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This report summarizes all rice cultivar (variety/hybrid) trials conducted in Missouri during the 2023 crop season. These trials featured 30 rice cultivars that were tested in 22 unique environments across both flood-irrigated and furrow-irrigated rice production systems, on research stations and…
Alfalfa is the most productive legume for Missouri. Visit our website today to learn more about Alfalfa.
Reviewed by Robert MyersMU Extension Agricultural EngineeringEmily E. Pullins, Robert L. Myers and Harry C. MinorDepartment of Agronomy
D.D. Buchholz, L.E. Anderson, Z.R. Helsel, Harry C. Minor, C.J. Johannsen, J.H. Scott and Howell N. Wheaton
Department of Agronomy
Successful nitrogen management delivers enough nitrogen to crops to optimize yield and profitability while minimizing losses to water and air. Learn the best management practices from sound economic, production and environmental viewpoints in this guide.
Use this worksheet to estimate the value of manure nutrients (nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium) and gauge how much manure to apply to corn, wheat, soybeans.
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Robert A. Pierce IIDepartment of Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences
Use this crop enterprise budget as a guide to estimate your production costs and returns when growing corn in Missouri under dryland conditions.
Find out what options you have when wet spring weather causes poor crop germination. Whether you replant depends on seed variety, weather and insurance.
Learn four types of crop insurance that can manage corn, soybean and other row crop risk. Plus, read about units you can insure and the premium cost for a policy.
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Learn the number of days Missouri farms have available per week—due to weather and soil conditions—for tillage, planting, chemical application and harvest activities.
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Learn how to make and maintain field borders to reduce soil erosion from wind and water, protect soil and water quality and provide wildlife and pollinator habitat.
Before choosing a forage irrigation system to mitigate drought risk, explore expected forage response to irrigation, equipment options and the economics.
Find government and private funding programs to finance practices such as alley cropping, windbreaks, riparian buffers, silvopasture and forest farming.
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Editor's noteThe following abstract describes a publication that is only available as a downloadable PDF.William ReidNut Crops SpecialistKansas State UniversityMark CoggeshallTree Improvement SpecialistCenter for Agroforestry
Gene StevensExtension Professor, AgronomyJohanna NelsonResearch/Lab Technician, Plant SciencesJim HeiserSenior Research Associate, Plant Sciences
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Moneen M. Jones
Research Entomologist
Division of Plant Sciences
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David L. WilliamsDepartment of Agricultural Engineering
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Where in Missouri you live can make a big difference on when to expect your first or last frost. See this guide for probabilities based on past years.
Positive identification of pests, including weeds, is the first step in a sound integrated pest management program. This publication can aid in identifying weeds by their seed characteristics.
Craig Roberts
Department of Agronomy
Rob Kallenbach
Department of Agronomy
Adding warm-season grass areas to a grazing system that already features cool-season grass creates a forage system that allows livestock owners to keep their herds feeding on high-quality forage for more of the year.
Orchardgrass is a productive cool-season grass that responds to good fertility and management practices by producing up to 4 tons of high quality forage per acre. Learn how to establish and manage a stand of orchardgrass in this MU Extension guide.
Learn guidelines to ensure the safe and environmentally friendly storage of pesticides.
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Red clover is the most widely grown of all the true clovers. Visit our website today to learn more about red clovers.
Storage and handling of large volumes of grain on Missouri farms is common. Increased storage capacities, larger and faster handling capacities and automation contribute to many potentially hazardous situations during the harvest and storage season. This guide sheet identifies many of them and…
Learn how to establish, manage and maintain beehives to foster healthy bees and produce surplus honey to use or sell. Flowering periods for Missouri honey plants are included in this University of Missouri Extension guide.
Facts at a glance
Adults (flies) become active at low temperatures (mid-40s F).
Adult females are highly attracted to fields with moist soils high in organic matter or decomposing residues (animal manure or plants).
The larvae or maggots burrow into the seed
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Use this crop enterprise budget as a guide to estimate your production costs and returns when growing corn on southeast Missouri farms.
Use this crop enterprise budget as a guide to estimate your production costs and returns when growing cotton on southeast Missouri farms.
Use this crop enterprise budget as a guide to estimate your production costs and returns when double-cropping grain sorghum on southeast Missouri farms.
Use this crop enterprise budget as a guide to estimate your production costs and returns when growing peanuts on southeast Missouri farms.
Use this crop enterprise budget as a guide to estimate your production costs and returns when growing rice on southeast Missouri farms.
Use this crop enterprise budget as a guide to estimate your production costs and returns when growing soybeans on southeast Missouri farms.
Use this crop enterprise budget as a guide to estimate your production costs and returns when growing wheat on southeast Missouri farms.
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Learn a systematic approach to troubleshooting field crop problems in this illustrated guide: Age plants, identify symptoms, estimate damage, determine field distribution, evaluate whether other plants have been affected, and determine history of problem.
Joseph ZulovichExtension Agricultural EngineerCommercial Agriculture ProgramBob BrozExtension Water Quality SpecialistRyan MilhollinAgricultural EconomistCommercial Agriculture Program
Weeds can significantly reduce corn and soybean yields. View photos of 141 weed species at different stages of development and learn to identify them in this publication. Also see photos and descriptions of symptoms for herbicide-injured plants.
Use this crop enterprise budget as a guide to estimate your production costs and returns when growing winter wheat on Missouri farms.