Most weeds have an undesirable taste and cattle will not consume them unless they are baled up in hay or pasture is limited due to drought or overgrazing. However, if cattle have access to areas where ...

Several agricultural conferences are planned in January and February for area farmers and ranchers. Soils and Crops The 100th annual Lawrence County Soils and Crops Conference will be held from 6 to 9 ...

Missouri has budgeted $2.5 million (less than 0.2% of what people in the state spend on weed in a year) for a public information campaign to get this message out. Miller said the campaign ...

Most of the larger industrial dairies have moved away from pasture and operate in either a drylot or freestall system where most animals never touch a blade of grass in their lifetime. In the 1990s ...

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It is becoming more common for producers to use multi-species grazing — mixing sheep or goats together with cattle — to improve the use of forages and cut down on the expenses of mowing and spraying ...

Fescue tends to protect other grasses from winter weather and it is the grass that will do best for stockpile in Missouri.” Pasture management. Pastures should be good stands of fescue, weed-free and ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A judge ruled Friday that Missouri’s near-total abortion ban is unenforceable under a new constitutional amendment, ensuring abortion will be legal in the state.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Amendment 3 supporters Luz Maria Henriquez, second from left, executive director of the ACLU Missouri ...

Missouri was admitted as the 24th state to the United States of America on August 10, 1821. As of January 2025, a total of 312 individuals have represented Missouri in the U.S. House. U.S. House ...

Missouri has a Republican trifecta and a Republican triplex. The Republican Party controls the offices of governor, secretary of state, attorney general, and both chambers of the state legislature. As ...

Find photos and identifying characteristics that’ll help you identify common Minnesota weeds.