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This is our opportunity to introduce you to some of your neighbors who are active in farming, ranching and promoting agriculture, which still is a primary source of income for the area. This edition highlights some of their projects and their plans for the future.

We enjoyed meeting them, and hope you will, too.

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By James McNary

Local dairy farmer Mari-lyn Calvin is this year be-ing inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Missouri In-stitute of Cooperatives. Cal-vin is the first woman, and one of only 49 people so far awarded the honor.

According to the MIC, in addition to establishing a successful dairy, Calvin assumed leadership roles in the industry and was al-ways willing to help when asked by fellow cooperative members.

“I thought it was a great honor,” said Calvin. “There’s a lot of other people, I know, inducted before and have done so much for co-ops.”

Calvin said the coopera-tive movement has been im-portant and is still relevant today.

“As the farm population gets smaller and smaller co-ops will become more impor-tant for them to get together to buy or market products,” said Calvin. “Life would be a lot different without co-ops: look at rural electric coop-erative, for instance.”

Calvin’s nomination is

largely based on her work with the Dairy Farmers of America co-op, and with its predecessor Mid-Amer-ica Dairymen. A corporate board member from 1997-2000, she currently serves DFA on the Southeast Area Council and as Ozarks Re-gion Secretary. She previ-ously served on the South-west area board for MidAm prior to the merger creat-ing DFA, being elected to the then-Southern Division Board in 1994.

Calvin also serves on the corporate boards of the Mid-west Dairy and Southeast United Dairy associations, as the committee chair for the Lawrence County Farm Service Agency, and previ-ously held a similar position at the University of Missouri Southwest Research Cen-ter.

While working with the Southwest Center, Calvin encouraged the establish-ment of a seasonal pas-ture-based dairy after hav-ing observed trends in the industry. The dairy since established at the Center evaluates the profitability and sustainability of this

alternative dairying sys-tem. The MIC states that Calvin’s advice was impor-tant in the early years of the dairy at the center, and that the pasture-based dairy at the Center has served as a model for such operations nationwide.

Calvin first became aware of pasture-based dairying while serving on the MidAm Southwest board during the buildup of big dairies in Texas and eastern New Mexico, which were in that district at the time.

“We started looking for ways to help our farmers compete, and hopefully to help keep family farms in business,” said Calvin. “There’s been more growth in grazing dairies than any-thing else.”

Information provided by the MIC states that pasture-based dairies have created $100 million in new invest-ments and 1,100 new jobs in Missouri since 2005.

Marilyn and Kenneth Calvin began their own dairy with one cow and 10 acres, with Marilyn han-dling record-keeping and finances and working with

lenders in addition to the day-to-day dairy opera-tions. Today, the dairy has 165 cows with 180 replace-ment heifers on 455 acres, and has had a DHIA (Dairy Herd Improvement Asso-ciation) herd for 38 years. Following Kenneth’s death in 2010, Marilyn has con-tinued to operate the farm with her son, Kenlee, and another full-time employee.

In addition to DFA, Cal-vin is also a member of co-ops MFA, Inc., FCS Fi-nancial, and Ozark Electric Cooperative. She’s a mem-ber of the Mt. Vernon First Presbyterian Church and has in the past volunteered with the 4-H and FFA youth programs.

For more information on the Missouri Institute of Co-operatives and the MIC Hall of Fame, visit www.mic.coop.

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Right, tending to bottle calves is now Calvin’s main chore on the family farm northwest of Mt. Vernon (photo by Ryan Squibb). Above, Steve Davis, area manager for Dairy Farmers of America, presents a plaque to Calvin. (photo courtesy of MFA Incorporated).

Calvin inducted into Hall of Fame

From MU Extension

Despite neutral supply and demand in dairy mar-kets, the outlook is bullish, said an economist at the University of Missouri Ex-tension Spring Ag Market-ing Outlook Conference.

“As we look at futures margins, they are the best available in years, with fall-ing feed prices and rising milk prices,” said MU ag-ricultural economist Joe Horner. “2013 profitability will depend a little bit on the growing season, as we are particularly short of quality forages right now.”

“We’ve been culling cows really heavily and that should have given us a jump in milk produc-tion per cow,” Horner said. “But we’ve got some coarse

feedstuffs out there, a lot of drought-damaged stuff and expensive feed, so people have cut back on rations. Our milk production on a per cow basis is following trend lines between where it was last year and the year before.”

Cow slaughter has con-tinued to ramp up. Horn-er says it used to be that 40,000 cows a week would be normal, but recently it has been above 60,000.

“There are a lot of farm-ers looking at the price of cull cows, and if they have a fat cull cow that drops below break-even, she’s go-ing to town,” Horner said. “Right now springer heifers are cheap, so it is almost an

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Don’t let them fool you, these are not just some cute girls found wandering the halls of Miller High School. Instead, imagine them in a room full of poultry prod-ucts; everything from live birds, to the eggs they lay, to raw turkey carcasses hang-ing, waiting to be graded ac-cording to USDA standards.

Starting in February, these girls wake up before the sun, catch the bus and then travel to their next CDE contest.

If you are not familiar with the FFA, “CDE” is just some technical jargon you don’t understand, you’re not alone. CDE stands for Career Development Events, which are more ca-sually known as “contests” in the FFA.

Ellen Jackson, Addison

Jackson, Emily Ellison and Ana Gradinariu make up the poultry contest team at Miller High School, coached by Lyle Whittaker. In addi-tion to the numerous CDE contests they attend at vari-ous schools, these girls put in a lot of time for study and practice throughout the contest season.

It may seem simple; wouldn’t they just look at a group of chickens and tell which ones are the best? No. On top of placing two classes of birds in order from most to least desirable, poultry contestants will also give a set of reasons to a contest judge that explain why they aligned the birds in that order.

The teams must then judge classes of eggs, both interior and exterior, to de-termine the grades. When

you go to purchase your next carton of eggs at your grocery store, notice the grade that is printed on the package. These grades are determined by profession-als in the agriculture indus-try, which is what the FFA is preparing students for every day.

The poultry contest also requires contestants to identify chicken parts and grade them, as well as grade entire chicken or turkey carcasses.

Next comes the further processed grading. Stu-dents look at processed poultry products, such as chicken nuggets and pat-ties, to look for defects. This is Addison’s favorite seg-ment of the competition.

“It’s the only part of this contest that is even slightly easy for me to do,” Addison said.

Finally, the portion of the contest that is dreaded by so many contestants: the test. The poultry test is derived from the poultry science manual. Any infor-mation inside is testable. Unlike most students, Ellen enjoys this part the most.

“We spend a lot of time studying our poultry sci-ence manuals, so when I start answering ques-tions, I realize that all that time paid off and I actually learned something,” Ellen said.

Following the competi-tions, each team waits to see the results. As for Mill-er, hard work paid off at the 2013 district contest, which was held at Missouri State University. The girls defeated all but one team, Wheaton, in the district, taking home second place and a spot at the state com-petition at the University of Missouri.

The poultry contest is merely a portion of the ca-reer development events, and the career development events are only a fragment of the FFA organization as a whole. “Checking chick-ens” may not sound like the most glamorous event, but with the success com-ing from the younger gen-eration in agriculture, who can complain. The future of agriculture seems to be in good hands.

Chicks with Chickens: Our Future in Agriculture

Miller FFA Poultry Team reserves spot at state competition.

Miller FFA District Teams

Photos by Ryan SquibbPOSING FOR THE CAMERA IS THE 2013 MILLER FFA POULTRY TEAM - Ellen Jackson, Emily Ellison, Addison Jackson and not pictured, Ana Gradinariu.

Also doing well at districts were (top) the Ag Issues team of Karen Quinonez, Kai-Lee Howard, Emily Allen, Colton Pettyjohn, Paige Bowerman, Dylan Newell and (not pictured) Ashley Leavitt who earned second place; the FFA Knowledge team (middle) of Isaac Butler, Wesley Parnell, Jessica Hylton, Emiline Webb and Kassidy Tuttle who also earned second place; and the Horse Judging team (bottom) of Rachel Gold, Brady Belcher, Ty Whittaker and Randi Gold who earned fourth place.

Clockwise, Ag Sales team comprised of Jessica Rollett, Whitney Dunnahoe, Jessi Hill, (not pictured) Jessica McAdams earned fourth place at districts; the Agronomy team of Thomas Hylton, Connor Scott and (not pictured) David Rose earned sixth place; the Floriculture team of Whitney Dunnahoe, Emily Miller and (not pictured) Taylor Reynolds and Jessica McAdams earned seventh; creed speaker Jessica Hylton earned fourth; freshman speaker Ty Whittaker earned first; extemporaneous speaker Dalton Gulick was second; and the Soils team of Abby Blevins, Katerina Heckenbach, Marina Quinonez and (not pictured) Cesya May earned tenth.


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Missouri should be proud of its standing among the states with regard to agri-culture. According to the Missouri Economic Research Brief, our state ranks second in the Union in the number of farms, with 107,825.

The variety of products produced range from cotton to cattle and hay to hogs with a lot in between. In fact, Missouri’s poultry and dairy business has proven to be extreme-ly beneficial to the state’s economy as well. Employ-ing nearly 300,000 workers, Missouri farms provide not only food, but add an essen-

tial element to the state’s workforce. Lawrence is a leading county in the num-ber of farm employees.

Lawrence Coun-ty has a rich farm-ing heritage. What can be done to protect this way of life? With our pop-ulation of young adults dwindling, what can be done to entice our children to stay on the farm to continue our traditions? These are questions that

must be dealt with within the coming years.

With farming, there is certainly a responsibility to work hard to ensure suc-cess of the operation. This

responsibility seems to work best when coupled with freedom: freedom to make decisions that, according to the individual farmer, will best benefit the business.

Farmers, like other busi-ness owners, should be en-couraged to produce a prod-uct, sell the product and hire labor as needed without government interference.

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And speaking of theft, cattle theft, is on the rise

in Lawrence County. We should all take measures to protect our property: be an active part of neighborhood watch groups, brand cattle and communicate with local authorities, especially when suspicious activity is sus-pected.

We have been afforded the opportunity to live in a great area of the

United States, specifically in southwest Missouri. De-fending our way of life and our ability to work on the farm is important to many in Lawrence

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From Department of Natural Resources

The Missouri Depart-ment of Natural Resources will welcome more than 1,200 fifth graders from all over Missouri to Earth Day 2013, Friday, April 19 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., on the South Lawn of the Capitol. Capitol Circle Drive and a portion of Broadway Street will close temporarily to ac-

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hosts Kevin Hilley and Erin Hart; a presentation from the World Bird Sanctu-ary; and the Department of Natural Resources’ own Science Guys, Nick Newport and Chatchai Pinthuprapa, who will entertain students with feats of science.

Nearly 1,200 students, representing 66 classes from 25 schools, have reg-istered to attend Earth Day 2013. Registered classes

include schools from St. Louis and 11 counties: Boone, Callaway, Camden, Chariton, Cole, Gasconade, Lincoln, Maries, Moniteau, Montgomery, Osage, Ran-dolph and Scott.

This year marks the de-partment’s 19th annual recognition of Earth Day. Earth Day is targeted to-ward students, but the event is free and open to the public, as well.

Missouri Department of Natural Resources to host Earth Day 2013

From U.S. Department of Agri-culture

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the re-establishment of the Forestry Research Adviso-ry Council and is seeking nominations for new mem-bers.

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Both first time gardeners and seasoned professionals can benefit from the “Veg-etable Planting Calendar” guide available from Univer-sity of Missouri Extension. The guide provides a com-plete list of planting dates and varieties that do well in southwest Missouri.

“Everything from aspara-gus to zucchini that is list-ed in the planting calendar represents the varieties that provide the best yield, qual-ity and disease resistance under Missouri conditions,” said Patrick Byers, horticul-ture specialist, University of Missouri Extension.

The guide also deals with when to plant certain veg-etables by giving planting dates for south, central and north Missouri.

“If you live within the Ozarks plateau, you may want to follow the north Missouri planting dates due to the possibility of late spring frosts,” said Byers. “If you follow the south Missouri planting dates for spring plantings, be pre-pared to cover plants for frost protection.”

The guide also provides information on the follow-ing: how much to plant per person; how much seed to purchase for a 100 foot row; row spacing; inches between plants in the row; depth of planting; days from planting to eating; and vita-min content of the vegeta-ble.

If you need additional gardening and horticultural advice, or want to obtain a copy of the Vegetable Plant-ing Calendar (Guide sheet 6201), contact the Master Gardener Hotline at (417) 881-8909, download the file online at extension.mis-souri.edu or contact the nearest MU Extension cen-ter.

When visiting MU Exten-sion online at http://exten-sion.missouri.edu, use the search box to find either “vegetable planting calen-

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By Marilyn Odneal, Horticulture Adviser

Daffodils are a depend-able and carefree spring flowering bulbs are easy to grow in Missouri. Also known as narcissus or jon-quil, daffodil is used as a common name, particu-larly for the larger-flowered types. Jonquil is the com-mon name for Narcissus jonquilla and related hy-brids, which have several small, fragrant flowers on each stem and flat petals.

Daffodils are long-lived perennials often found sur-viving around old home-steads long after the house is gone. They do well in full sun or partial shade and can even thrive under de-ciduous trees because they bloom before the trees leaf out. They aren’t bothered much by insects and dis-eases. Tulip bulbs are often eaten by critters over the winter, but daffodils are not usually bothered.

Daffodils actually have

a chemical in their system that is toxic. This is why critters do not eat the bulbs. In fact, be careful when you pick daffodils because con-tact with the stems and bulbs causes the skin irrita-tion known as daffodil itch or lily rash. Crystals of cal-cium oxalate in the sap, in conjunction with alkaloids, act as an irritant and also cause sores in the skin.

The chemicals in the sap are also why you must rinse daffodils before ar-ranging them in a vase with other flowers. When rins-ing them for the vase, just put the daffodils in water by themselves, switch them to fresh water a few times so the toxic sap runs out, and then combine them with other cut flowers in a vase with fresh water. If you don’t rinse the daffodils, the other flowers – like tulips for example - will not last long in the vase with them.

Care for these fall plant-ed bulbs is easy, partly be-cause of the toxins in their

sap that help to protect them. When the early blos-soming daffodil flowers fade in the garden, let the foli-age die back naturally. The nutrients in the foliage are moved into and stored in the bulb as the leaves die back. If you cut the leaves off, then the bulb won’t get the nutrition from the leaves that it needs to bloom next year. Unfortunately, when the foliage is dying back, the plants look unsightly. One trick is to plant daffodils in the back of the perennial border so when they begin to die back, other plants in the garden will grow and disguise them.

The English poet, William Wordsworth wrote “I saw a crowd, a host, of golden daf-fodils; beside the lake, be-neath the trees, fluttering and dancing in the breeze” back in 1802. He must have been happy when spring fi-nally arrived. Enjoy these lovely harbingers, but re-member to wear gloves if you pick a bouquet.

By Meagan Ruffing

Starting Saturday, April 27, the Mt. Vernon Farm-er’s Market will open its stands to the public on the

west side of the Courthouse Square. From 8 a.m. to noon, the market will sup-ply goods such as fresh pro-duce, baked goods, hand-crafts, flowers, bedding

plants, jelly and eggs. Since its origin in 1999,

the Mt. Vernon Farmer’s Market has been a great place for local farmers to sell their crops. Each ven-

dor must lo-cally and p e r s o n a l l y produce at least 80 per-cent of their products and the inspec-tion of their farms and facilities is a requirement to be a part of the group.

“We de-cided to stay on one side of the court-house this year to avoid confusion,” c h a i r m a n and vendor, Sheila Ga-routte, said.

Harbinger of spring — the daffodil

Keeping it localGardeners once again gear up for the farmer’s market

Vegetable planting calendar a must for all gardeners

In addition to the market being open every Saturday until its last day in Octo-ber, it will now be open at the Missouri Rehabilita-tion Center (MRC) every Wednesday (starting May 1) from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the southeast corner of the building.

Many of the vendors have been a part of this home-grown business for several years now. Linda Hawkins, who has been a vendor

since the beginning, still sells some of her goods. Vendors include Ray and Lisa Corbitt, of Mariposa Farm Products (Miller) who will be selling farm fresh eggs, organic vegetables and wild berries and jelly; Shei-la and Krissy Garoutte, of Country Bob’s Greenhouses (Aurora) who will be selling flowers and bedding plants; Timothy Goodman who spe-cializes in handmade mac-ramé chairs, who will have

those available for sale and takes special orders; Norma Grunwald who will have flowers, perennials and hy-pertufa pots available; and John and June Fritz will be there with their produce.

For more information on any of these products or to inquire about how you can become a vendor, contact Sheila at 417-678-0152 or visit the Mt. Vernon Farm-er’s Market on Facebook.

— Photo by Meagan RuffingThis year’s vendors include (from left) Krissy Garoutte, Lisa and Ray Corbitt, June Fritz, Sheila Garoutte, John Fritz, Norma Grunwald and Timothy Goodman. *Not shown, but one of the original members and still a vendor is Linda Hawkins.


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Spring Flood RiskAfter a year of reprieve,

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The melting of late-sea-son snow may cause mi-nor to moderate flooding in the upper Mississippi River basin, including southern Wisconsin, northern Illinois and northern Missouri. The tributaries in the plains of the upper Missouri River basin, specifically along the Milk River in eastern Mon-tana, the Big Sioux River in South Dakota and the Little Sioux River in Iowa may also see minor to moderate flooding. With significant frozen groundcover in these areas, spring flood risk is highly dependent on rainfall and the speed of the snow-melt.

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Temperature and Precipitation Outlook

Above-normal tempera-tures this spring are most likely across most of the continental U.S. and north-ern Alaska. Below-normal temperatures are favored for the Pacific Northwest and extreme northern Great Plains. For precipitation, odds favor wetter-than-nor-mal conditions in the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley re-gions. Drier-than-normal conditions are most likely in much of the West, the Rockies, parts of the South-west, much of Texas, along the Gulf Coast and Florida. Hawaii has an enhanced chance of being cooler and drier than normal.

Drought OutlookFifty-one percent of the

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in the central and west-ern regions--is in moder-ate to exceptional drought. Drought conditions are ex-pected to persist, with new drought development, in California, the Southwest, the southern Rockies, Tex-as, and Florida. The outlook favors some improvement in the Midwest, the northern and central Great Plains, Georgia, the Carolinas, and northern Alaska.

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Horner told the confer-ence that exports are po-tentially strong and have grown to the point where 13.5 percent of milk on a solid basis is being export-ed. While China is talked about a lot as an export market, Horner says Mexico is still a more important ex-port market right now.

“China’s market potential has everyone very excited,” Horner said. “Whole milk powders have traditionally been where the U.S. has been a minor player, leav-ing that market to be filled by New Zealand. The U.S. is now starting to produce some whole milk powders in addition to skim milk pow-ders. China’s market poten-

tial is huge and growing but it remains to be seen how much we can capture.”

Horner says the outlook for milk prices in the second quarter will be slightly high-er than the first quarter. He says the price of milk for all

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Mount Vernon FFA teams made their chapter very proud in the district contests this year. Agri-culture Issues placed first, team members include Laynie Dake, Kelsie Raucher, Gage Har-mon, Hannah Cox, Colter Sexton, Jason Thompson and Jordan DeLaS-alle. The team will be moving on to the state competition.

Nursery and Landscaping placed third with Sarah Atal-lah ranking as the sec-ond highest individual in the district and Brittany Bolin the 10th. Other mem-bers of the team include Riley Carnes and Taylor Bowling.

Other teams qualifying for state include: Forestry with Jonathon Keplinger

as the fourth highest indi-vidual, Poultry, Floricul-ture and Horse Judging with Shelby Weaver as the eighth highest individual. Sidney Carnes will also be moving on to state, she

placed second in the Creed Speaking district contest.

Other teams and mem-bers that participated in the district contest include: Agronomy - Matt Suver, Molli McDonald, Olivia Spencer and Jonathan Be-

langer. Livestock Judg-ing - Dakota Hamm and Hailee Dudley. Farm Busi-ness Management - Ben Crider, Sage Walrath, Jon-athon Keplinger and Rudy Velasco. Soils - J Young,

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don Towns, Dustin Dotson, Michael Hood and Dalton McCracken. Dairy Cattle - Tyler Aldrich, Clint Holcomb, Cory Ard and Destiny McCarty. Meats - Dakota Reed, Morgan Leep-er and Shelby Shaffer.

Mount Vernon FFA teams do well in district contest

— Photo SubmittedMount Vernon FFA members posing following district competition are (back row) Colter Sexton, Laynie Dake and Jason Thompson; (front) Gage Harmon, Hannah Cox, Jordan DeLaSalle and Kelsie Raucher.

By James McNary

A meeting was held April 16 to gauge interest in starting a local 4-H club for Mt. Vernon. The meeting was organized by the Law-rence County University of Missouri Extension and held at the University Ex-tension offices in the court-house basement.

Mt. Vernon hasn’t had a local 4-H club for about 20 years, said Karla Deav-er, 4-H Youth Develop-ment Specialist. The near-est clubs meet in Miller, Freistatt and at Orange Church, north of Aurora.

“We’ve had inquiries from several families and there seems to be enough interest,” said Deaver. “And if there’s enough interest a club could be started this fall.”

Deaver said a local club could be started with even just two or three families and build from there.

Critical to the success of a club are adult volunteers. Deaver said that the goal is to have one adult volunteer for every five club mem-bers.

“We’re looking for adults to help mentor youth,” said Deaver. “A 4-H club is only as strong as its volunteer leadership.”

There are many different volunteer roles available, from being club and project leaders, to something as simple as bringing snacks and refreshments to meet-ings, or even just making sure word gets out about activities.

“We like to say ‘It’s their club – their program,’” said Deaver. “You don’t need to be an expert, just willing to share your time.”

Deaver said starting a club depends on how dis-cussions go, it will be up to the group to decide how they want to move forward.

4-H is now the world’s largest organization serv-ing youth. The first clubs formed in rural and agri-cultural areas, and Deaver said that base is still very important.

The organization states clubs are a place where families can spend time to-gether learning leadership, citizenship and life skills in a very hands-on way. Some ways they can do that are through projects: working with animals and livestock, entomology, arts and crafts, woodworking, photography, film-making and even projects in robot-ics and aerospace. All of these are in addition to the variety of camps, fairs, and

trips they can attend.Some projects and activ-

ities popular in local clubs include photography, gar-dening, foods, clothing and cake decorating.

Those not able to at-tend the meeting, and any-one else interested in 4-H clubs can contact Youth Specialist Karla Deaver at the Lawrence County Ex-tension office, via phone at 417-466-3102, or e-mail [email protected].

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), in col-laboration with the U.S. Food and Drug Administra-tion (FDA), has developed a program to certify pro-cessed eggs and egg prod-ucts for export, providing new opportunities for U.S. food exporters.

“This is one more step the Obama Administration has taken to expand exports of high quality U.S. agricultur-al products,” said Agricul-ture Secretary Tom Vilsack. “Today’s announcement will open new markets for U.S. egg products, generating additional economic ben-efits and more jobs across rural America. We are in the midst of the strongest peri-od of agricultural exports in history, and I look forward to making even more prog-ress in the years ahead.”

The USDA’s Agricultural

Marketing Service (AMS) will certify a wide range of products containing eggs, including omelets, frozen egg patties, crepes, hard boiled eggs, mayonnaise, and food containing egg ex-tracts. The total market for U.S. exports of further pro-cessed eggs and egg prod-ucts worldwide is estimated to be $500 million.

“This program was de-veloped to help U.S. pro-cessors and shippers take advantage of the growing global demand for these products,” said AMS Ad-ministrator Dave Shipman. “This effort allows produc-ers to obtain certification that some importing coun-tries require and will pro-vide new opportunities for them to market their prod-ucts globally.”

AMS worked with FDA, USDA’s Foreign Agricul-tural Service (FAS), other government agencies, and

representatives from pro-cessed egg and egg food or-ganizations, including the USA Poultry and Egg Export Council and the United Egg Association, to develop the program.

“A number of countries around the world have asked for certification for egg-containing products. This initiative provides a means for U.S. exporters to access previously untapped markets, creating jobs and supporting USDA’s export goals,” said FAS Adminis-trator Suzanne Heinen.

AMS has unique capabil-ities in working with stake-holders to develop export certification programs that meet the specific require-ments of other countries. With years of experience certifying eggs for export, AMS will now expand its services to support the trade of egg-containing products.

From MU Extension

Area cattle owners have probably noticed some funny spots on the head or neck of their cattle from time to time.

According to Eldon Cole, a livestock specialist with University of Missouri Ex-tension, novice cattle pro-ducers may not recognize those mystery spots as ei-ther ringworm or warts.

“Both of those conditions seem to surface in the late winter. That’s probably be-cause during the winter, cattle are in close proxim-ity to one another at feed bunks and hay racks. Adult animals seem to have fewer skin problems than calves and yearlings,” said Cole.

RINGWORMRingworm symptoms are

caused by a fungus. The fungus is passed from ani-mal to animal when they come in contact with one another or when they rub on feeders, posts and trees.

“Cattle that are in poor nutritional condition or heavily parasitized are more often affected. A deficiency in certain vitamins can con-tribute to the skin problem,” said Cole.

The ringworm lesions normally clear up in two or three months as warm weather arrives.

“Treatment is not usually

necessary unless you have cattle going to a show or sale,” said Cole.

Since ringworm is a con-dition that can be transmit-ted from animal to animal, veterinarians must com-plete a health paper. Cole says if the ringworm prob-lem appears active the vet-erinarian would not be able to complete the health pa-per.

WARTSWarts are caused by a

variety of viruses. They can spread, like ringworm or humans can aid their spread, if proper sanitation isn’t followed.

“A perfect example is placing a tattoo in the ear and when you go back a few weeks and try to read the number you find a cluster of warts in the ear. If the tattoo equipment isn’t dis-infected several animals will

show warts in their ears,” said Cole.

Bulls can get warts on their penis, but most warts are found around the head and neck. Some warts are not much bigger than a pea while some grow to fist size or greater. Animals have the ability to develop immunity to the wart virus after expo-sure to a new strain.

As with ringworm, Cole says treatment is not ad-vised unless the cattle are being moved and require a health paper.

“If the cattle are easy to get hold of, individually re-moving a few warts can be done. It seems the removal of warts encourages the animal’s immune system to create antibodies that help speed the recovery. There are commercial wart vac-cines that can be given, but their effectiveness varies,” said Cole.

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The Missouri State Fair is collecting amateur photo-graphs of women engaged in agricultural-related activi-ties for a new Faces of Mis-souri Women in Agriculture Photo Tribute Display. Fair Director Mark Wolfe said the display will be show-cased at the State Fair to be held Aug. 8-18 in Sedalia.

“The display will be among one of the gestures offered at this year’s fair, in acknowledgement of the important contributions women have made to our state’s leading industry,” Wolfe said.

The fair is seeking a di-verse representation of

photographs from past to present, depicting Missouri women participating in ag-riculture. The photographs must follow all copyright laws, and may include children and men, though the focal point in the im-age should be of a woman or women. A brief descrip-tion should also accompany each submission, and in-clude the names of all those appearing in the image.

The deadline for submit-ting photographs is April 26. Images may be emailed in jpg or tiff formats to mo-s tate fa i [email protected] , or mailed to 2503 W. 16, Sedalia, Mo. 65301; mailed photographs will not be re-turned. A request for more

information about the sub-mission process may also be emailed, or the Fair may be called at 800-422-FAIR (3247).

Other activities that may be of particular interest to women at the 111th Mis-souri State Fair include free gate admission for women Thursday, Aug. 15, and the First Lady’s Pie Contest. The fair will also host a trade show called A Celebration of Women, sponsored by the Missouri Travel Council, that day as well.

The Missouri State Fair will be held Aug. 8-18 in Sedalia. Visit mostatefair.com for more information and follow the fair on Face-book and Twitter.

Warts and ringworm on cattle surface in late winter

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Cover cropping, a tradi-tional conservation practice considered old-fashioned by many in modern agri-culture, is being “borrowed” and used in new ways by in-novative farmers to improve their soil’s health, and with it, the health of their busi-nesses’ bottom lines.

“Today’s agricultural pio-neers have figured out how to make cover crops work on their farms with some impressive results,” says Jodie Reisner, state con-servation agronomist with USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service in Co-lumbia. “Innovation is the key to maximizing the ef-fective use of covers. Every-one’s situation is different; cover crops aren’t a ‘one size fits all’ practice that can be done the same way on every farm.”

Reisner says that while the basic principles of cover crops may stay the same, the best species mixes, es-tablishment methods and termination methods for an agricultural operation can vary widely with respect to objectives, location, weath-er conditions, crops, soil

types, and more.“Before World War II,

most farmers included for-age legumes like alfalfa and red clover in crop rotations ahead of nitrogen-demand-ing crops like corn. Forage grasses and small grains were also commonly used to curb soil erosion,” she says.

Over the last five years, interest in cover crops has begun to surge again, driv-en by many interacting fac-tors, including increasing input costs, cover crop cost-share programs, new GPS-guidance technologies that facilitate new ways of using cover crops, and the arrival of oilseed (tillage) radishes as a novel cover crop with few residue management challenges.

“It’s going to take some time and effort for cover crops to make a positive environmental impact be-yond individual farms,” says Karen Brinkman, act-ing state conservationist in Missouri. “As more farmers figure out how to effective-ly plant and manage cover crops, the practice will be-come more mainstream. Once that happens, the pos-itive impact that cover crops will have on soil health and the environment could be huge.”

Through conservation programs like the Environ-

mental Quality Incentives Program, NRCS is working to help farmers adapt those practices to their farms.

“We’re ramping up our efforts here in Missouri to ensure that we can as-sist producers who are in-terested in implementing systems that improve soil health,” Brinkman says. “Cover crop management today isn’t just a revisiting of old practices abandoned by the fathers and grand-fathers of today’s farm-ers. Innovative, large-scale grain farmers have started integrating cover crops into their production systems in ways that were never even considered before.”

Using cover crops in soil health management sys-tems offers a variety of on-farm benefits, including building organic matter, increasing the soil’s water-holding capacity, and sup-pressing pests, diseases and weeds. And the benefits of improved soil health ex-tend beyond the farm.

“Soils that allow good in-filtration and have good wa-ter-holding capacity reduce runoff that causes flooding. Improved infiltration also keeps nutrients and sedi-ment from being carried off-site into nearby lakes, riv-ers, and streams,” Reisner says.

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From MU News Service

Missouri farmers itching to plant corn find that soil temperatures are well be-low the 13-year average, ac-cording to University of Mis-souri Extension specialists.

Soil temperature, not air temperature, controls seed germination, said Brent Myers, new MU Extension cereal crops specialist. Soil temperature nearing 50 degrees Fahrenheit at two inches is a good target to begin planting for corn. It takes about seven days for corn to germinate and emerge. Early emergence could result in exposure to late frost. Late emergence leaves the seed in the soil longer and increases risk of disease.

At the end of March, soil temperatures in mid-Mis-souri inched up toward the 13-year average, according to Horizon Point, a custom weather-analysis service from the MU Commercial Agriculture Program. Air temperatures reached 67 degrees on the last day of the month, pushing soil temperatures above the 50-degree mark for the first time in 2013. Temperatures were average to five degrees below average, with nightly temperatures ranging from 30 to 42 degrees.

An April 8 USDA crop re-port showed that Missouri farmers had tilled only 25 percent of the ground, com-pared to 61 percent this time last year. The five-year average is 24 percent. The most recent report has four percent of the corn planting completed, four days be-hind normal.

There is still plenty of time for planting, said MU Ex-tension agronomy special-ist Bill Wiebold. Thanks to technology, all of Missouri’s corn crop can be planted in one week when conditions are right, he said.

The average date of the last spring frost in mid-Mis-souri is April 10, but north-ern Missouri remained vul-nerable through April 20.

According to USDA es-timates, the corn yield in 2012 was 123.4 bushels per acre, down from 147.2 bushels per acre in 2011, a 13 percent drop.

Missouri farmers plant 3.5 million acres of corn an-nually, Myers said. Those numbers likely will be down this year even though re-cord snowfalls, as well as heavy rains in March and early April, increased soil moisture at depths below 3-4 feet.

The March 28 report from USDA’s National Agricul-tural Statistics Service says

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Myers noted that 2012 was the first year that drought-resistant seeds were sold. Yields showed the seeds had value in some situations, but more testing is needed.

In addition to tempera-tures slowing planting, some farmers are taking a wait-and-see attitude on anhydrous application due to seasonably late snowfall and moisture.

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In 10 years I: Hope to have my dream farm built.

Crop goals for this year: Just to beat my yields and get something in the ground on time.

Best music to plant to: Red Dirt.

Do you sing in the tractor:Um, yeah, pretty much.

If you weren’t farming, what would your career be: I would be an agronomist. I could not have done anything without my parents and grandparents help.

Family: Parents Lynn and Becky, sister Cassandra, brother Colby, Grandpa Glenn, Grandparents Jim and Kay.

What do you do in the off season: Either drive a truck or play around on my dirt bike.

Next big thing in crops: Drought-tolerant grain.

Where did you graduate high school: Miller, class of ‘09.

Something you can’t live without: My phone.

Favorite place in Lawrence County: My parents’ pool.

Crop you’ve always wanted to plant: Hmm, peanuts!

Favorite part of planting: When everything is done.

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