Agriculture
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. –The Missouri Department of Agriculture announced today that funding is available to assist Missouri farmers and food processors in obtaining organic certification for their businesses. Through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Organic Certification Cost Share...
Enrollment is open for the Show-Me-Select Replacement Heifer Program. Deadline to sign up is Sept. 1.
These heifers will be bred in the fall of 2021 and sold in spring 2022 sales, says University of Missouri Extension livestock specialist Kendra Graham.
Fees changed for this enrollment period...
University of Missouri Extension horticulturist Kelly McGowan is on the hunt for the elusive Ozark woodland swallowtail, a pollinator unique to the Ozark region of southern Missouri and northern Arkansas.
McGowan works on a research project at the Roston Native Butterfly House at Springfield...
The monthly meeting of the South Central Cattlemen’s Association (SCCA) was held on Thursday, July 29 at the Howell County Extension office in West Plains, MO. The meeting was catered by Olivia Walters with meat donated by Crow Farms.
SCCA President Janet Crow opened the meeting with...
The monthly meeting of the South Central Cattlemen’s Association (SCCA) was held on
Thursday, June 24th at the Howell County Extension office in West Plains, MO. The meeting
was catered by Bootleggers BBQ and was sponsored by Boehringer-Ingelheim, Multimin USA,
and Newport Laboratories....
"Gooseberry grows as a small deciduous shrub with edible fruit," says University of Missouri Extension horticulturist Michele Warmund.
Gooseberry clubs once popular
The European gooseberry is an ancient fruit that became popular in Europe and the United States in the 1800s and early 1900s. As...
Ward Farm's Land & Cattle, Willow Springs, Missouri, are new members of the American Angus Association, reports Mark McCully, CEO of the national breed organization headquartered in Saint Joseph, Missouri.
The American Angus Association, with more than 25,000 active adult and junior members...
Peonies serve as the traditional flower of Memorial Day. Their huge, lavish blossoms stand as fragrant sentinels in country cemeteries, conjuring memories of times and people past.
In the 1800s, when the holiday was called Decoration Day, peonies were one of the few flowers in bloom in late May...
University of Missouri Extension is about to take some of the guesswork out of growing lavender in Missouri. The first of three lavender demonstration plots in the state was planted May 14 at the MU Extension center in Ste. Genevieve.
Two others--at the Springfield Botanical Gardens and the...
If not managed properly, muddy pastures can affect grazing the rest of the year, says University of Missouri Extension regional livestock specialist Patrick Davis.
"Cattle producers need to evaluate their pastures," Davis says. Identify pastures that are thin and in need of renovation and...