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Nutrient deficiencies negatively affect plants’ ability to perform at peak level. Having soil analyzed for nutrients is the only way to know what is readily available for the growing plants. Applying too much fertilizer or lime can also have a negative effect on plant growth. Excessive fertilizer is not only a waste of money, excessive nutrients can have a detrimental effect on the environment if they runoff into surface water or leach through the soil profile into groundwater.

A draft Environmental Assessment for Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) in Sumner, is available for public review starting March 4. The comment period will extend until April 4.

JEFFERSON CITY – On Dec. 10, 2021, severe storms and six confirmed tornadoes in Missouri killed two people and destroyed or damaged hundreds of homes and buildings, as well as 20 large transmission towers and lines that move power between Missouri and Arkansas. The storm system serves as another reminder that deadly tornadoes can strike any time of year.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced loan interest rates for March 2022, which became effective March 1.

The University of Missouri today announced the creation of the Missouri Water Center, a central hub for research on the state’s water resources. The new academic center will combine existing resources and improve coordination across campus — tackling emerging water quality issues and factors that contributed to record flooding in 2019 and years of persistent drought — as well as facilitate new collaborations among faculty, government and industry partners.

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt joined a nationwide investigation into TikTok for providing and promoting its social media platform to children and young adults while use is associated with physical and mental health harms. Attorneys General nationwide are examining whether the company violated state consumer protection laws that put the public at risk.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) an American animal rights organization has sent a letter to Sullivan County Prosecuting Attorney Brian Keedy investigate Smithfield Food’s Milan plant after the organization obtained documentation from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) revealing that workers kicked a pig, and struck other pigs with a hard plastic paddle, including in the head, at the plant near Milan.