Farm & Agriculture
Source: Lee Miller, 573-882-5623
Fuligo septica, also known as “dog vomit slime mold,” is the latest slimy woodland thing to slither into 2020’s wet spring and summer.
When it first appears, this peculiar species of plasmodial slime mold looks like bright yellow scrambled eggs, says University of...
Tractors and loaders are an invaluable resource in the feedyard for a multitude of daily tasks. To keep operators safe while operating tractors and loaders, it’s necessary to understand how use of a front-end loader impacts the stability of a machine.
Identifying tractor and loader safety...
Source: Peter Scharf, 573-882-0777
Use of in-season nitrogen on corn has increased in Missouri and surrounding states over the past 10 years. What used to be rare is now common. Some of these applications are planned, but others are to give corn yields a boost when wet weather causes nitrogen loss...
By Eric Bohl
A Missouri Farm Bureau survey brings to life many of the hidden effects of COVID-19 on farmers and rural communities. While the on-farm impacts have been dramatic, the personal effects are even more painful to read: “I have not seen my first grandchild yet.” “My daughter didn’t get to...
Missouri Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture is holding its seventh-annual Keep Missouri Farming Tractor Cruise on July 18, 2020. Tractors will travel through Buchanan and Andrew Counties on a 38-mile loop. The event will begin and end at Ag-Power, 10031 US Highway 36, near Easton.
“The...
It's been probably fifty years since it happened, but I still remember the incident. I was walking on a narrow dirt path made by my friends sheep to cross a wooded ditch. We had taken the short cut from his old house to where his folks had built their new place on the hill. The brush had obscured...
Appropriate livestock handling practices can benefit producers in regard to herd health, performance and meat quality. Understanding a few principles of cow behavior can also help create a much safer work environment.
Regardless of the techniques used to move or manage cattle, doing so in a calm...
This nobly named hybrid tea rose produces such petal-packed blooms that they could be mistaken for light pink peonies. But these flowers have a strong, unmistakably rosy scent, which earned this variety the fragrance award for 2020. The 5-foot-tall plant blooms from spring to fall and has excellent...
My grandkids and I have a tradition at my house of paddling around the edge of our pond in a pirogue. All of them started when they were one year old or so. As they have grown, they have progressed from just sitting between my knees and observing to now trying to catch bugs and frogs with their...
Some Missouri trees are producing a gooey, orange slime that seeps and grows.
Bright orange tree slime brings wonder to the woods after cool, wet spring days, says University of Missouri Extension horticulturist Tamra Reall.
This slime from Mother Nature grows from a number of fungi, including...
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