Succession Planning for Woodland Owners
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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.
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.
Starting and Operating a Farmers Market: Frequently Asked Questions
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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.
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
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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
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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.
An Employer’s Guide to Worker Protection Standard Compliance
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Learn terms used in EPA’s Worker Protection Standard, and read about duties the standard outlines for agricultural employers, workers and pesticide handlers.
Animal Feeding Operations and Housing Values: Summary of Literature
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Learn what research says about how animal feeding operations affect nearby home prices. Beef, dairy, poultry and hogs may affect values differently.
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
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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
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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.
Growing Sunflowers
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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
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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.
Worker Protection Standard Overview
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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.
Agriculture and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
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Learn how many tons of greenhouse gas emissions U.S. crop and livestock farms emit. These estimates impact climate change and carbon sequestration policy.
Weather-Related Sales of Livestock
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Find out whether federal tax law allows farms to defer income earned after selling animals because of drought, flood or related weather conditions.
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.
Artificial Insemination of Cattle Step by Step
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Using correct techniques when performing artificial insemination on beef cattle can help ensure success and minimizing risk of injury. Learn how to deposit the semen in the proper location in the female reproductive tract while using sanitary techniques.
Herd Health Programs and Reproductive Efficiency of Beef Cattle
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An excellent herd health program is an important component of overall management for reproductive efficiency in a beef cattle operation. Learn ways to mitigate health risks through consistent monitoring and proactive management in this MU Extension guide.
Inbreeding: Its Meaning, Uses and Effects on Farm Animals
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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.
Reproductive Anatomy and Physiology of the Cow
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The ability of a cow or heifer to successfully mate, conceive, give birth, and raise a healthy calf each year is essential for profitable and sustainable beef production. A good understanding of anatomy and physiology of both the male and female is helpful in successfully managing reproduction.
Sampling Safely at Farmers Markets — Fact Sheet
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Read this to understand sampling regulations at farmers markets. Learn how to establish and estimate costs for handwash stations and washing and sanitizing stations.
Managing the Effects of Stress and Temperament on Beef Cattle Reproduction
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Commercial beef producers can improve herd temperament by selecting for docility and culling flighty, aggressive animals. Learn management practices that might improve reproductive outcomes in this guide.