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White, Ladino and Sweet Clover
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White and ladino clover varieties offer high-quality forage, nitrogen fixation, and adaptability to cool, moist conditions, but require careful grazing management.
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The Planning Process and People
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Fires in Agricultural Chemicals
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Learn essential safety measures for responding to fires involving agricultural chemicals, including protective gear and firefighting techniques.
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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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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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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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.
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Cleaning up the Waste Stream — Recycling Plastics
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Recycling plastics is challenging due to mixed materials and multi-layer packaging. Guide explains plastic codes, sorting methods, and biodegradable options.
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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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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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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.
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Understanding and Using Sire Summaries: BIF Fact Sheet
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Learn how to effectively use sire summaries to make informed breeding decisions, enhancing herd genetics and productivity.
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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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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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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.
Radon: An Indoor Health Hazard?
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Indoor air can be polluted in a number of ways. Indoor pollutants include formaldehyde, carbon monoxide, respirable dust, nitrogen dioxide, radon and other gases. This guide focuses on just one of these pollutants — radon.
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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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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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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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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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For the Unprepared: Home Heating in an Emergency
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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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Cotton Insects and Mites
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Editor's note
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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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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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Johne’s Disease or Paratuberculosis
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