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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Grain Sorghum Planning Budget
Revised
Use this crop enterprise budget as a guide to estimate your production costs and returns when growing sorghum in Missouri.
Feeder Pigs Planning Budget
Revised
Use this enterprise budget to estimate costs and returns for a Missouri swine operation raising feeder pigs, producing 22 pigs/sow/year and selling pigs at 40 pounds.
Marketing Maple Syrup in Missouri
New
Read highlights of the findings from a recent MU Extension study exploring maple syrup production in the lower Midwest, including interviews with Missouri producers and best practices for marketing products.
Winter Wheat Planning Budget
Revised
Use this crop enterprise budget as a guide to estimate your production costs and returns when growing winter wheat on Missouri farms.
Alfalfa Establishment Planning Budget
Revised
Use this enterprise budget as a guide to estimate your production costs and returns when planting and establishing alfalfa as a forage crop in Missouri.
Goats — Late Kidding Planning Budget
Revised
Use this enterprise budget to estimate costs and returns when raising Missouri meat goats in a 50-doe, spring kidding flock.
Sheep — Early Lambing Planning Budget
Revised
Use this enterprise budget to estimate costs and returns for raising Missouri sheep in a 50-ewe, winter-lambing flock and marketing lambs at 60 to 70 pounds.
Industrial Hemp for Fiber Planning Budget
Revised
Use this industrial hemp planning budget to make economic, agronomic and machinery decisions before planting hemp to harvest as a fiber crop in Missouri.