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December 2011

Winter backgrounding rations
Keeping grain in condition
Update on SPCC comliance date extension for farms
Another new pest on the way (?)
Bottom line tidbits: ten business mgmt. items farms should do prior to year-end
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November 2011

Drought-stressed corn silage for beef cows
Fall and winter alfalfa care
Early fall soil test results need to be interpreted with caution
Taxation Tidbits: Social Security retirement benefits
Introducing new staff
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October 2011

Wendy Flatt is back in the Central Missouri Region!
Managing Short Feed Supplies
Is GPS in Jeopardy?
The garden's last vegetable: Garlic?
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September 2011

A new herbicide maybe taking the green out of many evergreens
Dry weather feeding options for beef cows
Black walnuts: pick them and clean them up quickly
Upcoming grazing schools
Fall is time to build next year's garden soil
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August 2011

Buying or Selling Hay
Reclaiming Flood Land with Tillage
Form 1099 Filing Requirements: Second Verse
Oil Spill Prevention, Control, & Countermeasure (SPCC) Program: Information for Farmers -Revisited
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Taxation Tidbits: Weather Related Sales of Livestock
Tornadoes Prompt Interest in Storm Shelters and 'Safe Rooms'
Cicadas, the aftermath
Look Out for Perilla Mint
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Branding Livestock in Missouri
New Stink Bug Coming to Missouri
Financial Tidbits: Form 1099 Reporting Requirements
Fly Control in Beef Cattle Herds
Barn & Farmstead Survey Project & the Missouri Barn Alliance and Rural Network
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Preventing Foliar Tomato Blights
Rural Crime Awareness
Controlling Weeds Early is Critical to Maximize Yield
Livestock Producer Survey
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Taxation Tidbits: Agricultural Inputs- Exempt from Missouri Sales Tax or not?
Corn Fungicide Treatment
Keys to Success with Fixed-Time AI in Beef Cows
The Amazing Pigweed
Making the Most with a Small Vegetable Garden
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A Tool for Fine Tuning Financial Statements
Bed Bug Incidence on the Rise
Economic Thresholds for Early-Season Insects
Bull Management
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February 2011

Soybean Variety Selection and Sudden Death Syndrome
Taxation Tidbits: Farm Labor Tax
Missouri's Response to the High Tunnel Conservation Practice
Taxation Tidbits: Tax Relief Packages under the Christmas Tree
Membership for Show-Me-Select Heifer Program Due
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January 2011

Understanding Hay Test Results
Taxation Tidbits: Charitable Gifts Are Not Always Deductible
Poly Tank Inspections
Hay Feeding Considerations
Mid-MO Grazing Conference
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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.