Missouri Master Naturalist State Program Manual
Revised
Learn about the Missouri Master Naturalist program. Along with an overview of this statewide volunteer conservation program, this manual details certification, training and volunteer service requirements and offers operation and program marketing tips.
Application of Aboveground Manure Slurry System as Additional Storage and Solid Separator
New
Practical and efficient manure management on animal farms is important to ensure smooth operation, provide valuable nutrients to crop production, and minimize the negative impact on environment.
Show Me Nutrition: Second Grade — Grains Guide poster
New $33
This 24-by-36-inch poster is designed to help instructors create a reference board to identify different types of grains. It is one of the posters designed to be used with the Show Me Nutrition, Second Grade curriculum.
Fifth Grade Curriculum: Exploring the Food Groups, Fourth Edition
Revised $45
This curriculum encourages students to eat a variety of food from the five food groups each day. It also covers key nutrients the body needs to stay healthy; the best ways to ensure bodies get the types of healthy foods they need; the importance of physical activity, body acceptance and food choices; and truth in advertising.
Missouri Farmland Values Opinion Survey
Revised
Find Missouri cropland, pasture, timberland and hunting or recreation land values reported by surveyed agricultural lenders, rural appraisers and farmers.
Sugar vs. Saltines Poster
Revised $10
Use this poster to learn about the information on a Nutrition Facts label, provides side-by-side comparison of Nutrition Facts labels for a packet of sugar and a serving of crackers.
Show Me Nutrition for Kids Pocket Folder (Bundle of 25)
Revised $45
This two-pocket folder is used in conjunction with the Show Me Nutrition curricula. It includes the MyActivity Pyramid and MyPlate graphics.
Battle Bacteria Poster
New $33
This 24x36 inch poster focuses on keeping food safe from bacteria. It explains four simple steps to prevent contamination: clean, separate, cook and cool.
Third Grade Curriculum: Building MyBody, Fifth Edition
Revised $45
This curriculum covers how to use the current USDA food graphic to plan meals and choose foods from all the food groups. Students are encouraged to start the day with breakfast and learn to pay attention to body cues that help them know when they have eaten and exercised enough.
MyPlate Food Poster
Reviewed $31
Encourage healthy eating habits with this colorful poster of the MyPlate dietary recommendations. MyPlate promotes making healthy food and beverage choices from the five food groups: fruits, vegetables, grains, proteins and dairy. Order your poster from U
First Grade Curriculum: Fun With Food and Fitness, Fifth Edition
Revised $30
This curriculum introduces students to the current USDA food graphic and the need to eat a variety of foods from the five major food groups to grow and stay healthy. It also covers the difference between TV ads and regular programming so they can begin to understand how advertising influences food choices.
Roses: Selecting and Planting
Revised
Roses are well adapted to many different environmental conditions. They are useful as landscape plants and prized as cut flowers. Since they are the product of centuries of breeding and selection, many shapes, forms, and colors provide endless types to select from and use.
Preserve It Fresh, Preserve It Safe: 2023, No. 6 (November/December)
New
Pumpkins galore! Pumpkin bread, muffins, soup, desserts and beverages are very popular in the fall and winter.
Parts of a Plant poster
New $33
This 24x36 inch poster is a companion publication for the Kids in the Kitchen – Level A curriculum and the activities included. It helps highlight the different parts of a plant and how they relate to nutrition.
Second Grade Curriculum: Food Group Express, Fourth Edition
Revised $45
This curriculum teaches students that eating a variety of healthy foods plus being active leads to good health. It also covers healthy body image and how to be smart consumers by knowing the techniques advertisers use to persuade consumers to buy food.
FNEP pocket folder, with measures and equivalents (Bundle of 25)
Revised $45.00
This two-pocket folder is used in conjunction with the MyPlate.gov materials. It includes conversions, substitutions and abbreviations.
Sheep — Late Lambing Planning Budget
Revised
Use this enterprise budget to estimate costs and returns for raising Missouri sheep in a 50-ewe, spring-lambing flock and marketing lambs at 50 to 60 pounds.
Selecting Cover Crop Seeding Machinery
New
Learn about different cover crop seeding machines and their operational features. Understand their strengths and weaknesses to reduce planting costs, the second largest expense in growing cover crops.
Corn (Irrigated) Planning Budget
Revised
Use this crop enterprise budget as a guide to estimate your production costs and returns when growing corn in Missouri under irrigation.
Breeding Season Considerations for Sheep and Goats
New
When fall nears and daylight becomes shorter, sheep and goats are ready for breeding. This guide highlights management practices to ensure profitability during the breeding season.
Hog Finishing Planning Budget
Revised
Use this swine enterprise budget to estimate costs and returns for a Missouri hog finishing farm that buys 103 head of 40-pound pigs and sells 100 head of 280-pound hogs.
Jump Ahead With Food Safety Board Game Poster
New $10
This 11-by-17-inch poster is designed to be the Jump Ahead with Food Safety game board. It is one posters designed to be used with the Show Me Nutrition, Second Grade curriculum.
Alfalfa Baleage Planning Budget
Revised
Use this enterprise budget as a guide to estimate your production costs and returns when producing alfalfa baleage as a forage crop on Missouri farms.
Alfalfa Small Bales Planning Budget
Revised
Use this enterprise budget to plan how to produce, finance and market alfalfa sold as small hay bales in Missouri. It links to the Missouri Forage Budget Generator spreadsheet.