Results have been announced from the Dairy Cattle and Dairy Goat shows at the Lucerne Stock Show on August 3rd. InDairy Cattle, the Holstein champion was shown by Case Melzer, the Guernsey champion was shown by Gretchen Dickerson, the Brown Swiss and Ayrshire champions were shown by Adeline Dickerson, and the Jersey champion was shown […]
An emergency feeding situation is shaping up for Missouri’s beef producers because of the drought. The University of Missouri Extension recently hosted University of Wisconsin agronomist Joe Lauer on the MU Extension Forage and Livestock Hour to discuss his research on corn silage as a forage. Lauer talked about what makes good forage: high yield, […]
Among results of the beef show held Saturday in Jamesport, Champion Bull was shown by Isaac Rhode Reserve champion was exhibited by Hailey Eads. Champion heifer was shown by Allena Allen. Scout Van Gendren had the reserve champion. The Champion Market was shown by Hailey Eads. Thane Sloan had the reserve champion. Senior Showmanship honors […]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced loan interest rates for August 2022, which are effective Aug. 1, 2022. USDA’s Farm Service Agency loans provide important access to capital to help agricultural producers start or expand their farming operations, purchase equipment, and storage structures, or meet cash flow needs. Operating, Ownership, and Emergency Loans FSA offers […]
The University of Missouri Extension will host free Strip Trial Scouting Schools throughout the state from late July through mid-August. Mandy Bish, MU Extension Integrated Pest Management coordinator, will lead the four schools, which she says will vary slightly by region. Topics include an overview of the Missouri Strip Trial program and 2018-21 foliar fungicide trial data, […]
A Missouri Farm Lease program will be held on the North Central Missouri College Barton Farm Campus in the Conference Room next month. The University of Missouri Extension will present the program on August 24th from 6 to 8:30 pm. It will also be presented by Zoom, so the audience can see and interact with […]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is increasing the amount of funding available for the Spot Market Hog Pandemic Program and expects to issue approximately $62.8 million in pandemic assistance payments to hog producers starting this week. SMHPP assists eligible producers who sold hogs through a spot market sale from April 16, 2020, through Sept. 1, […]
“It’s not a good situation” for agriculture in the southern two-thirds of Missouri, where scant rainfall and high temperatures have led to worsening drought, said Pat Guinan, associate extension professor of climatology with the University of Missouri Extension. The ample moisture in northern Missouri ends abruptly where drought conditions begin in central through southern Missouri, […]
The 83rd Annual Lucerne Stock Show will be held next month. Activities are scheduled for August 3rd through 6th. Dairy Cattle and Dairy Goats shows will be that Wednesday. Open and 4-H projects can be entered from 5:30 to 6:30 that evening. A community barbecue will begin at 6 o’clock. Church Night will start at […]
Farmers and ranchers are raising red flags about the need for more regulation of concentrated animal feeding operations, known as CAFOs, and highlighting sustainable practices which can be used to produce food and fight climate change. A U.S. House subcommittee held a hearing Tuesday on regenerative agriculture. Doug Doughty of Livingston County, an independent farmer and livestock […]
(Missouri Independent) – More than half of American farmers will reach retirement age in the next 10 years, but the steep price of entry to start a farm, along with rising input costs and volatile markets, make it tough for young and beginning farmers to take their places. “Farming is inherently a risky business, but […]
Congressman Sam Graves (MO-06) joined Senator Roger Marshall (R-KS), Representative Tracey Mann (KS-01), and 29 colleagues in calling on President Biden to invoke his authority to waive duties imposed by the Biden Administration on phosphate fertilizer products from Morocco and suspend the process to impose new duties on urea ammonium nitrate imports from Trinidad and […]
Workshops will be held to help families start the succession planning process and initiate communication when it comes to transitioning the family farming business to the next generation. One of the Preparing for Farm Succession Planning workshops will be held at the Crossroads Christian Church in Macon on August 8th from noon to 2 o’clock. […]
The Missouri Livestock Symposium is currently accepting nominations for the Missouri Livestock Achievement Award through August 31, 2022. This award recognizes an individual or organization demonstrating outstanding achievements and distinguished contributions to the livestock industry. Eligible applicants can be producers of livestock, agribusiness personnel, agency personnel, or agriculture educators in the state of Missouri. Other […]
This week’s U.S. drought monitor map shows about one-fifth of Missouri is in a moderate drought. When areas are considered to be abnormally dry, as much as 64 percent of the state has been impacted by the lack of recent rainfall which is an increase from last week’s 61 percent of the state either in […]
One option for consumers buying meat is to purchase directly from the producer. A new University of Missouri Extension publication offers guidelines for buying all or part of the animal from a livestock producer and having the meat processed and packaged. “People buying an animal for personal processing for the first time have many questions,” […]
The University of Missouri College of Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources announce the consolidation of its research farms into four Research, Extension, and Education Centers. The Research Center moniker has been dropped. The Thompson Research Farm of Spickard, Cornett Research Farm, formerly Forage Systems, of Linneus, and Lee Greenley Junior Memorial Research Farm of Novelty […]
The Jamesport Junior Livestock Show will start in the city park on July 28th and run through July 30th. The schedule on Thursday includes the Poultry Show at 8 am and the Rabbit Show at 8:30. The Sheep Show will be at 9 am, and the Goat Show will follow. That Friday includes the Swine […]
A breathtaking photo featuring a glimpse into the life of a Missouri cattle rancher is the Best in Show for the 2022 Focus on Missouri Agriculture Photo Contest, hosted by the Missouri Department of Agriculture. The photograph, submitted by Megan Richner of El Dorado Springs, Mo., was chosen from photos submitted by photographers from across […]
The Missouri Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture is holding its ninth-annual Keep Missouri Farming Tractor Cruise on July 16, 2022. Tractors will travel an out-and-back route that starts and finishes at Maysville High School in DeKalb County with a stop at the Tri-County Alternative Energy Museum for lunch. “This event serves as an opportunity for […]
