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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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Friday, May 18, 2012
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Two diseases this spring are making trouble for some tree species around Missouri.
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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.Monday, May 14, 2012
COLUMBIA, Mo. – A lawn can be a source of pride when healthy and green, but a front yard full of disease can be an embarrassment.
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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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.
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.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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Tuesday, January 3, 2012
COLUMBIA, Mo. – A new, stinkier stink bug may hitchhike into Missouri this year to destroy crops and upset homeowners, says a University of Missouri Extension entomologist.
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Friday, October 21, 2011
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Moles have been extra busy this autumn, and you can almost see the resentment rise in homeowners as they survey their spoiled yards.Friday, July 22, 2011
COLUMBIA, Mo. – A new herbicide may be taking the green out of many evergreens.
Friday, July 15, 2011
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Some might consider it a milestone in a losing battle against weed resistance.
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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.
Friday, May 6, 2011
COLUMBIA, Mo. – A new website from the University of Missouri Weed Science Program can help you identify weeds that might be invading your field, pasture, garden or lawn.
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Friday, April 8, 2011
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Brett Craigmyle snipped off shoots of brown and wilted waterhemp one at a time, weighing the plants to determine how dead they really are.
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