Extension

The crowd at F&T Livestock in Palmyra for the Dec. 14, 2024, Show-Me-Select heifer sale. Photo by Brenda Schreck.

Jan. 15, 2025

Final fall 2024 Show-Me-Select sale sets record

Palmyra’s Show-Me-Select Heifer sale set a local record with $1.16 million in sales, highlighting MU Extension's impactful heifer replacement program.
Cory Bromfield

Nov. 19, 2024

Q&A with Cory Bromfield

Cory Bromfield is an assistant extension professor in swine production.
When Tad and Kim Carnahan moved from Colorado to Missouri, they sought out the services of the University of Missouri for research-based information to help them grow their Linn County operation. The Carnahans use practices taught in grazing schools by MU Extension and the Natural Resources Conservation Service. Photo by Linda Geist.

Nov. 19, 2024

Forage, cattle producers embrace change in move from Colorado to Missouri

Lifelong learners turned to the University of Missouri Extension after moving from Colorado.
Goats, cows, combine and silage.

Nov. 17, 2024

MU Extension releases enterprise budgets for 2025

Missouri farmers and ranchers can plan ahead with new enterprise budgets.
Rasel Parvej

Nov. 4, 2024

Muhammad Rasel Parvej

Rasel Parvej is the Director of the MU Soil and Plant Testing Laboratory and the Soil Health Assessment Center (SHAC), as well as an Assistant Professor and State Extension Specialist in Soil Testing and Interpretation within the Division of Plant Science and Technology and the School of Natural Resources. He has been serving as an Associate Editor for both the Soil Science Society of America Journal and Crop, Forage & Turfgrass Management since 2020. Parvej is also a certified crop advisor and has been elected vice-chair of the National Research Support Project (NRSP-11) at NIMSS…
Thiago Martins with cows

Oct. 27, 2024

Q&A with Thiago Martins

Thiago Martins is an assistant professor in beef reproduction, extension and research.
Administering intramuscular and subcutaneous injections into “bananimals” at a previous Pearls of Production conference.

Oct. 9, 2024

Women learn life-changing skills through Pearls of Production

The 2024 conference is Oct. 29 and Nov. 2.
Nick Wesslak

Sep. 24, 2024

Q&A with Nick Wesslak

Nick Wesslak is an MU Extension field specialist in agronomy.
Graphic of Missouri with a

Sep. 23, 2024

Missouri farmland, hunting cash rental rate insights from MU Extension

Missouri's 2024 cash rental rates saw continued increases but the pace of growth is slowing.
Female Joro spider with the much smaller male. Photo by Micha L. Rieser, via Wikimedia Commons.

Sep. 23, 2024

Joro spiders are nothing to worry about – yet

The Joro spider, a colorful orb weaver from Asia, is slowly making its way northward and is likely to invade Missouri soon.