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December 2012

Are you spreading weed seeds when you spread poultry litter?
History of Livestock Hotels
Kudzu Bug coming our way
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November 2012

Bottom Line Tidbits: Farm Tenant and Landowner Communication
Comparing the 2012 drought to other drought years using corn
Winterizing your sprayer
Attention Hay Buyers Don't Import, Red Imported fire ants
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October 2012

Quality Beef by the Numbers
Renovating Ponds
Horseback Riding Safety: Part 2
Something New to Look for in Soybean Fields: Soybean Vein Necrosis Virus
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September 2012

Nitrates in Drought-Damaged Feeds
Drought Impacts on Landscape Plantings and Lawns
Dry Field Conditions Increase Harvest Fire Risks
Aflatoxin in Corn
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August 2012

Wheat Straw Ammoniation
Guidelines for Drought Corn
Safety Is Essential When Handling Anhydrous Ammonia
Horseback Riding Safety (Part 1)
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Tour to Kansas was a great opportunity for producers
Farm Bill Watch
Safety Recommendations When Bailing Large Round Bales
Drought Mitigation Plans
Taxation Tidbits: Land Clearing Expenditures - Deductibility
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Forage Maturity Impacts Hay Quality
The 4 Rs of Fertilizer Management
Labor Department Withdraws Proposed Rule - Children Working in Agriculture
Safety is Essential When Operating an ATV
MU's Plant Diagnostic Clinic closes
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Hot Weather? Must be close to fair time.
Compensation for Farm Employees
Taxation Tidbit: Delayed Like-Kind Exchanges
Weather Information May Help in the Management of Your Farm
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Managing volunteer corn in 2012
Calibration- a necessary step even with variable-rate technology
The garden's last vegetable - garlic!
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Membership for Show-Me-Select Heifer Program Due
Maximizing Soybean Yield
Two Sails with Wind for High Tunnel in Missouri
Forage Production Costs Estimates
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February 2012

Taxation Tidbit: Traditional IRAs and Pensions - IRD
Beef cattle recordkeeping
300 bushel corn
Mobile apps changing the face of farm management
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January 2012

The magic bullet?
Giant Miscanthus Grass - good or bad?
2012 crop production costs
Help fight agriculture theft
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.