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Summer Vegetable Crop Success: Growing the Seasons' Best

Plan for a successful summer season in 2025 with MU Extension’s Summer Vegetable Crop Success Series! This series will provide detailed information on the production of warm season crops such as tomatoes, peppers, cucumber, melons, summer and winter squash, sweet corn and beans and peas. The final session includes a farmer panel and information on loan resources from USDA Farm Service Agency, specialty crop insurance, and crop enterprise budgets to evaluate profitability. This series is designed for current or aspiring vegetable farmers, but all are welcome to attend. The class sessions will be recorded but live attendance is encouraged.   

Class Sessions Include:    

  • Solanaceous Crops – Tomato, Pepper, and Eggplant  
  • Cucurbit Crops – Cucumber, Squash, and Melon  
  • Sweet Corn and Green Beans  
  • Farmer Panel & USDA and Farm Business Resources   

Cost: $30

$20 scholarships are available to Missouri beginning farmers in Missouri's Urban East Counties: St. Louis City/County, St. Charles, Jefferson, Lincoln, Franklin, Warren, St. Genevieve, St. Francois, and Washington Counties. Scholarships are available through a grant serving the listed counties. 

Scholarships will be awarded at checkout.

If you have questions about the webinar series, contact the Pike County MU Extension office at 573-324-5464

*This Webinar series is supported by the USDA NIFA-Missouri Beginning Farmers and Ranchers, and Beginning Veteran Farmers Grant

Source : missouri.edu

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Grains on Tap | Episode 1: MP Branden Leslie

Video: Grains on Tap | Episode 1: MP Branden Leslie

Our journey through the corridors of power and the fields of grain begins with a special guest, Branden Leslie, Member of Parliament for Portage-Lisgar and a proud alumnus of the Grain Growers of Canada. Branden, a native of Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, brings a wealth of knowledge from his time as a political advisor and his tenure as the manager of policy and government relations with the GGC, to his recent election to the House of Commons.

As we sit down with Branden on a late Friday afternoon, fresh from his duties at the House of Commons, we'll dive into the intersection of agriculture and politics, his journey from advocacy to elected office, and how these experiences shape his views on the future of Canadian agriculture. And, as we're doing this over a couple of well-deserved beers, we'll also touch on the lighter side of life, including Brandon's recent venture into fatherhood.