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Children learn farm safety firsthand

At Safety Acres Day in St. Joseph, MU Extension's Robert Kelly shows the extreme force needed to rescue someone from a grain bin. MU Extension offers rural safety and health programs statewide.

Farm real estate values

MU publication G404, Farm Land Values, compares Missouri farm land values to neighboring states and the 48 contiguous states. Accompanying MU publication G403, Farm Land Values for Missouri Counties, compares farm land values in Missouri's 114 counties.

Pasture-based dairying

Missouri's dairy producers are adopting a pastured-based dairy model to lower feed costs, minimize capital investments, increase profit and protect the environment. A pasture-based dairies curriculum teaches producers how to develop a business plan, use computerized record keeping and adopt management-intensive grazing.

High tunnel tomatoes

A high tunnel is a low-cost, solar-heated greenhouse that can be used to extend the crop production season for tomatoes and many other horticultural crops. Crops produced in high tunnels are grown in the ground with drip irrigation.

News

Precision agriculture online course set for Jan. 12-March 4
Thursday, November 19, 2009
COLUMBIA, Mo. –University of Missouri Extension is offering an eight-week online course on managing farm machinery using precision agriculture, Jan. 12 through March 4.
Cover crops protect and improve soil
Thursday, November 19, 2009
COLUMBIA, Mo. –One of the most important crops is the one not to harvest, but to protect and improve the soil.
MU to premiere new wheat variety
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Farmers will soon have a new variety of wheat that promises high yields and excellent qualities in milling.
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Coping with moldy corn
Monday, November 16, 2009
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Farmers can cope with mold-ridden corn in fields and bins in a few ways.
Being lazier in your cow-calf operation might pay off in the long run
Friday, November 13, 2009
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Weaning fall calves early the next spring might leave you doing more work and earning less money, according to a University of Missouri Extension forage specialist.
Friday the 13th marks record losses for pork farmers, says MU swine economist
Friday, November 13, 2009
COLUMBIA, Mo. – As of noon on Friday the 13th of November, pork producers have lost more money than they lost in the pork price disaster of 1998-99, said Ron Plain, University of Missouri Extension livestock economist.
MU Extension team recognized for improving tall fescue production
Thursday, November 12, 2009
COLUMBIA, Mo. — A group of University of Missouri faculty members from northwest Missouri received the Extension Teamwork Award for an educational program to improve tall fescue production and reduce feed costs for cattle producers.
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Agronomist Scharf receives MU Extension award
Thursday, November 12, 2009
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Peter Scharf of Columbia received the Vice Provost’s Award for Outstanding Achievement from University of Missouri Extension. Michael Ouart, MU vice provost and director of extension, made the presentation.
Farm Bureau honors MU Extension’s Devlin
Thursday, November 12, 2009
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Karisha Devlin of Edina received the Outstanding Agriculturalist Award from the Missouri Farm Bureau Federation.
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Show-Me Seafood
Thursday, November 12, 2009
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Ray Wright wasn’t sure what he would find when he drained a quarter-acre pond at the University of Missouri Bradford Research and Extension Center near Columbia.
Media available: 3 photos; 2 videos
MU opens experimental winery
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
COLUMBIA, Mo. –The University of Missouri has established an experimental winery to test grape varieties and growing practices in Missouri.
Media available: 2 video
Historic Veterans Day freezes highlight need to protect landscape plants from cold
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
COLUMBIA, Mo. –Missouri horticulturists remember Veterans Day, Nov. 11, as the date of two massive freeze events that damaged trees and shrubs across the Midwest.
Farmers should test corn for high mold levels
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Not testing this year’s corn crop could be risky for hog farmers. This fall’s wet weather has spurred mold growth, which can lead to toxin buildup in feed, said University of Missouri Extension specialists.
Farmers set agenda at Missouri Livestock Symposium, Dec. 4-5
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
KIRKSVILLE, Mo. – The annual Missouri Livestock Symposium, Dec. 4-5 at Kirksville Middle School, will demonstrate ways area farmers working together make learning easy.
Weed control can wait until spring, says MU Extension plant scientist
Monday, November 9, 2009
COLUMBIA, Mo. – With a wet fall nearing its end, many farmers won’t be able to get into fields for weed control this season.
Hurried harvest calls for increased electrical safety
Monday, November 9, 2009
COLUMBIA, Mo. –Farmers in a hurry to complete the most-delayed corn harvest in 30 years are fighting wet fields and added stress, making them vulnerable to injuries, said University of Missouri Extension farm safety specialist.
12-state e-conference Dec. 1 to promote agriculture’s role in energy production
Monday, November 9, 2009
COLUMBIA, Mo. –Universities from 12 Midwestern states will host a virtual conference Dec. 1 aimed at promoting agriculture’s role in energy production.
Avoid soil compaction when harvesting wet fields
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Hurried harvesting of wet corn fields may have a long-term effect on soil compaction, said a University of Missouri Extension agricultural engineer.
October average rainfall tops 10 inches, a near record
Monday, November 2, 2009
COLUMBIA, Mo. – With statewide rainfall averaging more than 10 inches, Missouri weather records show October was the wettest in 68 years and second wettest in history.
Wet fall increases grain sprouting before harvest, causing storage problems, says MU agronomist
Friday, October 30, 2009
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Prolonged wet weather increases chances that grain crops will start sprouting before harvest this fall, said a University of Missouri Extension agronomist.
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Grow Your Farm program is growing
Monday, October 26, 2009
COLUMBIA, Mo. – A three-year, $730,000 USDA grant will enable the University of Missouri, Lincoln University and the Jefferson Agricultural Institute to expand a training program for beginning farmers.
Red-banded stink bugs could threaten 2010 soybean crop in Missouri
Thursday, October 22, 2009
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Soybean producers in southeast Missouri likely will face a new threat to yields during the 2010 growing season – the red-banded stink bug.
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Pest alerts tip off producers to damaging insects
Friday, October 16, 2009
COLUMBIA, Mo. – E-mail alerts on selected insect pests are available from University of Missouri’s Integrated Pest Management program.
Missouri confirms red imported fire ant mounds in Bootheel
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Missouri has its first confirmed report of red imported fire ants, and residents of Missouri’s Bootheel should be on the lookout for fire-ant mounds on their property, said Richard Houseman, University of Missouri entomology professor and state extension entomologist.
Media available: 2 photos; 1 videos

Web Sites

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