Crops

Corn and Sorghum

Resources for Missouri's corn and sorghum farming industries.

Cotton is an important crop in Missouri. In 2018, southeast Missouri counties produced lint and seed valued at $324 million, though the number of cotton-planted acres varies each year with commodity prices.

Field Crop Pathology

The MU Field Crop Plant Pathology program provides research-based information for disease problems associated with field crop production in Missouri.

Forage-Livestock Group

The Forage-Livestock Group is a world-class group of scientists dedicated to the largest agricultural endeavor in Missouri: forage-livestock systems.

Establishing Cover Crops, Refugia and Field Borders Adjacent to Crop Fields

Soybean Cheat Sheet

Tar Spot of Corn

Southeast Missouri Peanut Planning Budget

Online

Fundamentals of Cover Crops

Cropland to pasture: Linneus workshop offers the how and why

February 16, 2026

Christian Co. Livestock and Forage Conference is March 3

February 16, 2026

Grazing during spring green-up

February 13, 2026

Fight the summer slump with annual lespedeza

February 11, 2026

2007 Southeast Missouri Crop Budgets (PDF)

2008 Southeast Missouri Crop Budgets (PDF)

2009 Southeast Missouri Crop Budgets (PDF)

2010 Southeast Missouri Crop Budgets (PDF)

John Lory

Extension Associate Professor - Plant Science and Technology

Kelly Nelson

Professor & State Extension Specialist in Agronomy

Caleb O'Neal

Field Specialist in Plant Science

Programs