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Eldon Cole was an eager 18-year-old farm boy when he first experienced hands-on learning at the University of Missouri. The year was 1958, and the windswept fields of East Campus

Due to ongoing construction during the renovation of the old First National Bank of Monett, there will be road closure from Broadway and Fourth streets north to the alley behind the bank until...

Due to ongoing construction during the renovation of the old First National Bank of Monett, there will be road closure from Broadway and Fourth streets north to the alley behind the bank until...

MOUNT VERNON, Mo. — When temperatures fall, beef producers should watch for signs of fescue foot in their beef herds.

AS TEMPERATURES DROP, WATCH FOR FESCUE FOOT IN LIVESTOCK

Average price in the latest Performance Bull Sale hit the $3,678 mark, down about $500 from a sale about six months prior.

MOUNT VERNON, Mo. — Forty-four performance and genomically tested bulls averaged $3,678 on Oct. 25 at the Springfield Livestock Marketing Center, said University of Missouri Extension livestock specialist Eldon Cole.

Nearly two decades ago, the extensions agriculture specialists began informing the public about spotted knapweed.

Shedding helps cattle tolerate the summer heat.

Researchers at University of Missouri’s Southwest Research Center are inviting beef producers to take part in a program to identify beef cows that use feed efficiently. MU Extension researchers will mine data from the GrowSafe system to help producers select breeding stock cows that eat less than other cows while producing calves with similar growth, says Reagan Bluel, interim superintendent of Southwest Center, an MU research farm in Lawrence County. Currently, most systems measure feed e...