Soil and water

News

• Benefits of a well-drained soil
  Thursday, April 19, 2012
  BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. — An ideal soil is half solid and half pore space by volume, and that pore space should be equal parts air and water. Gardening practices greatly influence pore space in cultivated soils.
  
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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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• 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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• The secret's in the soil
  Tuesday, January 31, 2012
  COLUMBIA, Mo. – A healthy garden starts from the ground up.
• 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.
• Fall leaves and faded garden plants make great compost
  Tuesday, October 4, 2011
  BLUE SPRINGS, Mo.–Curbside leaf and brush removal dates will be here before we know it. If you dread filling sacks with fallen leaves, a University of Missouri Extension horticulturist suggests a less agonizing and more rewarding alternative.
  
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Websites

Browse these University of Missouri websites:

• Agricultural Experiment Station
• CARES - Center for Applied Research and Environmental Systems
  Aids interested public and private parties in learning about and managing our resources.
• Plant Sciences Extension
• Soil Testing and Plant Diagnostic Services

You may be interested in these external websites:

• eXtension Organic Agriculture Resources

Publications

You may be interested in these related publications:

• AF1009, Establishing and Managing Riparian Forest Buffers
• CB1, Agriculture Guide Book
• CB3, Binder of MU Agricultural Guides G100 - G1999
• CB5, Binder of MU Agricultural Guides G6000 - G9999
• DVD12, Management Intensive Grazing Video Series
• EV12, Management Intensive Grazing Video Series
• G1500, Choosing Terrace Systems
• G1501, Operating and Maintaining Underground Outlet Terrace Systems
• G1503, Operating and Maintaining Grassed Outlet Terrace Systems
• G1504, Maintaining Grassed Waterways
• G1506, Design Criteria for Diversions
• G1507, Design Criteria for Cross-Slope Channels
• G1509, Controlling Runoff and Erosion at Urban Construction Sites
• G1510, Design Criteria for Canopy and Hood Inlet Spillways
• G1514, Design Criteria for Formless Concrete Flumes
• G1520, Discharge Capacity Tables for Canopy, Hood, Morning Glory and Drop Inlet Spillways
• G1528, Design Criteria for Debris Basins
• G1530, Operation of a Bottom Withdrawal (Lake Cleaning) Spillway
• G1531, Design Criteria for Bottom-Withdrawal (Lake-Cleaning) Spillway
• G1548, Maintaining Small Dams
• G1562, Estimating Soil Erosion for Conservation Planning
• G1570, Estimating Residue: Line Transect Method
• G1606, Culverts and Flood Gates
• G1650, Conservation Tillage and Residue Management to Reduce Soil Erosion
• G1652, Ridge-Till Tips
• G1653, Vegetative Barriers for Erosion Control
• G1885, Fugitive Dust: Nonpoint Sources

Courses

• Missouri Beginning Farmers Program