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5 Steps to Buying Meat Direct From the Farm
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If you are interested in buying meat from a local farmer, in quarters or halves, review these five considerations: how much meat your family can consume and what cuts to buy, sourcing an animal, finding a local meat processor, costs, and timing.
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Dairy Grazing: Heifer Development
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Heifers are the foundation of any dairy enterprise and directly affect future profitability. Learn how to manage a heifer development program to maintain a herd with farm-raised heifers and save the cost of buying replacement heifers in this guide.
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Creativity in Young Children
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Resources for Your Flooded Home
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Editor's note
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Family Disaster Plan
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Having a plan can help your family make it through any disaster with minimal stress. Creating a plan begins with a family meeting to discuss and decide how the family will respond to a disaster. Use this template to guide the process.
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Tornado Season: Are You Ready?
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Disaster Supplies Kit
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Spiders - Page 3
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Brown recluse (Loxosceles reclusa) Poisonous spiders
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Spiders - Page 6
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Orb weavers (Araneidae) Nonpoisonous spiders
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Spiders
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Spiders belong to the order Araneae of the class Arachnida. More than 300 different spiders occur in Missouri.
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Spiders - Page 4
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Crab spiders (Thomisidae) Nonpoisonous spiders
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Spiders - Page 7
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Tarantula Nonpoisonous spiders
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All-Weather Concrete Stock Tank
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Learn how to build an all-weather concrete stock tank, with measured and detailed plans.
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Spiders - Page 2
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Black widow (Latrodectus mactans) Poisonous spiders
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Spiders - Page 5
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Jumping spiders (Salticidae) Nonpoisonous spiders
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Spiders - Page 8
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Wolf spiders Nonpoisonous spiders
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Lawn and Garden Soil Test Interpretations and Fertilizer Recommendation Guide
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Eliminate the guesswork of providing nutrients for plant growth and avoid potentially environmentally harmful fertilizer applications by having your home lawn and garden soil tested. Learn the methods used by the MU Soil and Plant Testing in this guide.
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Bats of Missouri: Information for Homeowners
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Bats are unique and interesting animals. Visit our site for our Bats of Missouri: Information for Homeowners resource.
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Soil Testing in Missouri
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Find out how fertile your garden or lawn soil is with a soil test. Results estimate the ability of soil to supply plant nutrients or support plant growth. Learn the process of taking a soil sample and the tools necessary to do so in this guide.
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Transportation of Fish in Bags
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Bluegill Sunfish Production in Missouri
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Learn about opportunities in Missouri for producing bluegill (aka bream, brim or perch), a sunfish species popular as sport fish for anglers, for food markets and recreational pond and lake stocking in this University of Missouri Extension guide.
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Freshwater Prawn Production in Missouri
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Freshwater prawns (Macrobrachium rosenbergii) can be successfully and profitably produced in mid-Missouri. Learn about culture and management techniques that have been successful in producing freshwater prawns in this MU Extension guide.
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Caterpillars in Your Yard and Garden, Page 46
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Tomato fruitworm, corn earworm caterpillars (Helicoverpa zea) are present in mid-June. They produce two generations per year.