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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...
For a Sustainable Agriculture, We Need More Adam Smith, Not Less
(2005-06)
There are two competing approaches to sustainability in agriculture. One stresses a strict economic approach in which market forces should be allowed to guide the activities of agricultural producers. The other advocates the need to balance economic...
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....
Perceptions of secondary agriculture teachers and 4-H youth development extension personnel regarding cooperative behavior
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
and types of cooperation that occur between secondary agriculture teachers and 4-H youth development personnel in Missouri. Secondary agriculture teachers and 4-H youth development personnel acknowledge cooperation is important for secondary agricultural...
Assessment of teachers' ability to integrate science concepts into secondary agriculture programs
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
agriculture instructors in teaching concepts related to science; 2) To assess how such a change in the curriculum would impact current agricultural education programs. The sample was derived from the population of agriculture instructors teaching in Missouri...
Missouri crop performance, 2004 : Winter wheat
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Agricultural Experiment Station, 2004)
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 2003-04 cropping season. No hard red...
Missouri crop performance, 2003 : Winter wheat
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Agricultural Experiment Station, 2003)
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 2002-03 cropping season. No hard red...
Missouri fencing and boundary laws (2008)
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division, 2008)
Fencing duties and boundary locations have been the subject of quarrels between neighbors for centuries. This publication is intended to answer Missouri farmers' and rural landowners' questions regarding such duties and rights....
References and bias towards agriculture in a middle grade social science textbook
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
to identify all references to agriculture within the textbook. All references were categorized according to the agricultural literacy areas as defined by Frick, Birkenholz, and Machtmes (1995). Text references were coded as reports, inferences, judgments...
2009 Custom Rates for Farm Services in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division, 2009)
The rates reported in this guide are based on a statewide survey conducted by mail in the summer of 2009. Farmers, agribusiness firms, aerial applicators and land improvement contractors responded to questions concerning rates they were charging...
Response of natural and artificial pin oak reproduction to mid- and understory removal in a bottomland hardwood forest
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
bottomland forest sites in southeastern Missouri. The mid- and understory removal treatment increased the amount of photosynthetically active radiation reaching the understory from 3 percent of full sunlight to 16 percent of full sunlight. This increase...
Profitable poultry : raising birds on pasture (2002)
(University of Missouri Extension, 2002)
This publication features farmer experiences plus the latest research in a new "how-to" guide to raising chickens and turkeys using pens, movable fencing and pastures....
Profitable pork : strategies for hog producers (2003)
(University of Missouri Extension, 2003)
Baseline Outlook Missouri Representative Farms
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2007-04)
This report presents a five-year outlook for the set of 38 Missouri representative farms using the FAPRI 2007 U.S. Baseline....
Evaluating Economic and Environmental Benefits of Soil and Water Conservation Measures Applied in Missouri
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2008-08)
This study used a combination of methods to evaluate the value of Missouri's Department of Natural Resources (MODNR) conservation programs for the affected regional economies....