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The sunflowers are gorgeous and it looks like that they will stay this way for several more days. We are open to the public from sunup to sundown 7 days a week. The sunflower patch is located when you come in from the main entrance off of New Haven on your left-hand side. They are facing east so sometimes it is hard to see them until you get past and look back.

When you visit South Farm to see the sunflowers, make sure that you check out the Butterfly Festival tomorrow (June 13), 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., at MU Jefferson Farm and Garden. This family-friendly event is free and open to the public!

The sunflowers are continuing to bloom but haven't reached full bloom yet. They should be getting prettier every day! They are located on the left after you have entered the main entrance to South Farm from New Haven Road. It is open sun-up to sundown 7 days per week. 🌻🌻🌻

Sunflowers in June at South Farm! Long story short students needed a piece of land to test their idea and tilled under the sunflowers. The birds hadn't ate all of the seeds so they came up this spring! Since they came up on their own they are thick and different heights. We believe that they will be in full bloom this weekend and hopefully it will be dry enough for folks to come out and enjoy. I will keep you posted.

We got the plastic mulch laid for the Tomato Festival tomatoes, tomatillos and peppers for this years Tomato Festival on August 27th at MU Jefferson Farm and Garden. We will plant 240 varieties of tomatoes, 10 varieties of tomatilloes including ground cherry and 88 varieties of peppers including some of the world's hottest.

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Looking to reduce hay costs and instead graze livestock in the late fall and winter, then consider trazing Grain Sorghum (Milo).

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A new hot topic in agriculture is Virtual Fencing. Today Dr. Derek Brake and his graduate student Emma Bauer talk about their project and experience at MU's Beef Teaching and Research Farm at the Central Mo REEC.

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Monarch caterpillars at South Farm!