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The Bluegrasses
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Operating and Maintaining Grassed Outlet Terrace Systems
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Discover best practices for maintaining grassed outlet terraces, focusing on ridge preservation, sediment control, and erosion mitigation.
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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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Design Criteria for Canopy and Hood Inlet Spillways
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These criteria apply to the design of canopy and hood inlet spillways used as the principal spillway for ponds, irrigation reservoirs, and stabilization structures.
The canopy or hood inlet spillway usually is used in conjunction with an emergency spillway.
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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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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.
Design Criteria for Debris Basins
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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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Beef Production Glossary: BIF Fact Sheet
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This glossary lists terms and phrases beef producers should be familiar with.
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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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Pre-Bit Hackamore Training
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Learn how to properly fit and adjust a hackamore to safely train young horses, ensuring effective communication without injuring sensitive mouth tissue.
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Using Performance Data in Judging Classes: BIF Fact Sheet
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Judging contests are an important educational tool. Someday young cattle producers will be faced with selection decisions that affect the profitability of their operations. This guide can be used to train youth interested in modern beef selection practices.1
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Soil Compaction: The Silent Thief
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Animal Handling Safety Considerations
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Yet animal-related accidents cause numerous deaths and serious injuries each year. Removing hazards brings you one step closer to a safe work environment.
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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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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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Backgrounding Calves Part 1: Assessing the Opportunity
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Backgrounding is the growing of steers & heifers from weaning until they enter the feedlot. Visit our site to learn more about backgrouding calves.
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Hot Weather Livestock Stress
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Learn how high temperatures and humidity affect livestock, and discover strategies to mitigate heat stress during summer months.
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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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Nitrate and Water
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Nitrates in water can harm livestock and infants; this guide explains sources, risks, and prevention strategies.
Buying a Packaged Farm Building
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Guidance on selecting and purchasing pre-engineered farm buildings, covering site preparation, construction types, and load requirements.