Duane Dailey

Writer, photographer, covering Missouri agriculture. Retired professor MU Agricultural Journalism. Still observing and commenting. Concisely.

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USDA to survey U.S, cattle producers in Jan. 2020. Includes 1,500 in MO. If asked, take part. Share. We must show strength of cows in #ShowMeState. Data, now more than ever, needed. Help work together to tell story. @AgNewsDailey

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Greg Henderson, #DROVERS mag nails it for beef cow-herd owners. Beef Future is in Quality. Youth care. Read his story on TIME person of year: Greta Thunberg. It’s more than climate. https://t.co/loBq3eOI2Y @Greg_Drovers

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#ShowMeSelect MO bred heifers sell Fri. night, Dec. 13 at Farmington Regional Stockyards. Sale at 7 p.m. Go early to visit heifers and read catalog. Sale offers data adding $$ value. Pick genes & crossbreeds to improve home herd. Get bidder number. Or go learn. #ExtendMU

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Farmers share computer tips with others at “Computers On Farm” Jan 17-18. #ExtendMU conference is farm-to-farm sharing of apps: Bookkeeping & beyond. Drones in air to precision crops. At Margaritiville, formerly TanTarA,, Osage Beach. MO. Sign up: https://t.co/cmPx8y5uFF

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#LivestockSymposium. Head to Kirksville, MO, for all things Ag, Dec. 6-7. #ExtendMU in #BeefFocus all day Saturday. Hear breeding and feeding topics. (Sheep & Goats just down the hall.) Starts with beef dinner Friday evening. #MoDeptAg leads in feeding. All free.

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#ExtendMU #ShowMeSelect replacement heifers sell, Sat, Dec. 7 at Fruitland. That’s Cape County at SEMO Livestock Sales. Buy data and guaranteed pregnancy. Nine, mostly long-time, consignors from MU Extension
program. #QualityBeef.

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ExtendMU It seems backward, but do it. Feed fescue hay first in fall then graze
stockpile fescue grass in winter. Switching cuts toxins fed cattle in hay AND grass. Toxin fades in baled hay. Fall-grown grass toxin fades with age. Folo advice of #CraigRoberts, MU fescue guru, Win

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Show&Sell time for #ShowMeSelect bred heifers 11 a.m. Nov30
Kingsville MO. Quality beef with data to back it. More than bred heifer sale. A class from #ExtendMU. Auction live on https://t.co/rAxm7XXJfq. Only heifers from breeders enrolled in #MUExtension class. DNA at work

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Most #Thankful for electric crews #CityOfColumbia MO., restored power to my house. Wind & dead limb tore down power line to city utility. #CoastalElectric restrung wire. City crew came back to connect. Done quicker than I thot possible. Furnace and lights on, Real Thanksgiving!

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Beef cow owners going to #QualityBeef can at Kingsville (MO) Livestock Auction, 11 a.m. Nov 30. Show-Me-Select heifers on sale. SMS heifers give quick step up. Ten consignors did year-long work. Buyers win. Sellers learn from David Hoffman, #ExtendMUlivestock specialist.

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Replacement heifer prices continued climb at 2nd of 6 #ShowMeSelect fall sales at Kirksville, MO, Nov. 22. Average price $1,611. Top price $2,350. Repeat buyers build interest. This 5th year. Reputations count in #QualityBeef heifers. #ExtendMU https://t.co/6LWcJVfvBb

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Beef herds culled in hard times need replacement heifers. #ShowMeSelect fall sales offer good genetics in developed heifers. Sales, based on #ExtendMU protocols, benefit sellers & buyers. Quality heifers pay producers and pay back buyers. #ExtendMU https://t.co/C8KFibTdpL

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Beef farmers will learn tips on feeding and in finding top cows in herd during Missouri Livestock Symposium, Dec. 6-7 in Kirksville. MU Extension specialists Eric Bailey and Jordan Thomas join lineup, says Zac Erwin, #ExtendMU https://t.co/jlZjYglcIb

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Volume buyers at Kirksville SMS Heifer sale get free trucking. Nov. 22. Buying 10 Show-Me-Select replacements gets free ride up to 100 miles. Consignors attract buyers from NEMO and beyond, says Zac Erwin, sale manager. #ExtendMU Go to: https://t.co/Qu2nQy2J13

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Beef Heifer workshop at Mount Vernon, Tues. 1-5 p.m., Oct. 29 by #ExtendMU beef specialists Eric Bailey, nutrition & Jordan Thomas, reproduction., Select replacement heifers to top mama cows in herd. It’s breeding and feeding. Learn how now @MUresearchCtr #MUagCollege.

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Buyers of #ShowMeSelect heifers like calving ease. Few lost calves. Less labor in spring-calving season. Six Fall sales offer replacementss from owners in #MUEXT education program. Calving ease comes from management and genetics. Both add value. https://t.co/ljfoBic7T7

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Replacement heifers with superior development and genetics to be sold this fall. Six #ShowMeSelect sales set Nov. 15-Dec. 14 across Missouri. Repeat buyers learn value. Buying may beat raising them,
MU Extension specialists help. https://t.co/ljfoBic7T7

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#MUphotoWorkshop descends on Boonville for week of intensive documentary photojournalism. Now 39 workshoppers out on stories. Eventually stories will be on webpage. Not now. Still in works. Top teachers show the way. This is
71st annual. Third time to document town.

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Dairy Margin Coverage sign-up deadline, Sept. 20. "A no-brainer," says Joe Horner, #MUExtension #dairy economist. DMC protects profits. Details: https://t.co/yhdL4xgLft

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East Central Mo. Farmers to learn #BeefQualityAssurance at #MUExtensnion mtg, Sept. 16 in Park Hills. Kendra Graham, livestock specialist, says #BQA should be standard on well managed beef farms. Details @ https://t.co/taRt0MHZQ1