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MU collegiate cattlewomen host Meet Your…

05-02-2013 Austin Black

MU collegiate cattlewomen host Meet Your Meat

  May is beef month and the Mizzou collegiate cattlewomen kick started the month’s promotional activities with the 4th annual campus-wide Meet Your Meat event on May 1. Stationed in the...

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Rural economy and land prices are rising

04-29-2013 webadmin

Ag economy buoys much of the Midwest One steady measure of the rural Midwest economy is the University of Creighton’s Rural Mainstreet Index, a survey of financial leaders in 10 states. The...

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Animal well-being: expanding the convers…

04-29-2013 webadmin

Taking on a timely topic is a good way to generate discussion, and Yvonne Thaxton has managed to do that. Thaxton is director of the center, which the University of...

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Seeing more clearly via broccoli

04-29-2013 webadmin

Vegetable bred to prevent cataracts A new N.C. State University study is focused on enhanced levels of lutein in broccoli. Lutein, an antioxidant, is associated with lowering risks for cataracts and...

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Philanthropy at work: Local farmer suppo…

04-24-2013 webadmin

STURGEON, Mo. (March 9, 2013) – The Sturgeon Area Ministerial Alliance Food Pantry and the Boone County Fire Department will now be able to better serve the community, thanks to...

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Too close to the wrong machine

04-24-2013 stevefairchild

Too close to the wrong machine

Farmers and day-traders favor different machines. The other day while you were greasing your planter and sorting out the seed corn, there was a "flash crash" on Wall Street. Or,...

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Peterson Farm brothers perform at 2013 M…

04-19-2013 Austin Black

Peterson Farm brothers perform at 2013 Missouri FFA Convention

The crowd went wild as Greg, Kendall and Nathan Peterson of Assaria, KS took the stage at the 85th annual Missouri FFA Convention. In the last year, these three young...

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Fun with time-lapse of Vandalia Bin Demo

04-01-2013 webadmin

What do you get when you lend your time-lapse camera to a couple creative MFA managers and employees? Checkout the fun Vandalia Store manager Doug Wood has with his co-workers.......

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Swamp People in Kansas

03-28-2013 webadmin

Swamp People in Kansas

AgChoice's diverse customer base includes Cajuns It isn’t quite Louisiana, and it hasn’t been swampy as of late, but that didn’t stop a pair of Swamp People from stopping by the...

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Missouri’s Pemberton named Cattlemen’s v…

03-28-2013 webadmin

Missouri’s Pemberton named Cattlemen’s vice president

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association elected Don Pemberton, Richland, Mo., as the organization’s vice president at the 2013 Cattle Industry Convention in Tampa, Fla. Pemberton grew up working on his family’s...

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04-29-2013
A local cooperative leads the way
A local cooperative leads the way

MFA local Affiliate SPOTLIGHT: Lebanon, MISSOURI If it’s something you need for cattle production or growing forage, Farmers Produce Exchange #139 at Lebanon, Mo., has it. Established in the 1920s, the...

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04-29-2013
With OK brand, your fence will be OK
With OK brand, your fence will be OK

Oklahoma Steel makes quality wire fencing right here in Today’s Farmer country If you stretched all the four-point barbed wire fencing that MFA Incorporated sold in 2012, that four-strand fence would...

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04-29-2013
Manage forage for better weed control

Controlled grazing and soil maintenance build better pastures Controlling weeds in pasture is an annual battle for cattle producers. But a combination of managed grazing with timely herbicide application can give...

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04-29-2013
Still value in MFA Health Track

Age-and-source verification is on the decline, but healthy calves still bring premiums Japan recently began accepting U.S. beef products from animals up to 30 months old instead of the recent more...

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04-29-2013
Soybean seed-size challenge
Soybean seed-size challenge

MFA’s precision team evaluates seed meters It’s no secret that soybean seed sizes will vary this year due to the droughty conditions across the Midwest last growing season. We see larger...

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