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Cattle losing adaptations to environmental stressors, MU researchers find

Published: Friday, July 23, 2021

As a fourth-generation cattle farmer, Jared Decker knows that cattle suffer from health and productivity issues when they are taken from one environment--which the herd has spent generations adapting to--to a place with a different climate, a ...

June Dairy Month proclamation

Published: Monday, June 21, 2021

MOUNT VERNON, Mo. – Surrounded by dairy farmers and industry leaders, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on June 8 proclaimed June as Dairy Month.The proclamation recognizes the hard work and contributions of our dairy farmers statewide, said Reagan Bluel, ...

Missouri Dairy Hall of Honors recognizes 5 dairy leaders

Published: Tuesday, April 6, 2021

COLUMBIA, Mo. – The Missouri Dairy Hall of Honors has announced its latest award winners. Due to COVID-19, honorees will be recognized in 2022, according to Gloria Johnson, executive secretary for the Missouri Dairy Hall of Honors.Joe Horner, Dairy ...

Use sacrifice pastures now to spare best cattle grazing pastures for later

Published: Tuesday, April 6, 2021

STOCKTON, Mo. – If not managed properly, muddy pastures can affect grazing the rest of the year, says University of Missouri Extension regional livestock specialist Patrick Davis.“Cattle producers need to evaluate their pastures,” Davis says. ...

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Missouri 400-Cow Dairy and 690-Cow Dairy Business Plans

Publication date: Nov. 1, 2020

This dairy farm business plan is intended to demonstrate one pathway for the next generation of Missouri’s dairy farmers. This path involves next generation confinement housing solutions that can improve cow comfort and cooling while removing ...

Missouri 3,500-Cow Dairy Business Plan

Publication date: Nov. 1, 2020

This 3,500-cow dairy farm business plan demonstrates one path forward for the next generation of Missouri’s dairy farmers. This path involves producing milk in Missouri with a 3,500-cow single site dairy, a capital and labor efficient scale. This ...

Missouri Robotic Dairy Business Plans

Publication date: Nov. 1, 2020

These business plans demonstrate one path forward for the next generation of Missouri’s dairy farmers. This path forward involves labor-saving robotic milking systems and next generation confinement housing solutions to improve cow comfort and ...

Dairy (Grazing) Planning Budget

Publication date: Oct. 1, 2020

This budget presents information useful to Missouri dairy farmers. The production practices used to develop the cost estimates are common for grazing dairies in Missouri. Farmers are encouraged to customize this budget to fit their operation with the ...

Dairy Heifer Planning Budget

Publication date: Oct. 1, 2020

This budget presents information useful to Missouri farmers raising dairy heifers. The production practices used to develop the cost estimates are common in Missouri. Farmers are encouraged to customize this budget to fit their operation with the aid ...

Dairy (Confinement) Planning Budget

Publication date: Oct. 1, 2020

This budget presents information useful to Missouri dairy farmers. The production practices used to develop the cost estimates are common for confinement dairies in Missouri. Farmers are encouraged to customize this budget to fit their operation with ...

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Central Milk Market Administrators (Northern Missouri)

Milk Prices and Marketing

Comparison of Perennial Ryegrass and Tall Fescue in a Pasture-based Dairy Grazing System (PDF)

When base forages do not meet or exceed feed demand or quality needs of livestock, supplemental feedstuffs must be provided at added costs. While maximizing forage yield is critical, balance between yield and nutritive value must be met.

Missouri Grazing Dairy Financials (PDF)

Plants Poisonous to Livestock and other Animals

This is a growing reference that includes plant images, pictures of affected animals and presentations concerning the botany, chemistry, toxicology, diagnosis and prevention of poisoning of animals by plants and other natural flora (fungi, etc.).

Ag Risk Budget Library

Thousands of materials on agricultural risk management, marketing, financial management, and more.

Agricultural Anaerobic Digesters

Biogas Production - University Resources - Agricultural Anaerobic Digesters: Design and Operation, Penn State

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