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What Are Our Community’s Housing Needs?
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This publication explores how communities can assess and address housing needs through evaluating local conditions, identifying challenges, and planning improvements.
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Estimating Peak Rates of Runoff From Small Watersheds
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Learn to estimate peak runoff rates for small Missouri watersheds using a comprehensive formula and watershed-specific factors.
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Tall Fescue
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Tall Fescue is one of the more drought-resistant field plants grown in Missouri. Visit our website today to learn more.
Drilled Soybeans in Missouri
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Drilled soybeans offer benefits like reduced erosion, faster canopy closure, and improved harvest efficiency, but require careful weed control and uniform stands.
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Potential for Retail Trades in Rural Communities
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Explore retail trade potential in rural communities, focusing on types of businesses, market thresholds, and growth opportunities.
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Design Criteria for Bottom-Withdrawal (Lake-Cleaning) Spillway
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Designing a bottom-withdrawal spillway enhances water quality by removing sediment-laden inflow, extending reservoir life and reducing fish loss.
Analyzing Cropping Systems
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Optimize crop yields and profitability with strategic management practices, including seed selection, planting techniques, and cost-effective weed control.
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Renovating Grass Sods With Legumes
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Enhance pasture productivity by integrating legumes into grass sods using cost-effective methods that boost forage quality, animal gains, and soil fertility.
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Safe Use, Storage and Disposal of Paint
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Paint is a product that most of us have that can become a hazardous waste. Visit our site for our resource on the Safe Use, Storage and Disposal of Paint.
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Culverts and Flood Gates
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Guidance on selecting culvert and flood gate sizes for bottomland drainage up to 640 acres, including flow rate formulas and design considerations.
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Lagoons for Storage/Treatment of Dairy Waste
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Anaerobic lagoons offer cost-effective dairy waste treatment, reducing odors and nitrogen while providing long-term storage.
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Managing Household Hazardous Waste
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Editor's note
The Missouri Poison Center, formerly Regional Poison Control Center, name and phone number were updated on 1/23/15.
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Growth Stimulants (Implants)
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Boost cattle growth and feed efficiency with implants like Compudose, Ralgro, and Synovex—gain more weight and profit with proper use.
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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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Orchardgrass
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Orchardgrass is a cool-season perennial grass well-suited for Missouri, offering early spring growth, shade tolerance, and compatibility with legumes.
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Alfalfa
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Alfalfa is the most productive legume for Missouri. Visit our website today to learn more about Alfalfa.
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Wood Stoves and Their Installation
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Johne’s Disease or Paratuberculosis
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Kitchen Planning: Work Centers
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Lelland L. GallupDepartment of Environmental Design
What is meant by work centers or work areas? These are places within the complete kitchen plan where you can readily do a particular task because you have arranged together the necessary:
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Qualitative Nitrate Detection for Toxicity Potential
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George B. Garner
Department of Biochemistry
This test is designed for survey use and for advising clients of the need for quantitative nitrate analysis when the level of nitrate detected could possibly cause nitrate/nitrite poisoning. The test can be used on water supplies, hay, silage, fodder, pasture samples and mixed ground feeds.
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How to Measure Trees and Logs
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Selling timber without measuring the products is like selling livestock without weighing the animals. Visit our site to learn how to measure trees and logs.
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How to Select Lubricating Oil for Farm Engines
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Essential information on selecting the appropriate engine oil for farm equipment, covering oil types, viscosity, additives, and operating conditions.
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Earthen Pits (Basins) for Liquid Dairy Waste
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Earthen pits are cost-effective structures for storing liquid dairy waste, requiring proper design and soil conditions to prevent contamination.
