Dr. Andre Reis is the new Soybean Specialist at the University of Missouri. Most recently at the Louisiana State University, Reis began serving soybean growers in his native Brazil. Reis says his research priority is to keep growers sustainable and profitable. Learn more at mosoy.org. Brought to you by Missouri’s soybean growers and their checkoff. ...
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Missouri’s director of agricultural education says the growth in FFA membership over the past 10 years has been regional. Keith Dietzschold says more programs have been added in smaller school districts in south-central and southeastern Missouri. “People have seen what we do and how we do things. I think that’s important. I also think finding teachers in all disciplines is difficult right now.” He says there is an opportunity for […]
An agronomist says he’s not worried about the corn and soybeans that were planted in southern Wisconsin ahead of recent cold weather. Scott Rountree with Pioneer tells Brownfield corn and soybeans generally take about 120 growing degree units from planting to emergence. “A lot of that crop that got planted seven to ten, maybe even up to fourteen days ago, it’s going to need three plus weeks to get up […]
The State Star Farmer in Missouri says it takes flexibility and determination to be profitable in a time of high input costs. Ashley Sjostrand from Ashland raises laying hens and broilers for the community and a local restaurant. She also has cattle and market hogs and says feed prices have been high. “I do an exchange of labor with my parents. I work on their hog operation in exchange for […]
With a tap of the gavel the 95th Missouri FFA Convention came to a close and a new state officer team began a year of service. Missouri FFA President, Sam Tummons from Columbia FFA, says he is looking forward to the year ahead. “FFA is not sows, cows and plows anymore. It’s for everyone. I think being able to promote that a little more could boost active membership.” The new […]
WASHINGTON, April 24, 2023 – Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the appointment of Manjit K. Misra as the new Director of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). The NIFA Director leads the agency’s work in advancing agricultural research, education, and extension to solve societal challenges. Dr. Misra will start his new role on Monday, May 8, 2023.
The USDA says that as of the week ending April 20th, soybean export inspections continue to run ahead of what’s needed to meet projections for the current marketing year. The 2022/23 marketing year got underway June 1st, 2022 for wheat and September 1st, 2022 for beans, corn, and sorghum. The USDA’s next set of supply and demand estimates is out May 12th. Wheat came out at 363,826 tons, up 111,345 […]
Wisconsin legislation that would make changes to the farmer-led watershed program now await the Governor’s signature. Senate Bill 59 and Assembly Bill 65 would allow farmers from adjacent watersheds to join a farmer-led watershed group. The bill also would allow producer-led groups that are not legal entities to receive state grants for projects through a member of the group. The legislation had strong bipartisan support at the Capitol. ...
