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Changes ahead for Missouri pesticide applicators

MU Extension state natural resources specialists are using a drone to map vegetation and land cover at the Prairie Fork Conservation Area near Williamsburg. (Photo courtesy of Michael Sunde)

MU takes to the skies to stamp out weeds

Grazing livestock on cover crops is one of the most efficient ways to improve soil fertility. (Courtesy photo.)

Applying nitrogen to forages now is high risk, low reward

Brown marmorated stink bug on wall, upside down. (Photo: iStock - Petra Richli)

Seal your home to keep insects from spending the winter with you

(Journal photo by Jennifer Theurer.)

Pumpkin: An ancient vegetable still in vogue today

Farm pond

Despite recent rainfall, Missouri remains dry

Circling solutions for black vulture attacks 

Attendees at the MU Extension Feedlot School in late August toured Kirksville-area feedlot operations. (Photo by Eric Bailey)

Record-breaking attendance at Mizzou beef school