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Agronomy, soils and atmospheric science at the University of Missouri : 100 years, 1904-2004 : centennial celebration June 25-26, 2004
(MU College of Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources ; Agricultural Experiment Station, 2004)
Artisan cheeses in Missouri : retail grocers' perceptions (2013)
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division, 2013)
This report provides market information to help current and emerging dairy producers conceive ideas and concepts to better meet consumers' wants and needs. Based on responses to a 2013 grocer survey conducted by the University of Missouri Department...
The Ethical Challenges Farming: A Report on Conversations with Missouri Corn and Soybean Producers
(2004-09)
Interviews with Missouri corn and soybean farmers reveal what farmers consider are important ethical challenges in agriculture. In contrast to the literature, which characterizes ethical challenges in term of philosophical debates about soil...
Liming in Missouri in the 20th century
(University of Missouri--Columbia, Agricultural Experiment Station, 2003)
research on liming conducted by the Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station between 1967 and 1999 and related issues ... Recommended improvements in the recommendation program for agricultural liming materials in Missouri--Page 1....
Missouri crop performance, 2000 : Winter wheat
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Agricultural Experiment Station, 2000)
should help Missouri wheat growers select varieties best suited to their particular area and growing conditions. This report summarizes soft red winter wheat variety trials conducted throughout Missouri during the 1999-00 cropping season. No hard red...
FAPRI-University of Pretoria Collaboration: Final Report for the University of Missouri South African Education Program
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2004-07)
The aim of the collaboration is to facilitate academic exchange between the University of Pretoria and the University of Missouri in the area of agricultural economics. In particular, staff at the University of Pretoria Department of Agricultural...
Custom rates for farm services in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division, 2020)
"The rates reported in this guide summarize a statewide survey conducted online and by solicitations of University of Missouri Extension specialists in the winter of 2019-2020. We asked farmers, agribusiness firms and land improvement contractors...
Weather-related sales of livestock (2009)
(University of Missouri Extension, 2009)
Weather variability is one of the largest sources of risk in agricultural production. Congress recognizes the impact weather variability has on the livestock industry and the difficulty producers have in protecting themselves from this risk...
Calculating fertilizer value of supplemental feed for cattle on pasture (2006)
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division, 2006)
Most cattle maintained on pasture receive supplemental feed during some portion of the year. Supplements are commonly fed to grazing cattle when pasture forage quality and quantity are below animal requirements.
Missouri crop performance, 2010 : Winter wheat
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Agricultural Experiment Station, 2010)
This report is a contribution of the Division of Plant Sciences, University of Missouri College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources. ... The large number of commercial varieties available makes selection of a superior variety difficult...
Financial Analysis of Missouri Broiler-Beef Farms
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2002-07)
agriculture economy. USDA estimates that Missouri marketed 240 million broilers in 2000 with a value of $356 million—nearly 8 percent of the state's cash receipts from all agricultural commodities. Broilers rank sixth behind cattle, soybeans, corn...
Days suitable for fieldwork in Missouri (2007)
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division, 2007)
The number of days available to complete land-based agricultural activities influences decisions about inputs (e.g., variety/hybrid planted, pesticide used) and machinery. Limited fieldwork days during critical times, such as tillage, planting...
2016 custom rates for farm services in Missouri (2017)
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division, 2017)
The rates reported in this guide are based on a statewide survey conducted by mail in the winter of 2017. Farmers, agribusiness firms, aerial applicators and land improvement contractors responded to questions on the rates they were charging...
Dust, odor and gas control in swine finishing barns through oil sprinkling
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division, 2018)
significantly reduce airborne particulate matter (dust) concentrations. In a study recently conducted in northern Missouri, sprinkling soybean oil once a day in a swine finishing barn significantly reduced total suspended particulates (TSP) and particulate...
Canine heartworm disease (2008)
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division, 2008)
Farmland values for Missouri counties
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division, 2019)
years and an annual survey. The table in this guide contains state and county values for Missouri land and buildings from every U.S. Census of Agriculture since 1959. The Census of Agriculture data is gathered through a complex sampling procedure...
Missouri state and local spending : a fifty-state comparison for 2002 (2005)
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division, 2005)
Insect defoliators of Missouri trees : colony feeders (2008)
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division, 2008)
Developing a farm newsletter (2001)
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division, 2001)