Crops

News

• Know your enemy: MU website helps ID common weeds
  Thursday, May 24, 2012
  COLUMBIA, Mo. – When weeds invade your field, pasture, garden or lawn, you want to use the right weapon for fighting back.
  
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• Dryness creeps north in Missouri
  Friday, May 18, 2012
  COLUMBIA, Mo. – Missouri’s spring is on track to be the warmest on record.
  
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• You should still scout for soybean seedling diseases
  Wednesday, May 16, 2012
  BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. — With above-average temperatures and ideal planting conditions this spring in most of Missouri, widespread soybean seedling diseases are less likely to occur, but farmers should still be on the lookout, says a University of Missouri Extension agronomy specialist.
• Quail, pollinators, farming featured at June 21 field day at MU Bradford Research Center
  Thursday, May 3, 2012
  COLUMBIA, Mo. – You can learn about the birds and the bees June 21 when University of Missouri’s Bradford Research Center hosts a field day on bobwhite quail and native pollinators.
• Is it cost-effective to bale your own hay?
  Monday, April 23, 2012
  BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. — The greening of pastures and the rising of temperatures have led ruminant-livestock owners to start thinking about the upcoming haying season.
• True armyworm poised to threaten crops
  Friday, April 20, 2012
  COLUMBIA, Mo. – True armyworms are on the march this spring, and farmers need to be checking fields to make sure their crops aren’t among the casualties.
  
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• Heavy alfalfa weevil, pea aphid populations seen across state
  Thursday, April 12, 2012
  COLUMBIA, Mo. – The silvered tops of alfalfa around Missouri tell the tale of a bug that just can’t eat enough.
  
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• Northwest farmers prepare for planting a year after flood
  Friday, April 6, 2012
  HOLT COUNTY, Mo. – Temporary levees serve as signposts on the road to recovery from floods in northwestern Missouri that brought thousands of acres of farming to a screeching halt in 2011.
  
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• Weeds get jump-start with early warm weather, more control may be needed, says MU specialist
  Wednesday, March 28, 2012
  COLUMBIA, Mo. – With the early spring warm-up, farmers may face two herbicide applications instead of one before they start planting soybeans.
• Field day schedule set for 2012
  Monday, March 26, 2012
  COLUMBIA, Mo. – Droughts, floods, spring deluges, and late and early frosts are all possibilities that face Missouri farmers—sometimes in a matter of days. While no one can control the weather, you can learn the best ways to prepare for it and adapt to it at CAFNR’s Field Days across the state.
  
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• Search for Missouri Century Farms continues
  Wednesday, February 1, 2012
  COLUMBIA, Mo. – If your farm has been in your family since Dec. 31, 1912, you can apply to have it recognized as a Missouri Century Farm.
• Missouri drought more than skin deep
  Thursday, December 8, 2011
  COLUMBIA, Mo. – It may not look it, but many Missouri fields are hiding a deep, dry secret.
  
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• MU research goes organic
  Wednesday, November 23, 2011
  COLUMBIA, Mo. – With freshly sprouted cover crops of cereal rye and hairy vetch, the University of Missouri’s Bradford Research and Extension Center is embarking on the university's first nationally funded organic farming research project.
• What’s the fuss about flexible cash rent?
  Friday, November 11, 2011
  BLUE SPRINGS, Mo.–Recent weather conditions and unprecedented volatility in crop prices and input costs are encouraging many farmers to find new ways of managing risk, notes a University of Missouri Extension agriculture business specialist.
• Missouri Beginning Farmers webinars get second life in online archive
  Thursday, October 27, 2011
  COLUMBIA, Mo. — Where can you find conversations about pasture-raised chicken and organic farming next to talks on soil and social media? Online.
• Success in wine starts on the vine
  Monday, October 24, 2011
  COLUMBIA, Mo. – Bacchus would be proud as Missourians use autumn as an excuse to revel in wine-filled times with good friends.
  
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• Poor pastures give cattle producers opportunity to review winter feeding options
  Wednesday, October 5, 2011
  COLUMBIA, Mo. — Feeding hay will come sooner than normal for some cattle farmers this fall.
• MU drought simulators stop the rain
  Thursday, August 18, 2011
  COLUMBIA, Mo. — Farmers face an age-old problem when rains fail to come.
  
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• Corn harvest expectations downgraded
  Thursday, August 11, 2011
  COLUMBIA, Mo. — More corn will fuel U.S. gas tanks in the coming year than will feed U.S. livestock and poultry.
• Waterhemp resistance headlines University of Missouri Pest Management Field Day
  Friday, July 15, 2011
  COLUMBIA, Mo. – Some might consider it a milestone in a losing battle against weed resistance.
  
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• Japanese beetle scourge hits fields and lawns across Missouri
  Wednesday, July 13, 2011
  COLUMBIA, Mo. – If the leaves of your roses, shrubs or soybeans look like swiss cheese, the culprit could be Japanese beetles.
  
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• Cutting farm direct payments might not save as much as first appears, MU FAPRI reports
  Wednesday, June 29, 2011
  COLUMBIA, Mo. – Cutting direct payments to farmers appears to save $4.9 billion per year in the federal budget. However, cutting that USDA program could boost farmer participation in ACRE, a program that offsets losses in farm income.
• MU FAPRI reports economic impact of extending ethanol tax credit, tariff
  Monday, June 27, 2011
  COLUMBIA, Mo. – Extending the current ethanol tax credit and tariff would boost corn-based fuel production -- and corn prices, report University of Missouri economists.
• First wheat yields are available in MU Variety Testing Program
  Thursday, June 23, 2011
  COLUMBIA, Mo. --- First yields from winter wheat harvests are coming in, says Bill Wiebold, University of Missouri Extension agronomist.
• Farmers with damaged crops must call insurance agent
  Thursday, April 28, 2011
  BENTON, Mo. – Farmers with flood-damaged fields should contact their crop insurance agent while waiting for waters to recede and fields to dry, said a University of Missouri Extension agriculture business specialist.
• Workshops aim to bring local foods to local schools
  Friday, February 11, 2011
  KIRKSVILLE, Mo. – The local food movement is going back to school.

Websites

Browse these University of Missouri websites:

• Agricultural Experiment Station
• Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources Extension
• Community Food Systems and Sustainable Agriculture
  Broadens consumer awareness of the community benefits of locally produced foods.
• Plant Sciences Extension
• Soil Testing and Plant Diagnostic Services

You may be interested in these external websites:

• eXtension Organic Agriculture Resources
• Missouri Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service

Publications

• G4020, Tables for Weights and Measurements: Crops
• G4050, Troubleshooting Field Crop Problems
• G4080, No-Till Planting Systems
• G4081, No-Till Checklist
• G4090, Alternative Crops in Double-Crop Systems for Missouri
• G4091, Corn and Soybean Replant Decisions
• G4099, Analyzing Cropping Systems
• G4448, Controlling Vole Damage in No-Till Corn and Soybeans
• G4953, Wheat-Soybean Double Crop Management in Missouri
• G9176, Fertilizer Management for No-Till Corn and Grain Sorghum in Missouri
• NCR303, Plant Growth Regulators: Their Use in Crop Production
• SX1008, Diversifying Cropping Systems

You may be interested in these related publications:

• AED20, Managing Dry Grain in Storage
• AF1001, Agroforestry: An Integration of Land Use Practices
• AF1003, Propagating Pecan and Black Walnut in Missouri
• AF1005, Funding Incentives for Agroforestry in Missouri
• AF1007, Growing Chinese Chestnuts in Missouri
• AF1008, Agroforestry Practices DVD
• AF1009, Establishing and Managing Riparian Forest Buffers
• AF1011, Growing Black Walnut for Nut Production
• AGW1008, Taxation of Crop Insurance and Disaster Payments
• CB1, Agriculture Guide Book
• CB4, Binder of MU Agricultural Guides G2000 - G5999
• EC960, Grain Storage Management: A Guide for Keeping Your Grain in Top Condition
• G362, Days Suitable for Fieldwork in Missouri
• G1969, Safe Storage and Handling of Grain
• MP59, Insect/Mite Identification Form
• MP188, Soil Sample Information for Field Crops
• MX383, Biotechnology: Generating Knowledge for a Better Tomorrow
• P73220, 48-foot Pole Grain Storage

Courses

• Missouri Beginning Farmers Program
• Precision Agriculture Technology