Broadband Technologies: A Primer on Access and Solutions
New
Learn broadband terminology and issues related to access — availability and adoption. Access to high-speed internet encourages equitable opportunities.
Succession Planning for Woodland Owners
Reviewed
Learn how to transition a family-owned forest to the next generation by assembling a succession team, using estate planning tools and outlining tasks for forest owners.
Harnessing Social Media to Build Your Business
Revised
Find tips to make your own social media plan — everything from setting goals and choosing the right platforms to building an audience and planning content.
Starting and Operating a Farmers Market: Frequently Asked Questions
Revised
Learn what makes a farmers market successful and feasible. Get tips about how to start or improve a market to make local food available in your community.
Worker Protection Standard Overview
Revised
Read about how the EPA’s Worker Protection Standard applies to agricultural pesticide use and what you as a farm employer must do to comply with the standard.
Designing a Butterfly Garden
New
Learn how to make a butterfly garden, get some fun facts and tips about butterflies, and see two example butterfly gardens in this colorful two-page guide.
Making Seed Tapes
New
Making seed tapes is a great winter activity that makes for quick planting during gardening season. Learn how in this one-page guide.
Population Trends in Missouri and Its Regions
New
Estimates show that between 2019 and 2020, Missouri grew by 0.2%, adding over 11,000 net new residents. The state grew at half the national growth rate (0.4%), but was largely consistent with many Midwestern and neighboring states. This population growth, however, has occurred unevenly throughout the state.
An Employer’s Guide to Worker Protection Standard Compliance
Revised
Learn terms used in EPA’s Worker Protection Standard, and read about duties the standard outlines for agricultural employers, workers and pesticide handlers.
Growing Sunflowers
New
Sunflowers are an easy, fast growing flower that can add much fun to the garden. Learn about common varieties and how to grow them in this one-page guide.
Winter Sowing Seeds
New
Winter sowing is a method of starting seeds in late winter for spring transplanting. Learn what plants you can winter sow and how in this one-page guide.
Animal Feeding Operations and Housing Values: Summary of Literature
Revised
Learn what research says about how animal feeding operations affect nearby home prices. Beef, dairy, poultry and hogs may affect values differently.
The Cut Flower Garden
New
Learn how to plant and harvest easy-to-grow flowers and how to arrange them in a vase in this colorful two-page guide.
Taking Plant Cuttings
New
Grow new plants with cuttings from existing ones. Learn how to take a cutting and create an environment in which it can develop roots in this 2-page guide.
Native Forage: A Guide to Getting the Most From Your Grazing Operation
New
Adding warm-season grass areas to a grazing system that already features cool-season grass creates a forage system that allows livestock owners to keep their herds feeding on high-quality forage for more of the year.
Agriculture and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Revised
Learn how many tons of greenhouse gas emissions U.S. crop and livestock farms emit. These estimates impact climate change and carbon sequestration policy.
Soybean Gall Midge
New
Soybean gall midge is a newly described insect species that attacks and severely damages soybean. Learn how to scout for and identify this pest — currently established in parts of South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska and Missouri — in this guide.
Weather-Related Sales of Livestock
Revised
Find out whether federal tax law allows farms to defer income earned after selling animals because of drought, flood or related weather conditions.
Facilities for Artificial Insemination of Beef Cattle
New
Access to functional artificial insemination (AI) facilities is a challenge for beef cattle producers. Learn what to look for in an AI facility and view a list of portable breeding barns available through University of Missouri Extension.
Detection of Estrus in Beef Cattle Herds
New
Correctly detecting cows and heifers in estrus can be critical for beef producers. Learn behavioral and physiological changes that indicate standing heat, how to use estrus detection aids and how to time artificial insemination in this MU Extension guide.
Production Records for Commercial Cow-Calf Operations
New
Learn what cow-calf production records are needed for making management decisions in a beef cattle operation, the basic metrics to consider monitoring, and how to interpret the results in this University of Missouri Extension guide.
Crossbreeding Systems for Small Herds of Beef Cattle
Revised
Crossbreeding in commercial beef cattle production improves efficiency through heterosis and breed complementation.
Inbreeding: Its Meaning, Uses and Effects on Farm Animals
Reviewed
Mating schemes of animals are classified as either inbreeding or outbreeding. Mating closely related animals is inbreeding. Outbreeding is mating less closely related animals, but people disagree about where to draw the line. Learn more in this guide.