Time to replace toxic fescue, when beef prices are good
Media contact:
Duane Dailey
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9181
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Craig A. Roberts, 573-882-0481
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Good beef prices give herd owners a chance to upgrade pastures to remove toxic fescue.
“Replant pastures when prices rise or you will be stuck with bad grass when...
Missouri drought more than skin deep
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Roger Meissen
Senior Information Specialist
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Phone: 573-884-8696
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story sources: Randall Miles, 573-882-6607; Mike Collins, 573-882-3001
COLUMBIA,...
Watermelons in the home garden
Media contact:
Milly Carter
Administrative Associate, West Central Region
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 816-252-7717
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Marlin Bates, 816-270-2141
BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. — Most plants in the vegetable garden need just a few square feet of space to grow well. Members of the squash family, called...
Cow herds gain value with quality genetics, MU Thompson Farm field...
Media contact:
Duane Dailey
Senior Writer
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Phone: 573-882-9181
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story sources: Mike Kasten, 573-979-0889; Scott Brown, 573-882-3861
SPICKARD, Mo. – Beef producers at the MU Thompson Farm field day were urged to look at the end product from their cow herds by Mike Kasten, who...
Winter cover crops offer beef grazing, says MU specialist on three-state...
Media contact:
Duane Dailey
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9181
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Robert L. Kallenbach, 573-884-2213
ALBANY, Mo. – Winter cover crops on corn and soybean acres are a natural fit for crop-and-beef farms.
Cover crops offer beef profit potential for the time between fall crop harvest and...
Week of dairy profit seminars set across Missouri, Feb. 22-26
Media contact:
Duane Dailey
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9181
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Joe Horner, 573-882-9339
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Missouri Dairy Profit Seminars cover three major topics: health, nutrition and reproduction. “The three affect profits,” says Joe Horner, University of Missouri...
Bitterly cold temperatures are a reality check for the Show-Me State
Media contact:
Debbie Johnson
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9183
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Pat Guinan, 573-882-5908
COLUMBIA, Mo. – The polar vortex that brought bitter cold temperatures to Missouri in early January left some Missourians lamenting that it’s never been this cold.
Not so. We’ve...
Teaching, research and extension come together in senior capstone class
Media contact:
Jason Vance
Senior Information Specialist
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Phone: 573-882-9731
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story sources: Bob Broz, 573-882-0085; Joseph M. Zulovich, 573-882-0868; Robert Lerch, 573-882-9489
COLUMBIA, Mo.–The University of Missouri is part of the land-grant system and is designed with...
Slow-growing pastures need more warmth, not added fertility, says MU forage...
Media contact:
Duane Dailey
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9181
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Robert L. Kallenbach, 573-884-2213
COLUMBIA, Mo. – After a long, slow start, pasture grass just needs more time and warm weather.
Grazing paddocks that were growing 70 pounds of dry matter per acre per day the...
Weeds get jump-start with early warm weather, more control may be...
Media contact:
Duane Dailey
Senior Writer
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Phone: 573-882-9181
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Kevin Bradley, 573-882-4039
COLUMBIA, Mo. – With the early spring warm-up, farmers may face two herbicide applications instead of one before they start planting soybeans.
“Normally, giant...
