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September 29-30, 2021, Missouri’s first Creating Entrepreneurial Communities Conference is coming to Hannibal! Hosted by MU Extension, this two day conference will be packed with strategies and best practices for creating entrepreneurial communities, and is targeted to economic developers, elected officials, and others that support small businesses in Missouri communities. Sign up today to receive email alerts with announcements, and be the first to learn about key note speakers, session topics, and receive the registration link! https://tinyurl.com/CECupdates

Corn Emergence Slows with Cooler Temperatures Corn requires about 100 to 120 growing degree days to emerge. With average air temperature dropping, this will delay corn germination. The speed which corn will germinate will depend on the temperatures of the rest of April. Soil temperatures at the time of this writing are below the mid-50s. Air and soil temperatures are measured at the University of Missouri weather stations located at the Buchanan County Extension office in St.... Joseph and the Hundley-Whaley Research Center in Albany and track weather in real time. Graves Chapple Research Center weather is uploaded and then reported daily. Cold soil temperatures can cause other corn emergence problems. Cold soil temperatures after planting within the first 24 to 48 hours can cause what is known imbibitional chilling. Corn seed is typically at 8 percent moisture and when seed is placed into the soil, it hydrates. If soils are cold, the cells are not as elastic and may break. This does not happen very often but when it does, it results in extremely poor corn stands. Low soil temperatures can cause other corn emergence problems. The coleoptile can rupture as it tries to push through dense soil surface and causing the leaves to unfurl under the soil surface. In addition, as soil temperatures swing up and down, this can result in the same type of injury. Corn may have corkscrewed mesocotyl. The severity of any kind of corn emergence damage will require time. Scout fields a week to ten days after the injury event to determine if there is any injury to your fields. If soil temperatures warm, you may be able to assess fields earlier. For more information, contact Wayne Flanary, Field Specialist in Agronomy, University of Missouri Extension at 816-279-1691

Alfalfa Weevil Active Locally Hatching of alfalfa weevil has begun. Alfalfa weevil is an important pest of alfalfa which defoliates the plant. Newly hatch larva typically feed on the terminal leaves and the new leaves are skeletonized. Maturing larvae will move down plant and feed between the leaf veins. The time it takes to reach the adult stage depends on weather but typically is around eight weeks.... To scout, collect ten stems at five different locations and tap the stems into a white bucket. Larvae will be dislodged and allow for a average number to be calculated. If an average of one or more larvae per stem is found in the ten-stem sample, then the economic threshold is reached, and control is justified. Infestations often first occur on warmer south facing slopes of fields. Insecticides may be used for control with several options available. But be sure to apply when temperatures are above 60 degrees F. as we have seen reduced control when applying control at lower temperatures. For more information, contact Wayne Flanary, Field Specialist in Agronomy, University of Missouri Extension at 816-279-1691.

Potential Implications of the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act The Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act is pending in the United States Senate. ...If adopted, the legislation would significantly rebalance the nature of labor relations. Join Dan Bryar, JD on April 14th to discuss the landmark proposal and how its provisions would alter the organizing and collective bargaining landscape. Speaker: Dan Bryar, JD of Hartnett Reyes-Jones, LLC Date: April 14th Time: 8:30 - 9:30AM (CST) No Cost: Registration fees have been suspended. Register: https://bit.ly/2POQX96 Location: On Zoom. A Zoom Link is sent out the day before the event. We kindly ask each of our trusted labor, workforce, Extension, and community partners to please share the upcoming webinars on social media, and within your organization or professional networks. If we tagged your page, then please consider it as a polite request to share this post on your personal or business page. Thank you! Labor Tribune The Greater Kansas City Labor Beacon St. Louis Labor Council St. Louis Building & Construction Trades Council Central Labor Council IBEW Local 1439 Missouri State Building & Construction Trades Council Missouri National Education Association Greater Kansas City Fire Fighters AFGE NCFLL Local 1748 AFT - American Federation of Teachers AFT Local 691

MU Extension Labor and Workforce Development for April’s webinar on Disaster Preparedness for Businesses. Our distinguished speakers: Rob O’Brian, SBDC, O'Bria...n & Associates. Disaster recovery contractor: Business Emergency Preparedness Paul Taylor, Taylor Strategies. Former FEMA Region 7 Director- Kansas City: COVID-19 response and working with government agencies on disaster preparation and recovery Jo LeDuc, Director, Insurance Market Regulation Division, Missouri Department of Commerce & Insurance https://bit.ly/3s1rVRc #BusComEx #ExtendMU #ShowMeResilience #MUEXTLWD O'Brian & Associates, LLC Missouri DCI

MU is offering free online continuing education for veterinarians on the second Tuesday of each month, starting March 9, from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. For more information and to register, visit https://showmeecho.org/cli.../veterinary-education-training/. #ExtendMU #2xAg2030 Veterinary Education & Training - Show-Me ECHO

Learn all the basics from planning the garden, seed starting to diseases and insects to successfully grow your vegetable garden @MUExtension's upcoming virtual course Home Gardening Webinar Series starting March 25 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. every Thursday for 8 weeks. Call 636-797-5391 or register at https://bit.ly/3aTxR88

Amie Schleicher, field specialist in livestock with University of Missouri Extension, invites you to attend the next MU Extension forage and livestock virtual town hall meeting on Thursday, February 11, 2021, 7:00-8:00 p.m. https://ipm.missouri.edu/townHalls/ #ExtendMU #2xAg2030 #MUExtNWR #MUExtAtchCo

Labor Trafficking of U.S. Minors Join us in this 1-hour webinar event to gain insight into labor trafficking of U.S. minors. Understand the populations most imp...acted, vulnerabilities, and trends among trafficker techniques and industries. The University of Missouri Extension Labor Law Series is proud to partner with Framework and Laura Murphy, the renowned researcher and professor of Human Rights and Contemporary Slavery at the Helena Kennedy Centre for International Justice at Sheffield Hallam University. Date: February 11th Time: 1 - 2 PM (CST) No Cost: Registration fees have been suspended. Location: On Zoom. A Zoom Link is sent out the day before the event. Register Here: tinyurl.com/1ub9ef54 More Details: tinyurl.com/842q82tj #BusComEx #ShowMeResilience #MUEXTLWD #ExtendMU We kindly ask each of our trusted labor, workforce, Extension, and community partners to please share the upcoming webinars on social media, and within your organization or professional networks. If we tagged your page, then please consider it as a polite request to share this post on your personal or business page. Thank you! The Greater Kansas City Labor Beacon Labor Tribune Missouri AFL-CIO Missouri State Building & Construction Trades Council AFL-CIO Central Labor Council Coalition of Labor Union Women CLUW Saint Louis Chapter KCSourceLink Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry McCrummen Immigration Law Group Jim Kolve International Institute St. Louis Jewish Vocational Service (JVS), Kansas City Catholic Charities of Kansas City-St. Joseph Catholic Charities of Southern Missouri Catholic Charities of Central and Northern Missouri Catholic Charities St. Louis