Commercial Agriculture Newspaper

Fall 2009
Vol. 18, No. 4

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• Cap-and-Trade and Greenhouse Gas Markets, 101
• EPA Greenhouse Gas Monitoring Rule Finalized
• Missouri Livestock Symposium to be held December 4-5 in Kirksville
• Estate planning for farm families: Part II, Starting your Will
• Cool 2009 summer may crack top 10 on record
• Winter Events, 2009-2010

Beef

• Health considerations for newly weaned calves
• You Can’t Manage What You Don’t Measure...Evaluating Herd Productivity and Calf Performance
• Receiving cattle: management and nutrition
• 2009 Beef Tour demonstrates large animal composting

Crops

• MU’s Bradford Research Center hosts serveral field days during the summer
• The Missouri Corn Stalk Nitrate Test Challenge
• Fall Application of Lime cost-effective in correcting the pH of acidic soil

Dairy

• Sharemilking, an opportunity for Missouri’s Dairy future

Swine

• Release of the first ever National Swine Nutrition Guide in 2010
• 2009 MU Swine Institute set for Nov. 10: Featured speakers include MU athletics director Mike Alden
• An Update on Influenza A H1N1 Research in Pigs: H1N1 will not pose a food safety risk for consumers

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contact Rex Ricketts, 573-882-4553.