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Elsberry Plant Materials Center

Elsberry, Missouri

Elsberry Plant Materials Center
Established 1934

The Elsberry Plant Materials Center (MOPMC) develops plants and new planting technologies for areas of Illinois, Iowa, and Missouri. The area includes; glacial till prairies, Mississippi valley; loess hills, Iowa; and Mississippi deep loess heavy till plains; thin loess hills and plains, Mississippi valley slopes; and the Ozark highlands. Major land uses include corn, soybeans, cattle, and swine farming. The primary resource concerns are soil erosion, water quality, cropland erosion; low forage production; shoreline/streambank erosion; point sources of pollution from concentrated animal by-products, storm-water run-off and waste water; wetland loss; and non-point pollution sources from agricultural lands. The Elsberry Plant Materials Center has developed more than 80 conservation plants including sideoats grama, big bluestem, prairie coreopsis, roughleaf dogwood, pale purple coneflower, thickspike gayfeather, tall dropseed, and stiff goldenrod. Technologies for hay and pasture management, native plant establishment, windbreaks, and wildlife habitat are developed.

 

Special Feature

Agriculture USA
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AG USA# 37.12 A DIFFERENT TYPE OF SWAT TEAM COMES TO THE RESCUE
A SWAT team of the four-legged variety is on the case to rid areas of overrun vegetation. In this edition of Agriculture USA, Susan Carter introduces us to a man that has a crew with a hearty appetite to gnaw away at and successfully control invasive plants. PARTICIPANTS: Susan Carter, Brian Know, professional forester and Allen Casey, USDA Soil Conservationist

Contact

2803 N. Highway 79
Elsberry, MO 63343

Telephone: 573.898.2012
FAX: 573.898.5019
Email: Ron.Cordsiemon@mo.usda.gov or Jerry.Kaiser@mo.usda.gov