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Elsberry Plant Materials Center
Elsberry, Missouri
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
USDA Radio News
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
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