To raise quality, make hay before seeds set
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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; Craig A. Roberts, 573-882-0481; 573-228-2802 (cell)
COLUMBIA, Mo. – “Don’t delay making hay,” says Rob Kallenbach, University of Missouri Extension.
It might not...
Stick with normal hybrid corn maturities for now
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Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Brent Myers, 573-882-4257
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Corn growers should stick with their normal hybrid maturities rather than switch to earlier-season maturities through the end of May, says a University of Missouri Extension corn...
Topsoil lost to rainfall costs farmers money
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Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story sources: Peter C. Scharf, 573-882-0777; Brent Myers, 573-882-4257; Pat Guinan, 573-882-5908
COLUMBIA, Mo. – As rainfall increases, the amount of topsoil decreases. So does the amount of grain the land can produce.
April’s...
MU bobwhite quail/native pollinator field day set for June 20
Media contact:
Curt Wohleber
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-5409
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story sources: Robert A. Pierce II, 573-882-4337; Tim Reinbott, 573-884-7945
COLUMBIA, Mo.–The University of Missouri’s Bradford Research Center will host a bobwhite quail and native pollinator field day Thursday, June 20,...
Beginning gardening
Media contact:
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. – It could be the memory of shelling peas with your grandmother or a desire for fragrant flowers. It could be as simple as wanting to shave a bit off your food bill....
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...
ASPCA provides $50,000 grant for MU Extension animal cruelty investigation program
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Lisa Dority
National Animal Cruelty Investigations School
Law Enforcement Training Institute
Phone: 573-882-5454
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: John Worden, 573-882-6851
COLUMBIA, Mo.– A $50,000 grant from the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals will provide scholarship opportunities for students...
MU agronomist: Plant now, add nitrogen later
Media contact:
Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Peter C. Scharf, 573-882-0777
COLUMBIA, Mo. – The wettest first quarter of the year since 2008 has delayed nitrogen fertilizer applications and corn planting.
When the rain faucet shuts off, plant first and apply nitrogen...
Heifers average $1,822 at Fruitland Show-Me-Select sale
Media contact:
Duane Dailey
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9181
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story sources: David J. Patterson, 573-882-7519; Roger Eakins, 573-576-2965
FRUITLAND, Mo. – Fall-calving Show-Me-Select bred replacement heifers averaged $1,822 at the Fruitland (Mo.) Livestock Auction, Saturday, May 4.
The 232...
Fungal disease wipes out alfalfa weevils in central Missouri, MU entomologist...
Media contact:
Duane Dailey
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9181
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Wayne C. Bailey, 573-864-9905
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Alfalfa weevil, a major pest of a prime hay crop, died out across central Missouri this spring. Credit the weather, says a University of Missouri Extension entomologist.
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