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Japanese beetle -Popillia japonica (Photo: iStock - mirceax)
Midwestern Region, Missouri, Regional Roundup

Japanese beetle numbers increasing in corn, soybeans

Missouri corn and soybean growers are reporting growing numbers of Japanese beetles in crops in recent weeks. Read More

Aedes aegypti larvae and pupae prefer water captured by containers like buckets, birdbaths and old tires, anything that can hold enough water to develop into adults. (Michael Miller/Texas A&M AgriLife)
Home and Family

Mosquitoes can take a bite out of outdoor fun

Cattle (File photo, MU College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources)
Disease, Livestock

Dealing with cattle herd anaplasmosis



Summer landscape with green grass field and blue sky

Mizzou asks for input on farmland value survey

This time of year, pop-up showers and storms are a risk to hay that has been mowed but not yet baled. Keep an eye on weather forecasts and understand how different types of rainfall affect cut hay, says MU Extension agronomist Hunter Lovewell. (Photo by Linda Geist.)

Is rained-on hay still good?

Installing weed control fabric material and bark mulch in a residential garden to control weed spreading (Photo: iStock - brebca)

Gardens will thank you very ‘mulch’ during summer heat

  • By Linda Geist │ University of Missouri Extension

Mizzou to offer summer tax school

Money planning (Photo: iStock - Thapana Onphalai)

Mizzou seeks participants in cash rent survey

Woman with freshly picked green pea pods peeling and eating peas in vegetable garden. (Photo: iStock - Valeriy_G)

Early June peas: A culinary delight from the garden

  • By Linda Geist │ University of Missouri Extension
Cattle (File photo, MU College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources.)

Management strategies to reduce pink eye in cattle

  • By Patrick Davis │ University of Missouri Extension
Farm pond

Resources for specialty ag producers available