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December 2010

New Estimates Change Recommended Planting Dates, Seeding Rates for Corn
Top Home Garden Fruit Choices for Missouri
World Reserves of Rock Phosphate are Adequate for the Long-Term
Avoiding Trouble when Heating with Wood
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November 2010

Crop Insurance Changes
Fall Fertilization
Fall Chores
Taxation Tidbit
Tips for Mowing Leaves
Beef AI Portable Barns for Rent
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October 2010

Incentives Offered to Reduce Farm Energy Costs
Producing Cattle that Grade Choice
Apply Manure in the Fall to Vegetable Gardens to Reduce Risk of Microbial Contamination
Taxation Tidbit: Keep Beneficiaries Current and Documents Coordinated
Upcoming Field Days
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September 2010

Don't Forget to Put Your Lawn to Bed for the Winter
Japanese Beetles a Crop Pest?
Taxation Tidbit: Tax Gap - Unwinding an Early Social Security Retirement Election
Oil Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) Program: Information for Farmers
Upcoming Field Days
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August 2010

More Winter Feeding Considerations - Hay Testing
What Tomato is the Tastiest? Two MU Activities to Take Aim at the Question
Taxation Tidbit: Tax Gap - New Form 1099 Provision
Animal Composting or Natural Rendering
Don't apply herbicides to control crabgrass this late in the year
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Heat Stress Indicators in Beef Cattle
Taxation Tidbits: Asset Transfers to Your Spouse
Reducing Winter Feed Costs Starts This Summer
Common Plant Diseases of the Cucurbit Vegetables
Missouri AgrAbility Project
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Improving Your Pond - Enhancing Value and Extending Life
Taxation Tidbits: Sell vs. Trading-in Equipment
Buffalo Gnats Plague Poultry
Control Options for Cucumber Beetles & Squash Bugs
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Taxation Tidbits
Bull Management During the Breeding Season
To Garden or Not to Garden?
Avoiding Sidewall Compaction at Planting Time
Protecting Pollinators when Using Pesticides
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Soybean Seed Size and Planting Rate
Bull Management
Part II: Vegetable Garden Fertilization: Nitrogen May Be All You Need
Windbreaks for the New Century
Upcoming Grazing Schools
Taxation Tidbit: Converting a Traditional IRA to a Roth IRA - More Taxpayer are >Eligible
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Grass Tetany in Beef Cattle
Vegetable Garden Fertilization: Nitrogen May Be All You Need
Spotted Knapweed
Energized Missouri Agriculture - Energy Efficiency Cost-Share Grant Program
Did You Know?
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February 2010

Farmers Should Make a Skin Check a Priority
Nitrogen Efficiency
Cold Stress and New Born Calves
Topdressing Wheat
Missouri Tidbit
MU to Premier New Wheat Variety
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January 2010

MU Extension and You
Seed Purchases
Front-end Loader Safety - Transporting Hay
Weed Management Options for 2010
U.S. Census
Missouri Tidbit
Precision Agriculture Online Course
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Publishing Information

Ag Connection is published monthly for Central Missouri Region producers and is supported by University of Missouri Extension, the Commercial Agriculture program, the Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station and the MU College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources. Managing Editor: Kent Shannon.