Welcome

We are pleased to be your host today at the Greenley Research Center. Visitors are always welcome whether you are attending field day, a special tour, a meeting, or just passing through the area.

We encourage you to ask questions. You are the reason this farm exists and sometimes your questions or suggestions become an entire experiment or demonstration that benefits many people.

Dr. Kelly Nelson, Greenley Research Agronomist, and our campus based project leaders are continually looking at new technology and researching management systems to better meet the changing needs of Northeast Missouri agriculture. We welcome your inputs and ideas for future research.

We would like to thank the members of our Advisory Board for their support and guidance. They are greatly appreciated.

We have continued our work and efforts to demonstrate biotechnology with newly approved and soon to be approved herbicides and insect tolerant crops. We are looking at many value-added crops and management systems to lower production cost and improve yields with the potential for added premiums at the market place. Tile drainage at the Ross Jones was installed in July 2001 and a corn/soybean rotation has been established. The sub irrigation water system was installed in July 2003. The system now allows for drainage and sub irrigation system to function on a claypan soil that dominates most Northeast Missouri’s acreage. Our beef herd consists of a hundred cows and used for research and demonstration. The herd continues to improve with the efficiency of our synchronization and artificial insemination to superior sires. We practice rotational grazing and continue to strive to reduce the input costs and produce quality beef that today’s consumers demand.

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The information in this field day report is a brief overview of current research and demonstrations here at the Center and other Agriculture Experiment Station locations. We hope you learn and enjoy your day at the Greenley Memorial Research Center.