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MU website tracks risk of nitrogen loss
Friday, May 17, 2013
COLUMBIA, Mo.– Grain producers can track rainfall and risk of nitrogen loss during spring on a website from a University of Missouri plant scientist.
Wet spring puts plants at risk if hot, dry weather arrives
Friday, May 17, 2013
COLUMBIA, Mo. – The excessive spring rains could put plants at risk when Missouri weather turns dry and hot.
Stick with normal hybrid corn maturities for now
Thursday, May 16, 2013
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Corn growers should stick with their normal hybrid maturities rather than switch to earlier-season maturities through the end of May, says a University of Missouri Extension corn specialist.
To raise quality, make hay before seeds set
Thursday, May 16, 2013
COLUMBIA, Mo. – “Don’t delay making hay,” says Rob Kallenbach, University of Missouri Extension.
April and May set weather records
Thursday, May 16, 2013
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Lots of rain, low temperatures and even snow set weather records in April and May in Missouri.
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Topsoil lost to rainfall costs farmers money
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
COLUMBIA, Mo. – As rainfall increases, the amount of topsoil decreases. So does the amount of grain the land can produce.
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Slow-growing pastures need more warmth, not added fertility, says MU forage specialist
Friday, May 10, 2013
COLUMBIA, Mo. – After a long, slow start, pasture grass just needs more time and warm weather.
MU agronomist: Plant now, add nitrogen later
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
COLUMBIA, Mo. – The wettest first quarter of the year since 2008 has delayed nitrogen fertilizer applications and corn planting.
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Spring comes late to the dance
Friday, May 3, 2013
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Talk about being all dressed up with nowhere to go. Too many Missouri gardeners are watching spring days slip away because of cool, wet weather, which has delayed the gardening season well past the frost-free date.
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Cold, snow at start of May could injure corn seeds
Thursday, May 2, 2013
COLUMBIA, Mo. –Plummeting temperatures in Missouri could mean poor stands of corn and seed damage.
Drenching rains, low temps dampen corn planting
Friday, April 26, 2013
COLUMBIA, Mo. – It’s too early to call it too late to plant corn, says a University of Missouri cereal crops specialist.
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Parts of Missouri still facing drought
Monday, April 15, 2013
COLUMBIA, Mo. –While much of Missouri was drought-free at the end of March, other parts are still in moderate to severe hydrological drought, said Pat Guinan, climatologist for the University of Missouri Extension Commercial Agriculture Program.
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Cool soils delay early corn planting
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
COLUMBIA, Mo.– Missouri farmers itching to plant corn find that soil temperatures are well below the 13-year average, according to University of Missouri Extension specialists.
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Tornado Alley shifts eastward this storm season
Monday, April 8, 2013
COLUMBIA, Mo. - Tornado Alley will probably see slightly fewer tornadoes this storm season, while areas to its east will see a more than average number of tornadoes, says a climate expert at the University of Missouri.
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Snow can present challenges for livestock
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
NEW LONDON, Mo.– Spring is here, but parts of Missouri still aren’t through with winter weather.
MU weather stations provide real-time data across the state
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
MONROE CITY, Mo. –Monroe City boasts the newest of the state’s automated real-time weather stations operated by University of Missouri Extension’s Commercial Agriculture Program, said Pat Guinan, MU Extension assistant professor of climatology.
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Drought damage: Which trees will survive?
Monday, March 18, 2013
GALLATIN, Mo. – Last year’s drought left many of Missouri’s trees and shrubs in trouble. As spring arrives, we’ll learn what survived and what did not.
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The beginning of 2013 brings drought relief to Missouri
Monday, March 18, 2013
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Last year’s high temperatures and long-term drought conditions left Missouri with a major soil-moisture and surface-water deficit. But as the adage goes, “Don’t like Missouri weather, just wait and it will change.”
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Six feet under, the drought lives on
Thursday, February 7, 2013
COLUMBIA, Mo.– Even if the Midwest gets normal rain and snow, it will take almost two years for soil moisture deep in the earth to recharge and sustain normal crop growth, said a University of Missouri soil scientist.
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Emergency farm loans available after USDA disaster designations
Friday, January 11, 2013
COLUMBIA, Mo.– Thirty-one Missouri counties are among almost 600 counties across the U.S. that have been designated by the USDA as primary natural disaster areas due to drought and heat. Farm operators in these counties are eligible for low-interest emergency loans from USDA.
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Cropping system strategies to mitigate drought
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
COLUMBIA, Mo.– Producers can take steps to reduce the impact of drought, should we face another shortage of rainfall in 2013, says a University of Missouri plant scientist.