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Daily Livestock Report (Audio)

Posted on March 11, 2010 - 6:17am
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This report is updated daily.

Daily Grain Market Report (Audio)

Posted on March 11, 2010 - 6:14am
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This report is updated daily.

USDA Grain Market Report

Posted on March 11, 2010 - 6:10am

Click here for the USDA daily market report for grains.

Weekly Market Summary

Posted on March 5, 2010 - 4:34pm

Click here to view the Weekly Market Summary from the Missouri Department of Agriculture.

Order Seedlings Now To Improve Wildlife Habitat

Posted on March 1, 2010 - 4:16pm

by Jim Low

LICKING –Seed catalogs have begun appearing in mailboxes, providing hours of recreational reading for chilly winter days. If your planting project extends beyond flowers and vegetables, look at trees and shrubs included in the 2010 seedling catalog from George O. White Forest Nursery.

Opening-Day Anglers Will Find Improvements At Trout Parks

Posted on February 18, 2010 - 12:56pm
The Conservation Department has upgraded fish habitat and hatchery facilities at Missouri’s four trout parks.

by Jim Low

Private Land the Key to Forest Health

Posted on February 3, 2010 - 2:50pm
Nearly nine-tenths of Missouri's forest land is privately owned. Fish and wildlife cannot thrive unless this land is managed well.

by Jim Low

JEFFERSON CITY - Missouri forests grew three times faster than the rate of harvest over the past 30 years. However, that great news disguises a less encouraging fact.

Much of the Show-Me State's forest is in the same condition a garden would be if you simply threw seeds on the ground in the spring and came back in the fall hoping to harvest crops.

Cut to the Chase: You can't judge a book by its cover--or can you?

Posted on December 31, 2009 - 10:50am

Opinion by Denny Banister

It took a published report from a group of scientists at Newcastle University in the United Kingdom to inform farmers of something they already knew – attitudes toward dairy cows influence milk production.  Researchers said cows given names and touched regularly produced about 500 pints more milk than cows not receiving names or the personal touch.  Carnation developed their slogan “milk from contented cows” in 1907 – the personal touch premise is nothing new.

Farm Bureau urges tax commission not to increase agricultural taxes

Posted on December 1, 2009 - 10:23am

 In testimony before the Missouri State Tax Commission, Missouri Farm Bureau Vice President Blake Hurst made a strong case as to why property taxes on agricultural land should not be increased by the Commission.  Hurst and his wife, Julie, own a family farming operation near Westboro in Northwest Missouri.

USDA Grain Market Report

Posted on November 23, 2009 - 9:24pm

Click here for the USDA daily market report for grains.

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