![A meadow vole.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-01/g09445cvr-p03-meadowvole.jpg?itok=3pz8nVXa)
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Controlling Voles in Horticulture Plantings and Orchards in Missouri - Page 3
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Meadow voles and prairie voles spend most of their lives above ground, living in and feeding on grasses and seeds. They may travel as far as 1/4 mile in search of food and cover. Their typical habitat includes lightly grazed pastures, old fields and grassy areas, lawns and gardens.
![Red cedars.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-04/mp0903cvr-p14-redcedar.jpg?itok=895eLNhS)
Quail-Friendly Plants of the Midwest, Page 14
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Eastern red cedar is a small to medium-sized tree up to 50 feet tall. It is an aromatic evergreen with a dense pyramid-shaped to cylindrical crown.
![Sensitive brier.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-04/mp0903cvr-p46-sensitivebrier.jpg?itok=uBst3I1Q)
Quail-Friendly Plants of the Midwest, Page 46
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Sensitive brier has prostrate stems and seedpods covered with hooked barbs. Doubly compound, featherlike leaves close rapidly when touched or disturbed. Flower clusters are a fuchsia ball dotted with contrasting yellow stamens.
![Flowering spurge.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-04/mp0903cvr-p17-floweringspurge.jpg?itok=WIDFa1fZ)
Quail-Friendly Plants of the Midwest, Page 17
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Flowering spurge may reach 3 feet tall on richer soils. Inflorescences are multibranched, with multiple flower heads per branch. Flowers have five white petals with a yellow center and average about one-third inch across.
![Smartweed.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-04/mp0903cvr-p49-smartweed.jpg?itok=U4P6PuT6)
Quail-Friendly Plants of the Midwest, Page 49
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Annual smartweeds has abundant, swollen nodes where the leaf meets the stem. Leaves are simple, alternate and parallel-veined; most are lanceolate. Flower clusters are white or pink, and at maturity the plant yields large numbers of seeds.
![Goat's rue.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-04/mp0903cvr-p20-goatsrue.jpg?itok=Fi6wCGmY)
Quail-Friendly Plants of the Midwest, Page 20
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Goat’s rue, a member of the bean family, is readily identified by its striking flower, which consists of a cream-colored upper petal above two bright pink lower petals. Leaves are alternate, compound and usually hairy, with a pointed, hairlike tip.
![Switch grass.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-04/mp0903cvr-p52-switchgrass.jpg?itok=EOAX37iE)
Quail-Friendly Plants of the Midwest, Page 52
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Switch grass exhibits an upright, bunchy growth form. The leaves twist in a corkscrew-like pattern from the base to the tip of the blade.
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Fertilizer Nutrients in Dairy Manure
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Many dairy producers fall into one of two categories:
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Benefits and Risks of Biosolids
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Biosolids are domestic wastewater sludge that meet standards for beneficial use as fertilizer. Visit our site to learn the Benefits and Risks of Biosolids.
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![Bacterial pustule on soybean leaves.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-02/g04442cvr-p2.jpg?itok=bni5g2aR)
Soybean Rust, Page 2
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Bacterial pustule (Xanthomonas axonopodia pv. glycines)
![Septoria brown spot on soybean leaf.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-02/g04442cvr-p5.jpg?itok=V8t2FY-u)
Soybean Rust, Page 5
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Septoria brown spot (Septoria glycines)
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![Compare the stages of soybean rust.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-02/g04442cvr-p8.png?itok=Ayf4InVK)
Soybean Rust, Page 8
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Compare soybean rust disease stages by looking at them side by side.
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Collecting and Preserving Waste and Wastewater Samples for Analysis
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Waste handling systems are used to protect the environment. Visit our site for our Collecting and Preserving Waste and Wastewater Samples for Analysis guide.
![Downy mildew on soybean leaf.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-02/g04442cvr-p3.jpg?itok=tkkPi4FQ)
Soybean Rust, Page 3
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Downy mildew (Peronospora manshurica)
![Cover art for publication WQ258](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/images/wq0258cvr.jpg?itok=TSG4lk_Q)
![Soybean rust on soybean leaf.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-02/g04442cvr-p6.jpg?itok=xdyt2qBU)
Soybean Rust, Page 6
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Soybean rust (Phakopsora pachyrhizi)
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Soybean Rust
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Asian soybean rust is a serious foliage disease that has the potential to cause significant soybean yield losses. Anyone involved in soybean production needs to be familiar with the disease and its identification and management.
![Cover art for publication WQ426](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/images/wq0426cvr_1.jpg?itok=Kr3QfJPO)
![Frogeye leaf spot on soybean leaf.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-02/g04442cvr-p4.jpg?itok=jhO2ZiMX)
Soybean Rust, Page 4
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Frogeye leaf spot (Cercospora sojina)
![Cover art for publication WQ259](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/images/wq0259cvr.jpg?itok=l8CpsC5z)
Nitrogen in the Plant
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Nitrogen plays an important part in many essential functions. Visit our website to learn about Nitrogen in the Plant.
![Early stage of soybean rust on a soybean leaf.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-02/g04442cvr-p7.jpg?itok=z6UCbSjO)
Soybean Rust, Page 7
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These photos show the disease stages of soybean rust, which can be difficult to identify, especially in the early stages.
![Cover art for publication AF1016](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/images/af1016cvr.png?itok=8KNwsYz9)
Using NRCS Technical and Financial Assistance for Agroforestry and Woody Crop Establishment Through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)
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Learn how to access EQIP technical and financial assistance for alley cropping, multistory cropping, riparian buffer, silvopasture and windbreak practices.