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Nitrate and Water
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Nitrates in water can harm livestock and infants; this guide explains sources, risks, and prevention strategies.
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Strip-Grazing Milo as a Low-Cost Winter Forage
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Learn how to utilize strip-grazing milo as a cost-effective winter forage option for livestock, reducing feed expenses and enhancing pasture management.
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Dairy Grazing: Growth of Pasture Plants
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This publication offers insights into plant physiology and morphology, emphasizing their impact on grazing management.
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Profitable Poultry: Raising Birds on Pasture
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Learn how to raise chickens and turkeys using pens, movable fencing and pastures, and get some original ideas on marketing poultry products.
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Reducing the Risk of Groundwater Contamination by Improving Hazardous Waste Management
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Learn safe practices for managing hazardous materials on farms to protect drinking water and comply with environmental regulations.
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Community watershed management organizational structure styles
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Explore three organizational styles for community watershed management, offering guidelines to select the best approach for your situation.
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Custom Rates for Farm Services in Missouri
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Get custom service rates for fieldwork, planting, fertilizer, crop harvesting, hauling and heavy equipment activities from a survey of farmers, agribusinesses and contractors.
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Reducing the Risk of Groundwater Contamination by Improving Fertilizer Storage and Handling
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If stored safely in a secure location, fertilizers pose little danger to groundwater.
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Groundwater Quality
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Learn how groundwater contamination happens, its effects on drinking water, and ways to protect this vital natural resource from pollution.
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Asian Chestnut Gall Wasp
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Learn about the gall wasp, its distribution and possible damage to trees.
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Turfgrass Weed Control for Professionals
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This guide provides weed identification and control information that turfgrass professionals can use to develop effective weed control programs.
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Turfgrass Disease Control
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Turfgrass disease is one of the serious reasons for injury and death to grasses. An accurate diagnosis of the problem is essential to any control program.
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State and EPA Regulations for Domestic Wastewater Sludge and Biosolids
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Learn about Missouri and federal regulations for use and disposal of domestic wastewater sludge and biosolids in this guide.
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Ice and Freeze Damage to Ornamental and Fruit Trees: Implications and Remediation
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Learn how ice and freeze events affect fruit and ornamental trees in the Midwest, with tips on identifying damage and supporting recovery.
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Understanding Your Water Test Report
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This guide helps private well owners interpret water test results, identify potential contaminants, and determine appropriate treatment options.
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Low-Maintenance Landscaping
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Create a beautiful, low-maintenance landscape with thoughtful design, proper plant selection, and easy-to-care-for features that suit your space and lifestyle.
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High Tunnel Melon and Watermelon Production, Page 02
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Maintaining healthy, nonstressed plants, managing the high tunnel environment properly, preserving beneficial insects and early pest detection will prevent many pests from becoming a problem within the high tunnel.
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Steps in Fertilizing Garden Soil: Vegetables and Annual Flowers
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Learn how to test soil, apply fertilizers, and maintain nutrient levels for healthy vegetable and flower gardens.
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High Tunnel Melon and Watermelon Production, Page 05
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Within two weeks after transplanting, begin scouting for cucumber beetles in the high tunnel. Use yellow sticky traps to detect cucumber beetles.
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Making and Using Compost
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Making compost transforms garden waste into a nutrient-rich soil conditioner, enhancing soil structure and fertility while reducing landfill use.
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High Tunnel Melon and Watermelon Production, Page 08
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Thrips are small, elongated insects that can be a serious insect pest of high tunnel melons and watermelons and are usually found clustered in flowers and on the underside of leaves.
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Budding
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Budding is a grafting technique where a single bud is inserted into a plant stock, used to propagate fruit trees and ornamental plants. The best time is fall.
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Growing Azaleas and Rhododendrons
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Discover essential tips for selecting, planting, and caring for azaleas and rhododendrons in Missouri's challenging climate.
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Watermelon Bacterial Fruit Blotch
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Bacterial fruit blotch causes dark green blotches on watermelons, leading to rind rupture and decay; manage with clean seeds and sanitation.
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Garden 'n Grow: Leader Handbook
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The Garden ’n Grow Leader Handbook is designed to be used as curriculum for the Missouri Garden ’n Grow Program.