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MU Extension offers help for crops, livestock and people during drought

July 27, 2023 | By Muddy River News

COLUMBIA, Mo.— Drought. You’re either in it, preparing for it or recovering from it. That’s how University of Missouri Extension specialists describe the sentiments of farm families facing yet another year of uncertainty. In a press release, Rob Kallenbach, associate dean of the MU College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, said Missouri stands at…

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MU Extension offers resources for farmers amid deepening drought

July 25, 2022 | By University of Missouri Extension

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Pat Guinan, associate extension professor of climatology with University of Missouri Extension, says “it’s not a good situation” for agriculture in the southern two-thirds of Missouri where scant rainfall and high temperatures have led to worsening drought. The ample moisture in northern Missouri ends abruptly where drought conditions begin in central through…

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