next Year Emergency On-Farm Grain Storage Correction to September newsletter Culling the Cow Herd Beef Production Newsletter Available Upcoming Events
September 2008
So Long Time to Begin Planning for Winter Stockpiling On-line Precision Ag Offered Emerald Ash Borer in Missouri Saving Fuel Every Way You Can Fenceline Weaning Leads to Higher Weight Gains
August 2008
Beef Tour Scheduled for Labor Day Weekend Aging of the Farm Operators Machinery Cost Prop Up Fruit Tree Limbs if Needed 'Tip' Blackberries, Black Raspberries and Purple Raspberries It's That Peachy Time of Year Learning about Wind Don't Forget Plants when Making Vacation Plans Upcoming Events
July 2008
Storm Shelters Reducing Winter Feed Costs Starts this Summer Rain, Rain and More Rain Buying Local is the Trend! Eat Blueberries for Good Health Repairing Farm Fences Wrecked by Storms Can Give Rise to Special Challenges Rains Delay Corn Planting How Much is a Bale of Hay Worth? Upcoming Events
June 2008
Fungicides on Wheat: Timing is Critical Helmets Revisited Farm Tax ID Does Synchronization and Artificial Insemination Really Pay?\| Clean Private Water Wells after a Disaster Machinery Cost Is Fescue a Good Hay Crop?
May 2008
Missouri's Armadillo Problem Using Ethanol in Air Cooled Engines Zero Capital Gains Tax Food in the United States is still a Bargain Lowering Pasture Fertility Cost Taxation Tidbit: Commuting to and from the Farm Renewable Energy Systems and Energy Efficiency Program
April 2008
Missouri Spring Forage Conference Thistle Control Selective Removal of Biennial Thistle Aphids on Wheat Bovine Viral Diarrhea (BVD) Eradication Check Stored Grain
March 2008
What is "All-Natural" Beef? Budgeting Spreadsheets Home Office Deduction Strawberry Mulch Removal New Missouri Minimum Wage Fruit Trees Need Pollinators How to Select the Best Replacement Tree for those Damaged by Storm Using Old Garden Seed Brewin' Your Own (Fuel that Is) Missouri Woodland Owners Conference Excel for Farmers
February 2008
Frost Seeding Your Pastures Top 5 Forage Tips for 2008 Cattle Record Keeping Software Annie's Project Small Pests Can Cause Big Problems DHS Chemical Reporting Grow Your Farm SW Missouri Irrigators' Conference
January 2008
What is the Future of Farming in SW Missouri What to do with the Christmas Tree after Christmas Ashes in the Garden KOMA Beef Conference A New Department of Homeland Security Regulation Wanna Pay for Construction Twice? Be Complacent Red Books Still Available New Resource for Beef Producers Composite Bulls Added to the SWBCIA Bull Sale Recognizing Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
December 2007
Consider Size when Selecting Replacement Heifers Determining Cash Rental Rates Poinsettia Care Vitamin C Doesn't Prevent Colds Building Tips Increase Diversity of Landscape with "Plants of Merit" Mouse Damage to Fruit Trees and Plants Seedling Order Forms are Here Candidates Sought for Jasper County Extension Council
November 2007
Maintaining Fans Vaccine Handling is Important for Cattle Management Sunscald on Thin-Barked Trees Do You Need to do Estate Planning? Ornamental Grasses Soybean Rust Confirmed in SW Missouri Soybean Fields Yellow Prematurely
October 2007
	Soybean Rust Update for Southwest Missouri 2007 Census of Ag Coming Near You Why Are My Cows Open? Farm Management Practices No-till Seeding a Good Way to Improve Pastures EQIP - Environmental Quality Incentives Program On the Trail of a Honey Bee Disorder
September 2007
	Pesticide Effectiveness Weaning Calves Planting Crops in Rows Forage Workshop Evaluating Some of the Alternate Fuels Farm Leases
August 2007
	IRS Profitability Report Farm Leases Apply Fertilizer to Strawberries in August Tomatoes and Stinkbugs Maple Trees Susceptible to Borer Insects Powdery Mildew on Pumpkins Could Your Farm Pass a Safety Inspection? Heat Stress and Your Horse
July 2007
	Reminder about Johnsongrass Machinery Cost What is Hay Worth? Strawberry Bed Renewal Bloomin' Musk Thistle Hydrogen as a Fuel
June 2007
	Recording Precipitation Managing Heat Stress of Beef Cattle Small Beef Herds are Significant Borer Control in Trees Carpenter Bees Check for Bagworms Now New Forages & Forage Management Tour Scout for Black Cutworm as Crops Emerge
May 2007
	Horizon Point Wind Roses Leases Garden Tips Grass Tetany Pesticide Label Information
April 2007
	Where's the Africanized Honeybee? Are You Ready for the Next Disaster? Machinery Sharing Grazing School Fruit Trees Time to Upgrade Your Bull
March 2007
	Fencing Assistance? Ten Habits of Highly Profitable Farmers Horticulture Tips Maximizing Profitability in a Cow Herd
February 2007
	Rainfall Shortage How Do You Convert Snow and Ice to Water Equivalency? Irrigators to Hold Annual Conference Pruning Fruit Trees Another Way to Limit Hay Consumption Do Not Decrease Feed to Decrease Calf Birth Weights Wheat Nitrogen Management Missouri Woodland Steward
January 2007
	Building the Farm Shop Net Farm Income Down Surplus Straw Annie's Project Plants That Add Color to a Winter Landscape Different Feeding Groups Can Increase Performance Managing Pasture during Drought NOAA on the Farm Team

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