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Don’t let D.C. mess with checkoff Don’t let D.C. mess with checkoff

Commentary: The Opportunities for Fairness in Farming Act is not a policy for the future of farming.

Sep 27, 2023|

4 Min Read

A farmer on a combine harvesting corn

Is your equipment ready to harvest a drought crop?Is your equipment ready to harvest a drought crop?

Sep 26, 2023

2 Min Read

A young farmer near a tractor on a field

Time to transition farm assets to next generation Time to transition farm assets to next generation

Sep 25, 2023

3 Min Read

Andrei Gradinariu in a field of pumpkins

Farmer finds agritourism niche with fruit, fun Farmer finds agritourism niche with fruit, fun

Sep 22, 2023

7 Slides

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7 steps to enter direct-to-consumer meat market 7 steps to enter direct-to-consumer meat market

Sep 21, 2023

3 Min Read

A multigenerational family walking through a pasture alongside grazing cattle

Family farms fight against gender bias Family farms fight against gender bias

Sep 20, 2023

3 Min Read

Market Overview

Contract	Last	Change	High	Low	Open	Last Trade
Dec 23 Corn	483	+3.25	485.5	479	479.75	07:31 AM
Dec 23 Oats	432.5	-0.5	434	430	434	07:25 AM
Oct 23 Class III Milk	16.93	-0.05	17	16.92	17	07:20 AM
Nov 23 Soybean	1310.75	+8	1311.75	1297.5	1302.75	07:32 AM
Nov 23 Feeder Cattle	256.875	-5.825	262.9	256.25	262.75	06:04 PM
Oct 23 Ethanol Futures	2.161	unch —	2.161	2.161	2.161	09:37 PM

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A combine harvesting corn

No one can take your place

No one can take your place

Cows laying in a dry field under a tree

Know how cost-share program works during drought

Know how cost-share program works during drought

A group of 33 men and women sit in rows on bleachers and smile

Names in the news

Missouri 4-H Hall of Fame honors those who shape next generation

Missouri 4-H Hall of Fame honors those who shape next generation

A young boy and girl walking through a pumpkin patch

Explore charm of Missouri agritourism

Explore charm of Missouri agritourism

A woman holding up a piece of fabric that reads tar spot detector

Tar spot spreading across Missouri

Tar spot spreading across Missouri

Man with eating utensils sitting at a table with a medium rare steak plated in front of him

How long can consumers afford Prime beef?

How long can consumers afford Prime beef?

Mindy ward pictured with her family

Where are all my ‘barn parents’?

Where are all my ‘barn parents’?

A tractor working out in a field

Electrocute pasture weeds and even small trees

Electrocute pasture weeds and even small trees

White-tailed deer fawn in crop field

Crop Protection

Can you stop deer from eating your crops?

Can you stop deer from eating your crops?

Cattle at a sale barn

2 tax codes you need to know during drought years

2 tax codes you need to know during drought years

Chris Chinn standing behind a podium on a stage

From encouraging youth to celebrating agriculture, state ag director does it all

From encouraging youth to celebrating agriculture, state ag director does it all

Close-up of soybean cyst nematode

Don’t settle for 50-bushel soybeans

Don’t settle for 50-bushel soybeans

Brylee Williams smiles as she holds her swine close

FFA member exits Missouri State Fair Swine Show

FFA member exits Missouri State Fair Swine Show

Delanden Edwards holding on to young bull calf inside a showring

4-H members take on Missouri State Fair

4-H members take on Missouri State Fair

Sheep grazing in grass

Time to add warm-season grasses to your farm

Time to add warm-season grasses to your farm

Pictured from left: Todd, Grant, Lonnie and Brad Groves

Farm Business Planning

Manage expectations across family generations

Manage expectations across family generations

Vetch and oats as cover crops

Solve the cover crop conundrum

Solve the cover crop conundrum

A man walking a Hereford cow through a walkway at a fair

Missouri State Fair opens this week

Missouri State Fair opens this week

Black Angus cattle with several calves on a pasture

Good time to be a cow-calf producer

Good time to be a cow-calf producer

A woman posed next to a statue of a bull

Next-level farm lawn art

Next-level farm lawn art

A man leaning on a raised bed of microgreens

Autism does not hold young farmer back

Autism does not hold young farmer back

Close up of a Longhorned tick next to US penny for size comparison

Longhorned ticks cover more ground in Missouri

Longhorned ticks cover more ground in Missouri

A cornfield with damaged rows

6 considerations before chopping drought-stressed corn

6 considerations before chopping drought-stressed corn

2023 Budget planning and management concept

Farm Business Planning

Time to tune up your farm financials

Time to tune up your farm financials

A group of Angus cows grazing in a field

Genetic prediction tools help find keeper cows

Genetic prediction tools help find keeper cows

Female finger touching water, creating ripples

The ripple effect of loss

The ripple effect of loss

A young man tying up a steer to a metal fence

Beyond the buckles and banners

Beyond the buckles and banners

A mobile irrigation system, a dam supplying the water and some cattle in the field being sprayed

Use drought livestock sales to finance your future

Use drought livestock sales to finance your future

Steer spinning

Make safety a priority on your farm

Make safety a priority on your farm

Two photos collaged together a close up of corn crop on one side and a close up of a soybean crop on the other side

Corn, soybeans struggling in Missouri

Corn, soybeans struggling in Missouri

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