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Is Your Wiring System Safe and Energy Efficient?

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Learn how to assess and improve your home's electrical wiring for safety and energy efficiency, including tips on circuit protection and common warning signs.​

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Establishing Birdsfoot Trefoil in Bluegrass Sod

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Howell N. Wheaton
Department of Agronomy

Birdsfoot trefoil and Kentucky bluegrass will produce three times as much beef as unimproved bluegrass. Even heavily fertilized bluegrass will produce only 65 percent as much animal product as trefoil-bluegrass combination. See Table 1.

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Using Food Processing Plant Waste on Fields

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Lime-stabilized biomass from food processing plants can enrich soil with phosphorus and calcium while neutralizing acidity.

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Irrigating Soybeans

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Irrigation boosts soybean yields on drought-prone Missouri soils, with short-season varieties showing the greatest response during peak water demand periods.

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Operating and Maintaining Grassed Outlet Terrace Systems

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Discover best practices for maintaining grassed outlet terraces, focusing on ridge preservation, sediment control, and erosion mitigation.

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Feeding and Housing Dairy Goats

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Sound feeding and housing practices result in optimum goat growth and goat milk production. Visit our site to learn about Feeding and Housing Dairy Goats.

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The First Step Toward Waste Reduction: Industrial Waste Audits

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Learn how industrial waste audits enhance efficiency, reduce costs, and ensure compliance by identifying and minimizing waste in manufacturing processes.

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Design Criteria for Canopy and Hood Inlet Spillways

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James M. Steichen
Department of Agricultural Engineering

These criteria apply to the design of canopy and hood inlet spillways used as the principal spillway for ponds, irrigation reservoirs, and stabilization structures.

The canopy or hood inlet spillway usually is used in conjunction with an emergency spillway.

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Pre-Bit Hackamore Training

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Learn how to properly fit and adjust a hackamore to safely train young horses, ensuring effective communication without injuring sensitive mouth tissue.

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Design Criteria for Debris Basins

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James Steichen
Department of Agricultural Engineering

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Using Performance Data in Judging Classes: BIF Fact Sheet

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Judging contests are an important educational tool. Someday young cattle producers will be faced with selection decisions that affect the profitability of their operations. This guide can be used to train youth interested in modern beef selection practices.1

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Animal Handling Safety Considerations

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Yet animal-related accidents cause numerous deaths and serious injuries each year. Removing hazards brings you one step closer to a safe work environment.

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Brooding and Rearing Ducklings and Goslings

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Goslings and ducklings can be brooded by broody chicken hens and most breeds of ducks and geese. Learn about brooder types, temperature, housing, feeding, watering, pasturing and fencing in this University of Missouri Extension guide.

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Missouri Limestone Quality: What Is ENM?

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Effective Neutralizing Material measures agricultural limestone's ability to neutralize soil acidity, factoring in calcium carbonate content and particle size.

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Soil Compaction: The Silent Thief

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James C. Frisby and Donald L. Pfost
Department of Agricultural Engineering

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For the Unprepared: Home Heating in an Emergency

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Adapted by MU Extension specialists from material prepared by Cooperative Extension Service, University of New Hampshire, Durham.

Your home heat is gone. You've just discovered your heating system may be off for several days. It's cold outside; the inside temperature is dropping, and you have a first class emergency on your hands. What can you do?

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Backgrounding Calves Part 1: Assessing the Opportunity

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Backgrounding is the growing of steers & heifers from weaning until they enter the feedlot. Visit our site to learn more about backgrouding calves.

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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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Phosphorus in Missouri Soils

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Discover how temperature, drought, light, and grazing impact pasture plants and forage quality.

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Buying a Packaged Farm Building

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Guidance on selecting and purchasing pre-engineered farm buildings, covering site preparation, construction types, and load requirements.​

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Hot Weather Livestock Stress

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Learn how high temperatures and humidity affect livestock, and discover strategies to mitigate heat stress during summer months.

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Shared Housing

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Shared housing offers an alternative to living alone, with arrangements ranging from informal agreements to agency-assisted models.​

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Sunflower: An American Native

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Robert L. Myers and Harry C. Minor
Department of Agronomy

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Simple Home Repairs: Screened Doors and Windows

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Learn to repair or replace damaged screens in wood and metal frames with this step-by-step guide on tools, materials, and techniques.

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Selecting Wire Fencing Materials

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Joseph M. Zulovich
Department of Agricultural Engineering

There is an old adage that says "good fences make good neighbors." This is particularly true today in suburban areas of Missouri where a neighbor's cow or horse is seldom welcome in nearby lawns or gardens. The most economical solution is a wire fence capable of containing your livestock.

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