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Child Care Quality for Children with Disabilities
(Center for Family Policy & Research, 2004-04)
In 2000, university researchers and state child care program partners in four states (Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, and Nebraska) initiated the Midwest Child Care Research Consortium (MCCRC). The focus of the Consortium's work ...
Rural Child Care in Missouri: How to Improve it
(Center for Family Policy & Research, 2005)
During 1997 and 1998, a large study called Project REACH (Rural EArly CHildhood Professional Development Initiative), was conducted in a series of interventions over a 16 month period in rural Missouri. The training and ...
FAPRI Analysis of the Flexible Fallow Program
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 1999-08)
Proposed as an addition to existing legislation, Flexible Fallow would give producers the option to voluntarily idle a portion of their acreage in exchange for higher loan rates on their remaining production.
Beef production glossary : BIF fact sheet (1993)
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division, 1993)
This fact sheet contains beef production terms and phrases.
Reproductive anatomy and physiology of the bull (1993)
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division, 1993)
Good reproductive performance of a bull is necessary to obtain a high percent calf crop when natural service is used for breeding. A bull must be fertile, capable and willing to mate a large number of cows during a short ...
Reproductive anatomy and physiology of the cow (1993)
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division, 1993)
The ability of a cow to successfully mate, conceive, give birth to and raise a healthy calf each year is essential to economical beef production. A good understanding of anatomy and physiology of both the male and female ...
Pelvic measurements and calving difficulty (1997)
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division, 1997)
Although researchers agree that birth weight is the most important measurable trait affecting calving difficulty, there is evidence that the size and shape of the pelvis also affect a heifer's ability to calve.
FAPRI August 2009 Baseline Update for US Agricultural Markets
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2009-08)
This document serves as a mid-year update to the 2009 FAPRI baseline prepared in January 2009. It reflects market developments and incorporates estimate information available in early August 2009.
Understanding and using sire summaries : BIF fact sheet (1993)
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division, 1993)
Accurate sire selection is important to the cow/calf producer. The effects of using a poor bull in a herd will be evident for several years. Sire summaries provide producers with accurate and reliable information on which ...
Utilizing performance records in commercial beef herds (1989)
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division, 1989)
Herd profitability is based on costs and total herd production. Evaluation of herd production, in a simplified and straightforward way, can be extremely enlightening and result in obvious management deficiencies that can ...
Who is Educating Missouri's Youngest Children?
(Center for Family Policy and Research, 2005)
The total size of Missouri's early childhood workforce is unknown. We do know that approximately 16,000 early childhood professionals work in the over 4,000 licensed programs. The workforce also includes about 5,150 persons ...
The State of Missouri's Children: 2009
(Center for Family Policy & Research, 2009-01)
A variety of problems affect the children of Missouri. The report contains details in categories including poverty, nutrition, education, health and welfare, substance abuse, teen pregnancy, and violence.
Insuring Quality Long-Term Nursing Care
(Center for Family Policy & Research, 2008-04)
The oldest members of the Baby Boom generation born between 1946 and 1964 will turn sixty-five in 2011. As the size of our senior population increases over the next few decades, so will their health care needs. In the early ...
Operating and maintaining grassed outlet terrace systems (1993)
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division, 1993)
Operating terrace systems properly depends on good farming practices and prompt correction of problems. Terraces should be inspected one or more times each year. Terrace ridge height and shape should be maintained as built. ...
Home propagation of houseplants (2002)
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division, 2002)
Plant pieces cut from a parent plant and rooted to form new plants are called 'cuttings.' They are a simple and inexpensive way to multiply houseplants as well as garden plants. These new plants have the same characteristics ...
Maintaining small dams (1996)
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division, 1996)
Dams are a valuable asset. They usually impound water with little input from the owner, and problems that occur usually are minor. Problems can worsen, however, and can become more expensive to repair if not fixed promptly. ...
Analysis of NMPF's Foundation for the Future Program
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI), University of Missouri-Columbia, 2010-06)
This analysis provides the quantitative results of eliminating certain aspects of current federal dairy policies and replacing them with the “Foundation for the Future” (FFTF) program. There are four major policy changes ...
Operation of a bottom-withdrawal (lake-cleaning) spillway (1993)
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division, 1993)
This guide describes the operation and maintenance of a unique new principal (pipe) spillway for a pond or lake supplying clean water for municipalities, recreation, domestic use or trickle irrigation.
Estimating residue : line transect method (1993)
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division, 1993)
Missouri producers have chosen conservation tillage as part of their conservation compliance plans. Conservation tillage means leaving 30 percent or more of the ground surface covered with residue- measured immediately ...
Economic Budgeting for Agroforestry Practices (2010)
(University of Missouri Extension, 2010)
Evaluation of the economic aspects of agroforestry provides a basis for estimating financial needs and feasibility, highlights trade-offs between multiple benefits, and monitors economic efficiency. The main technique used ...