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prospects for the Mis- souri Show-Me-Select (SMS) Beef Heifer Devel- opment Program. The heifers will be bred start-
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t will soon be time to process heifers
that
yearling are
ing in November and will be eligible for the May 21 sale at Joplin Regional Stockyards
providing
they meet the require- ments for the program. The SMS program is a
value-added programde- signed to put good quality
beef
heifers through ®
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Missouri Pork Association continues internship program, calls for applicants. COLUMBIA, MO.
2021 Pork Industry Interns Wanted
dents to make contacts and gain experience while still in school. One such opportunity is with the Missouri Pork Asso- ciation and their intern- ship program. The program allows
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students to obtain train- ing in a real world setting to develop personal, or- ganizational and public relations skills and expe- riences. A variety of du- ties are assigned to each intern – all with differing
nternship programs are a great opportu- nity for college stu-
levels of responsibility. The MPA Internship Pro- gram offers a spring, summer and fall intern- ship to those who have completed at least two years (four semesters) of college courses. The summer position is full time. The spring and fall positions work approxi- mately 15 hours per week, making it a great way for students to work while attending school. Compensation sched-
ules are in line with other comparable pro- grams. The deadline for
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A Few Good Heifers
a set ofmanagement pro- tocols from weaning to pre-breeding to second and third stage preg- nancy when they are of- fered for sale at several special sales around the state. Designated heifers are
mostly crossbred but some sales have quite a
Left: Red Angus heifers are increasingly popular at the Joplin Regional Stockyards, SMS sale.
Right: Black baldies always attract attention at the SMS sale at Carthage.
few purebred heifers in their offering. Many heifers that complete the program are retained for replacements in the herd of origin rather than be offered for sale. Participants have found
the added value at the sales on the top heifers is very attractive. The 215
heifers at the Joplin Re- gional sale in May, 2020 averaged $1687 per head. The range was wide with the high end swelling at $2000 to $2200 per head. In con- trast a couple of heifers only brought $1000. Historically, the sale price for the average
heifer is close to the value of two, 550 pound steers that would grade 1 and 2 muscle and are Medium and Large frames. Features that add extra value include: synchronization and ar- tificially bred; weigh over
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Farmers Needed For $4 Million Conservation Innovation Grant
Consumer Economics Professor David Bullock, received a $4 million award from the USDA’s Natural Resources Con- servation Service (NRCS) to implement on-farm conservation practices. The U of I project is en-
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titled “Improving the Economic and Ecological Sustainability of US Crop Production through On- Farm Precision Experi- mentation.”
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David Bullock leads the Data Intensive Farm
Management research team,
working with farmers to conduct field trials on management practices. Bullock’s team received a $4 million grant
from the Natural Resources Conservation Service to support their work.
URBANA, ILL.
University of Illinois research team, led by Agricultural and
collaboration with Wash- ington State University’s Extension Program and cotton, corn, soy, and wheat producers, re- searchers plans to deploy a data-intensive crop management
system
based on on-farm preci- sion experiments. Farm- ers will use these tools to conduct
site-specific,
data-based evaluation of the yield costs of reduc-
ing nitrogen losses, en- abling
data-informed
input management deci- sions. “The great thing about
this award is that it gives us funding to make sure that every year we can increase the profits of participating
farmers
and their crop consult- ants,” Bullock says. “We think that the field trials we will be running
are truly revolutionary, but we need interested farmers and crop con- sultants to get in touch with us right away so we are ready to go in spring 2021. Contact
us
through the Data-Inten- sive Farm Management Project website to ex- press your interest. We’ll be running trials on corn, soybeans, cotton,
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