Beautiful bulbs
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Debbie Johnson
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9183
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: David H. Trinklein, 573-882-9631
COLUMBIA, Mo. – What winter-weary heart is not thawed by the arrival of sunshine-yellow daffodils? Unfortunately, after their blooms fade, these harbingers of spring often become...
Black cutworm appears in northeastern Missouri
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Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story sources: Wayne C. Bailey, 573-864-9905; Max Glover, 573-633-2640
SHELBYVILLE, Mo. – University of Missouri Extension specialists are seeing early indications of black cutworm in northeastern Missouri.
Agronomy specialist Max...
Cool weather slows pasture grasses; seeds emerge before full leaf growth
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Duane Dailey
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9181
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story sources: Robert L. Kallenbach, 573-884-2213; Wayne C. Bailey, 573-864-9905
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Cool weather this spring slowed growth of cool-season grasses, the main forage in Missouri pastures.
Lack of sunshine and warmth delayed...
Plant soybean in early May for best yields
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Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: William J. Wiebold, 573-673-4128 (cell); 573-882-0621
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Missouri soybean producers can increase yields by planting the first part of May, says University of Missouri Extension soybean specialist Bill...
Latest trends in U.S. foodborne illness cases
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Cooperative Media Group
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-3967
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Londa Nwadike, 816-655-6258
BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. — Prevention is key to reducing cases of foodborne illness.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) releases a report each year discussing trends in...
Show-Me-Select heifers set record price; sale at Fruitland, Mo., averages $2,644
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Duane Dailey
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9181
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Roger Eakins, 573-243-3581
FRUITLAND, Mo. – Beef herd owners paid an average of $2,644 per head, a new record, for Show-Me-Select replacement heifers at Fruitland Livestock Auction, May 3.
The top lot of four heifers...
Meat prices continue to rise for producers, consumers
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Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story sources: Ron Plain, 573-882-0134; David Reinbott, 573-545-3516
COLUMBIA, Mo. – “Bargains in the meat case might be hard to find,” said University of Missouri Extension economist Ron Plain at the recent Ag Marketing...
April weather in Missouri
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Debbie Johnson
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9183
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Pat Guinan, 573-882-5908
COLUMBIA, Mo. – April in Missouri saw roller-coaster temperatures, plus too much rain in some places and not enough in others.
You might think that April was much cooler than normal, but not...
MU Plant Diagnostic Clinic reopens
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Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Patricia Wallace, 573-882-3019
COLUMBIA, Mo. – The University of Missouri’s Plant Diagnostic Clinic has reopened with a Missouri native at its helm. It had been closed for two years.
Extension associate and plant...
Producers should consider renegotiating cash rental rates
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Jason Vance
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9731
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Ron Plain, 573-882-0134
COLUMBIA, Mo.– Farmers may want to renegotiate cash rental rates on cropland, especially agreements that were negotiated in the past few years.
“Corn averaged above $6 a bushel for three...
