Missouri Soybean Yield Contest Winners Announced
Missouri soybean farmers brought big yields for the Missouri Soybean Association’s annual competition, despite challenging weather across much of the state – including widespread flooding. Results from Missouri’s soybean yield contest are now finalized with the highest yields topping 90 bushels per acre. Contest winners in the irrigated and non-irrigated categories presented yields of 96.93 … Continue reading Missouri Soybean Yield Contest Winners Announced
February 2020 Issue Available Now
The first issue of the new year highlights important changes for the Missouri Soybean Association and its partners – including a move into the new Center for Soy Innovation. This issue also sees the start of a new article series exploring challenges and opportunities around managing weed pressure and herbicide-resistant weeds on the farm, and … Continue reading February 2020 Issue Available Now
Foundation for Soy Innovation Awards First Scholarship
New program bridges resource gaps for next generation of problem solvers. Putting technical training and research results to work are central to Eric Oseland’s view of his role for farmers. The first-year Ph.D. student at the University of Missouri is focused on controlling weeds in soybeans, and connects his work directly to challenges facing farmers … Continue reading Foundation for Soy Innovation Awards First Scholarship
Growing with Purpose
By Brandelyn Twellman Reflecting on the growth he’s had on the family farm over the past five years, Brock Aylward said his high school years have looked a little different than a typical student’s might as he started taking more ownership in his family’s operation. “I started riding in the tractor or combine with my … Continue reading Growing with Purpose
Looking to the Future
By Brandelyn Twellman After years of riding in the buddy seat and countless trips across the field with his dad nearby, Logan Korff experienced his first lone trip in the tractor at twelve years old. “Starting off, Dad would take the tractor to the field, and he would go around the edges and get me … Continue reading Looking to the Future
Ag Land Going Up
By Christine Tew Ag lenders, rural appraisers and farmers who participated in the 2019 Missouri Farmland Values Opinion Survey estimated that the value of good cropland; good pastureland; and timber, hunting and recreational land in the state increased on average from 2018 to 2019. The survey, conducted in August 2019 by the University of Missouri … Continue reading Ag Land Going Up
Seeking 2020 Vision
By Jason Jenkins, Mill Creek Communications Robert Alpers harvested his share of soybean acres this fall, but no field garnered more interest on his Cooper County farm than the one he had planted to conventional soybeans. It was the first time in nearly two decades that the producer from Prairie Home had planted a variety … Continue reading Seeking 2020 Vision
Mark Twain National Forest feral hog hunting closure is good for Missourians
This month, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service (USFS) issued a closure order on the Mark Twain National Forest (MTNF) to make interagency feral swine trapping efforts as effective as possible. The Conservation Federation of Missouri (CFM) and many organizations across Missouri applaud the announcement and the continued attention to this threat to Missouri’s … Continue reading Mark Twain National Forest feral hog hunting closure is good for Missourians
Details Regarding Second tranche of 2019 MFP Payments
MFP signup at local FSA offices will run through Friday, December 6, 2019. Payments will be made by the Farm Service Agency (FSA) under the authority of the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) Charter Act to producers of alfalfa hay, barley, canola, corn, crambe, dried beans, dry peas, extra-long staple cotton, flaxseed, lentils, long grain and … Continue reading Details Regarding Second tranche of 2019 MFP Payments
Farm Bill Program Meetings Scheduled
Missouri Producers Encouraged to Participate in Upcoming Meetings Regarding Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), Price Loss Coverage (PLC), and Other 2018 Farm Bill Programs The 2018 Farm Bill, enacted December 20, 2018, provides support, certainty, and stability to our nation’s farmers, ranchers, and forest managers by enhancing farm support programs, improving crop insurance, maintaining disaster programs, … Continue reading Farm Bill Program Meetings Scheduled