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Missouri Master Naturalist - Mississippi Hills Chapter

Event date: Aug. 3, 2021 - Nov. 23, 2021

Hannibal, MO

Educational program Improving understanding of natural resource ecology and management, and enhances existing natural resource education. Provides framework for conducting volunteer educational programs towards management of natural ...

Summer Woodland Steward Webinar Series

Event date: Aug. 17, 2021 - Aug. 31, 2021

8/17 – Under the Big Top! We will cover some of the smaller native trees and shrubs one might find under the main canopy of their woodland. 8/24 – How to Conduct a Mast Survey. Mast (acorns) is important for forecasting winter food for ...

Women Owning Woodland/Women Caring for the Land Forest Management Field Day

Event date: Aug. 27, 2021

Event time: | 9:00 am - 3:30 pm

Kirksville, MO

A one day workshop for women landowners and woodland enthusiasts to join natural resources professionals to learn about forest management for wildlife. The morning will be a classroom session that will cover forest management basics, timber stand ...

Missouri Woodland Steward - Online

Event date: June 15, 2021 - Dec. 31, 2021

Helps private land owners identify woodland habitats, and introduce them to basic forest and wildlife management concepts and practices. This is access to recorded sessions on the following topics: Getting to Know ‘The lay of your land’: ...

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Cereal rye as a cover crop can reduce waterhemp

Published: Wednesday, July 28, 2021

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Cereal rye as a cover crop may reduce waterhemp populations without yield loss in soybean, according to a three-year study at the University of Missouri.MU Extension weed specialist Mandy Bish and a team of researchers studied how ...

Q&A with Sam Polly

Published: Friday, July 23, 2021

What do you do in your current role with the University of Missouri?I work as the Pesticide Safety Education Program (PSEP) coordinator. This entails working with various extension specialists to build the pesticide safety program, along with ...

Weed electrocution research sparks interest as herbicide resistance impedes current methods

Published: Thursday, July 22, 2021

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Move over, herbicides. There’s a new sheriff in town. And he’s toting some powerful guns loaded with electricity to kill weeds. This shocking new method of weed control was demonstrated at the 2021 Pest Management Field Day at ...

Mizzou Weed Science shares Seed Terminator research

Published: Monday, July 19, 2021

COLUMBIA, Mo. – In the 1984 film “The Terminator,” a robotic assassin played by Arnold Schwarzenegger warns, “I’ll be back.” If waterhemp could talk, it might say the same thing. Waterhemp can’t be bargained with. It can’t be ...

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An Employer’s Guide to Worker Protection Standard Compliance

Publication date: May 1, 2021

In 1992, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued the Worker Protection Standard. On January 2, 2017, EPA enacted key revisions to the Standard to decrease pesticide exposure incidents among farmworkers and their family members.According ...

Worker Protection Standard Overview

Publication date: May 1, 2021

In 1992, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued the Worker Protection Standard (WPS). The WPS offers occupational protections to over 2 million agricultural workers and pesticide handlers who work at over 600,000 agricultural ...

Agriculture and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Publication date: April 1, 2021

The Fourth National Climate Assessment report, released in 2018, uses the highest estimates of greenhouse gas emissions (called RCP 8.5) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to forecast substantial economic losses in the U.S. The section ...

Safe Tractor Operation

Publication date: Feb. 1, 2021

Work-related injuries caused 416 farmer and farm worker deaths in 2017, resulting in a fatality rate of 20.4 deaths per 100,000 farm workers. The National Agricultural Tractor Safety Initiative reports that tractors cause about 50% of all farm worker ...

Missouri Master Naturalist State Program Manual

Publication date: Jan. 1, 2021

Learn about the workings of the Missouri Master Naturalist program. Along with an overview of this statewide volunteer conservation program, this manual details certification, training and volunteer service requirements and offers operation and ...

Nutrient Recovery System for Dairy Farms: Dissolved Air Flotation and Multi-Disk Press

Publication date: Jan. 1, 2021

A manure management plan consists of balancing the use and/or reuse of organic material but, more importantly, nutrients — primarily nitrogen and phosphorous — and water. Water and nutrients are intertwined because water is the primary means by ...

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Hazardous Materials/Weapons of Mass Destruction Incident Response Awareness 070121

July 1, 2021 - Aug. 16, 2021

$25.00

Welcome to Hazardous Materials and Weapons of Mass Destruction Incident Response Awareness. This awareness-level course is the first level of first responder certification. A first responder must be properly trained and mentally prepared when called ...

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Native Pollinators fact sheet (PDF)

Find information on establishing and maintaining habitat for animal pollinators in this fact sheet, part of a series created by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, the Missouri Department of Conservation and MU Extension–School of ...

Managing the Japanese Beetle: A homeowner's Handbook (PDF)

The Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica Newman) is a highly destructive plant pest of foreign origin. It was first found in the United States in a nursery in southern New Jersey in 1916. In its native Japan, where the beetle’s natural enemies keep ...

Missouri Urban Trees

This 60-page PDF from the Missouri Department of Conservation lists recommended trees for Missouri landscapes. It also describes how to select, buy, transport, plant and care for trees.

Quail Covey Headquarters fact sheet (PDF)

Find information on establishing clumps of dense shrubs or woody cover with a canopy to create headquarters for quail in this fact sheet, part of a series created by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, the Missouri Department of ...

Integrated Pest and Crop Management newsletter

Stay up to date on the latest news and information with the Integrated Pest and Crop Management newsletter.

Soil Sampling Q&A (PDF)

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