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Enlist Label Compliance: How to Determine Hydrologic Soil Groups

New

Learn how to use the USDA Web Soil Survey interactive map to determine your field's hydrologic soil group for the soil series on which you plan to apply an Enlist herbicide.

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Cover art for publication M199

Missouri Farm Labor Guide

Revised

Learn good human resource practices related to employee recruitment, hiring, onboarding, training and termination that your farm or agribusiness can use.

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Pelvic Measurements and Calving Difficulty

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Learn how pelvic measurements can help estimate calf birth weight and reduce calving difficulty in beef cattle.

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Cover art for publication G2119

Liver Flukes in Missouri: Distribution, Impact on Cattle, Control and Treatment

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Cattle operations should evaluate their risk for is Fascioloides magna, also known as the deer fluke or the giant liver fluke. Learn about its distribution in Missouri, its life cycle, treatment and more in this guide.

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Cover art for publication DM463

Decision-Making Techniques for Community Groups

Reviewed

Reviewed by Sarah Hultine Massengale
Community Economic Development

Johanna Reed Adams, Charles M. St. Clair and William E. Robertson
Department of Community Development

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Bluish black mature viburnum fruit.

Quail-Friendly Plants of the Midwest, Page 56

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Viburnum grows as shrubs or small trees with branching crowns. Flowers are borne in dense, flat-topped panicles that produce many red to bluish black, berrylike fruits in fall. The leaves are opposite and turn brilliant shades of deep rose-purple to rose-red or bright red in fall.

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Hazelnut.

Quail-Friendly Plants of the Midwest, Page 24

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Hazelnut is a thicket-forming, spreading shrub that can vary in height from 3 to 10 feet. Its leaves are egg-shaped to oval, doubly serrated with five to eight veins on each side of the central vein. Fruits occur in clusters of two to six.

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A bobwhite quail.

Quail-Friendly Plants of the Midwest, Page 59

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Acknowledgments

The authors gratefully acknowledge the following individuals and groups for their constructive review of this publication: Steve Clubine, Elsa Gallagher, Emily Horner, Lee Hughes, Aaron Jeffries, Matt Seek, Tim Smith, Bill White, and members of the Missouri Quail and Grassland Bird Technical Committee.

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Indian grass.

Quail-Friendly Plants of the Midwest, Page 27

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Indian grass is a tall, warm-season nativethat averages 4 to 6 feet in height at maturity. Stems are stiff, and leaves are long and narrow. A characteristic of the plant is the notched ligule, suggesting the rear sight of a rifle.

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Lespdeza.

Quail-Friendly Plants of the Midwest, Page 30

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Annual lespedeza and Korean lespedeza exhibit many similarities in growth form, occurring as semierect herbaceous plants with three-lobed leaves and reddish-purple to white flowers. Lower leaves are spreading while upper leaves stand erect.

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Oak tree.

Quail-Friendly Plants of the Midwest, Page 33

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Oaks are long-lived trees that produce a seasonally important food for dozens of wildlife species. Their distinctive leaves and bark are identifying features.

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American plum tree with fruit.

Quail-Friendly Plants of the Midwest, Page 04

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American plum can grow as a small tree up to 20 feet high but more commonly occurs in colonies or thickets by sending up root suckers and shoots.

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Publication cover.

Controlling Voles in Horticulture Plantings and Orchards in Missouri

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Three species of voles occur in the state: the pine or woodland vole (Microtus pinetorum), the meadow vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus) and the prairie vole (Microtus ochrogatser). Voles are small, weighing 1 to 2 ounces as adults.

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Panic grass.

Quail-Friendly Plants of the Midwest, Page 36

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More than three dozen species of panic grass are commonly found across the Midwest. Seeds are football-shaped and borne on a sprawling, panicle-shaped seed head. The leaves of panic grasses resemble flags along the stem.

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Bidens flower.

Quail-Friendly Plants of the Midwest, Page 07

Reviewed

Bidens is most often found in moist areas. It has yellow flowers that are 1 to 1.5 inches.

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Cover art for publication CM201

Clear Writing

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Get your point across clearly in writing with these 10 principles of clear writing. Also, learn how to test the clearness of your writing and keep it simple.

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Pigweed.

Quail-Friendly Plants of the Midwest, Page 39

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Pigweed leaves are alternate and simple. Small green or tan flowers produce small, round, shiny black seeds. The roots are red when pulled. Depending on the species, pigweed may grow 1 to 8 feet tall.

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Broomsedge.

Quail-Friendly Plants of the Midwest, Page 10

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Broomsedge is a native warm-season grass that is often confused with little bluestem, but broomsedge stems are the more flattened and more densely leafed. Also, broomsedge in the fall/winter is typically yellowish tan, while little bluestem has a bronzy color.

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Possum haw.

Quail-Friendly Plants of the Midwest, Page 42

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Possum haw grows mostly as a shrub but sometimes as a tree up to 30 feet tall. The twigs are slender with short, spurlike lateral twigs. The white flowers bloom in mid-spring either singularly or in clusters. Fruits are orange to red and globe-shaped.

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A woodland vole.

Controlling Voles in Horticulture Plantings and Orchards in Missouri - Page 2

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Pine voles spend most of their lives under the ground in burrow systems. They can be found in forested areas but also inhabit fields next to woodlands. They feed on plant roots, flower bulbs, and the growing tissue (cambium) of tree roots.

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Shrub dogwood.

Quail-Friendly Plants of the Midwest, Page 13

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Shrub dogwoods are common in fence lines and along forest edges. Individual plants are rather short (less than 12 feet tall) and somewhat rounded.

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Techniques for Aging Live Deer

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The ability to age live deer is a beneficial skill for all deer hunters and managers. Visit our site to learn Techniques for Aging Live Deer.

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Sassafras.

Quail-Friendly Plants of the Midwest, Page 45

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Sassafras provides essential cover and food for wildlife, offering berries for birds and fragrant leaves for deer and rabbits. It thrives in diverse habitats.

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False indigo.

Quail-Friendly Plants of the Midwest, Page 16

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False indigo occurs in moist ground in thickets along streams, rocky banks, pond borders and open wet woods. The leaves are pinnately compound. The dense flower clusters are deep purple to blue and produce numerous fruits that mature in late summer.

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Slender lespedeza.

Quail-Friendly Plants of the Midwest, Page 48

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Slender lespedeza leaves are divided into three leaflets 1 to 1-1/2 inches long and less than 1/4 inch wide. Stems are upright, up to 3 feet tall. Flowers are pink to purple and occur in clusters toward the top of the plant.

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