Extension

Thiago Martins with cows

Oct. 28, 2024

Q&A with Thiago Martins

Thiago Martins is an assistant professor in beef reproduction, extension and research.
a group of people gather around controls on a tripod with a drone flying in the foreground

Oct. 18, 2024

CAFNR receives funding from Missouri Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development to provide agricultural drone trainings to Missourians

CAFNR and MU Extension faculty practice landing an imaging drone during the first of several “train the trainer” courses that will allow them to teach agricultural drone skills to Missourians. A grant from the Missouri Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development looks to open doors for Missourians to receive agricultural drone training through the University of Missouri College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources’ Research, Extension and Education Centers (REECs), Digital Agriculture Research and Extension Center (DAREC) and MU Extension. “This will be a true workforce development project because it will help train people to have careers in agriculture,”…
Administering intramuscular and subcutaneous injections into “bananimals” at a previous Pearls of Production conference.

Oct. 10, 2024

Women learn life-changing skills through Pearls of Production

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

Sep. 25, 2024

Q&A with Nick Wesslak

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

Sep. 24, 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. 24, 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.
Zoomed in picture of mature soybean pod.

Sep. 23, 2024

MU Extension releases soybean yield tool

Extension state soybean specialist has developed a new tool to predict soybean growth and yield.
Wildflower Grove in Kirksville, Mo.

Sep. 4, 2024

Garden ‘n Grow grows business for small town

Casey Jefferson Coy enrolled in the Garden ’n Grow program, which led her to open her own flower shop in Greencastle, Mo.
Chrisee Brandl at her graduation from the University of Missouri.

Aug. 29, 2024

Q&A with Chrisee Brandl

Chrisee Brandl is an MU Extension livestock field specialist.
Beef cattle

Aug. 20, 2024

How hair shedding scores can help select cattle for heat stress

Selecting for cattle with heat tolerance can improve a producer’s profitability.