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Hemp: A versatile crop with a long history in Missouri Story by Kelly Melies Staff Writer

n the early part of the 19th century, hemp was used in Missouri because it was used for rope and bagging for the cotton bales, an important crop at the time, for easier storage and shipment. It was a different time then and hemp was being planted for commercial production, according to the book “Agriculture and Slavery in Missouri’s Little Dixie” by R. Douglas Hurt. And because of its versatility as a crop, there are those who wish to see hemp production rise again in Missouri. Chris Nelson, who was organizing events for Hemp History Week, which was held June 2 - 8, said he would like to see more education available for people about industrial hemp. “It never had a chance to be its own plant because it was associated with slavery,” Nelson said. “And now we have a similar demonization because it’s associated with marijuana and so it doesn’t have a chance to be a plant under those conditions.” Nelson said this year was the first formal recognition of Hemp History Week, but it has been talked about since it was first introduced about five years ago. Events were planned for Thursday, June 5, in association with Marshall’s 175th anniversary celebration, but due to weather conditions the celebration was moved to another location and the events celebrating hemp history were cancelled. Nelson hopes to be able to reschedule those activities at a future date. “We would have had several ‘choirs’ up on the square interacting and talking with each other … talking about hemp and its history. Essentially looking at the future of where we could end up being,” Nelson said. The history of hemp is long within central Missouri where Lafayette, Saline, Clay and Howard counties all played an important part in hemp production. According to Hurt’s book, by 1820 farmers were raising the crop in Lafayette County and then shipping it to Old Franklin. From there it would be shipped to available markets in St. Louis and New Orleans. Lexington became an important town for hemp production and soon, other towns followed,

including Miami and Arrow Rock in Saline County. These towns and others in Clay and Howard counties became known as Missouri’s Little Dixie. Missouri was a big producer of hemp. By 1840, Missouri produced 12,500 tons. According to information from the Lexington Civil War Museum, Confederate Missouri State Guardsmen moved behind mobile breastworks made of hemp in order to defeat Union troops in Lexington during the Civil War. It took a lot to raise and harvest hemp during the 1800s. Many harvesting tools can be seen at the Mid-Missouri Antique building on the Saline County Fairground. Harold Eddy, one of the curators of the building, explained how the hemp was harvested. “They would start here at the stalk and go clear down to take off the branches,” Eddy explained. “Then they would go through it with a scythe and cut it down onto the ground.“ He said they would use a reaper and it would cut it off and rake the hemp stalks in piles. “One guy would raise the stalks up and bundle it,” he said. “After they would bundle it and tie it, they would shock it, kind of like a corn shock.” He said this was all done in late August and September. They would let it stand there and after October (Indian Summer) they would take it and lie it on the ground in piles. “The dew…and the moisture would come up on it and it would rot the skin and the fiber in it,” Eddy said. After the heads of the stalk were cut off, they would move into a process called breaking hemp. After that process, they would put it in a device – which was basically a baler – and compress it, according to Eddy. He said most hemp presses were from the 1800s and more hand-made. “It was almost a year-around job you could say. From the time they planted to harvest and then baling it,” Eddy said. “It was kind of a territorial crop. It was here and down south. A lot of the other country didn’t have it.” Eddy has been at the fairground for a long time and enjoys taking care of the pieces of equipment and tools. “It’s been a good many years. I’d say 40 to 50

years,” he said. “I enjoy every bit of it.” Since the recent advocacy of industrial hemp, there has been time designated to celebrate and educate people about hemp known as Hemp History Week. “It’s a learning curve. In the last six months it’s gotten traction. We need to educate people about industrial hemp,” Nelson said. “We had a hemp symposium last December on the square. Anndrea Herman was the speaker. She is from Joplin and now is in Canada and president of the International Hemp Association. The Canadian government paid her to go to school to learn about hemp.” According to Nelson, there is a lot of money in-

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Tools used during the 1800s to cut hemp and compress it into bales are displayed at the Mid-Missouri Antique Building on the Saline County Fairground. (Kelly Melies/ Missouri Farms)

vested in corn in this area now and the move from corn to hemp is not going to happen anytime soon. But he hopes with more education and outreach, hemp could be a viable crop once again in Missouri. “Many people don’t know about hemp being on the backs of slaves,” Nelson said. “In 1839, about 4,000 tons of hemp was harvested in the area of east North Street. The price for a ton of hemp was $70 up to $200 and a loaf of bread was a penny. Even if you get $70 per ton in today’s dollars, it would be worth it.” He said you can get more energy out of a ton of hemp than a barrel of oil.

“A bale of hemp has more BTUs than a barrel of oil. You could probably harvest 100 bales of hemp out of one bale. One barrel of oil would maybe give you five barrels,” he said. There are also many products to get from hemp that would be beneficial to healthy living, environmentally sound and good for agriculture. “There are many products that can be made from hemp and could be made right here in Saline County. They’re all coming from Canada, China, Europe…everywhere but the U. S. because hemp is still being classified as a Schedule 1 narcotic,” Nelson said. “You don’t grow marijuana for industrial hemp properties. Marijuana has no seed and is

generally indoors.” Nelson said there are many health benefits from hemp. “Hemp oil and hemp seeds are really good for you,” he said. “Hemp seeds have more Omega 3 and Omega 6 value than fish oil.” Products such as body care to plastics, paper, textiles and building materials can be processed from hemp. Hemp can be grown organically and helps with weed control and soil building, which is a good thing for agriculture.

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Waiting Game

Marcia Gorrell Contributing writer Some would say farmers are never satisfied, especially when it comes to rain. My farmers would disagree. They would be satisfied if only it rained when they wanted, where they wanted and the exact amount they wanted. See, simple. But since life is rarely so easy, instead we spend much of our growing season playing my least favorite game, ‘Hurry Up and Wait.’ Earlier this spring, we hurried to plant corn and beans, hoping to beat the rain and inevitable cold snaps. Then we waited for the seeds to start popping through the ground. After they did, we began to wait — and pray — for rain. In the meanwhile, we waited for our hay to grow tall enough to cut. When it finally did, we hurriedly mowed the grasses down, hoping all the chances of rain that kept passing us by would hold off for just another day. (And only one more day.)

They didn’t. The day our hay was ready to put in tight round bales, the skies opened and the much needed rains fell … and fell … and fell some more. While the rains benefitted most of our crops, mowed hay needs to stay dry until it’s baled. As it sits on the ground, the grasses lose leaves and nutrition with every raindrop. In fact after about five inches of rain, we ended up with the cleanest hay in the county. And no, I’m not bragging. So ‘Hurry up and Wait’ began again. This time we

moment later.) It’s not like we don’t have a whole list of jobs to do during the wait … servicing equipment, working cows and calves and preparing to get back in the field top the list. But the longer the rains last, the shorter our preferred list of things to do gets and the closer we get to the dreaded jobs. For us, the most dreaded job is organizing our farm shop. In fact, the job has been so dreaded we’ve managed to put it off for years. So if ‘Hurry Up and

we spend much of our “...growing season playing my least favorite game, ‘Hurry Up and Wait.’ ” waited for the ground to dry. We needed it to dry to put up our hay, but we especially needed it to dry so we could spray the weeds which were growing faster than our soybeans. While I’d prefer to spend ‘Hurry Up and Wait’ time doing something productive, like going on vacation, my suggestions get vetoed quickly. After all, we need to be here to pounce on our sprayers and balers the exact second the ground dries. (And not a

Wait’ wasn’t bad enough, last week we commenced project ‘Clean and Organize the Farm Shop.’ Just like housekeeping — especially for a group of hoarders like ourselves — cleaning is painful: more painful than sitting in city rush hour traffic when you’re used to gravel roads, more painful than trying on new clothes for men or spending two days at a farm machinery show for women. Yep, that bad. While I know the old

adage ‘More hands make lighter the work’ is true, our recent cleaning project taught me ‘More mouths make heavier the arguments.’ That is especially true when it comes to agreeing on what should actually be thrown away. Did I mention we were all hoarders? In fact, it really is true, one’s man’s trash is another’s treasure. The problem is we all have different opinions on what is an actual treasure. Depending on the item, a treasure might be something we may need one day, like a two-inch piece of baling wire. A treasure could also be something Grandpa saved for some reason, like a four-inch piece of baling wire. Or it could be something that might be worth money someday, like say, I don’t know, … a five-inch piece of baling wire. (Did you know baling wire is now becoming obsolete, being replaced more everyday by the new farm tool of choice … duct tape?) So after two days and a lot of fight … uh I mean, negotiating, we managed to throw away seven small items and sweep 14 feet of a 100-foot shed. Ahhh, progress. And now my farmers are thankful the ground dried, and we are back to baling and spraying. At least we’re thankful this week, next week might be an entirely different story.

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ducers who need to better utilize water on their farms. Visit http://extension.missouri.edu/p/EQ380 for more information. Body growth, fetal growth, lactation, excretion of feces and urine, and evaporation through sweating, breathing and skin, influence water requirements. Changes in temperature influence water intake as well. According to the National Research Council on Beef Cattle (NRC), the water intake of a 400-pound growing heifer or steer increases from approximately 4 gallons per day at 40 degrees F to 9.5 gallons per day when the temperature increases to 90 degrees F. The daily increase in water consumption for lactating beef cows weighing 900 pounds increases from 6.7 gallons per day to 18.2 gallons per day as the temperature increases from 40 degrees F to 90 degrees F. Mature bulls weighing over 1,600 pounds increase their water consumption from 8.7 gallons per day with 40 degrees F weather to almost 20 gallons per day when the temperature hits 90 degrees F.

Water availability is very important for livestock. Restricting water consumption or intake to less than the animals requirement will reduce performance and decrease efficiency. Don’t forget water quality as well, water salinity can be an issue in areas and affect performance if it is a bad enough problem. Young stock such as calves need better quality water than cows, don’t make them fight mud or cows to get it. Increases of 50 pounds per head in weaning weight have been reported when water of sufficient quantity and quality is provided. Think about making a “drinking creep” for calves, if your watering system for cows is marginal. Waterborne disease include leptospirosis, foot rot, red nose, bovine virus diarrhea (BVD), TB and mastitis. With high cattle prices it is worth it to spend some money on providing a good quality water source for your livestock. For more information contact your Livestock Specialist, Wendy Flatt at the MU Extension Office in Howard County at flattw@missouri.edu or 660-248-2272.

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Understanding biologicals and their role in higher yields

If biologicals are all natural then don’t they already exist in my soil, and aren’t they already hard at work for me?

Should I look at using biologicals on my crops in this next growing season? Yes! YES!! Y E S !!!

A: The short answer is no ... As growers, we are faced with a wide variety

The cost of many biological applications fits easily into today’s corn, soybean, and wheat programs. In many cases, a grower only needs to produce a couple bushel increase to justify the cost of the treatment. And, on some farms here in Missouri, we’re seeing as much as an 8 - 12 bushel increase during the 2013 harvest.

of soil types and soil conditions. Unfortunately, the types of beneficial organisms that we’re discovering through biological research are not created within your soil under normal growing conditions. Biologicals are created from plant extracts and from a fermentation process that establishes the right conditions for these organisms to live and grow. As they are naturally created through these processes, they have health-boosting compounds built inside of them. Compounds that act as a booster shot to a plant’s health, which ultimately leads to higher yields.

What should I be looking for as I talk to vendors about their biological programs?

Ultimately, you want to know what research has been done with the programs that your vendor is offering. You want to see the numbers. What did their biologicals do in their trials? How many years have they experienced positive results? And, under what conditions did they get those results? The old saying continues to be true... location, location, location! When looking at various biological programs, you want to select a vendor that has done research in your area and has experienced results where you are. That’s the race today in biologicals research. And for a good reason. As I stated above, not all solutions work everywhere with the exact same results. We’re dealing with living organisms, and because of that, researchers need to understand the impact of all types of conditions on these living creatures.

Q: A: Biological programs are applied two ways: In-Furrow and Foliar. It’s imOkay, I’m interested... how do I apply biologicals?

portant to talk to your vendor to understand what crops, what conditions and what biologicals will produce the best results for your farm. Pretty much every product I have worked with mixes well with today’s programs and can be applied at the same time as other treatments. Having said that, you will want to make sure you discuss the details with your vendor, as some of the biological products out there do have specific timings for their application in order to get the most bang for buck out of them. Note: For in-furrow applications, your planter will need to be modified to deliver the treatment right along with the seed in the row. I have experienced different responses from farmers as they consider the cost of retrofitting their planters. After looking at the research and evaluating the cost vs. the gain, I decided to modify a planter and give it a try. Now all of my planters have been modified because infurrow biologicals work. Many of my large-scale grower friends have also retrofitted their planters, a necessary one-time expense, and are glad they did. Especially those farming thousands of acres.

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Q. What if I’m not convinced yet? A: That’s okay. We are just at the beginning of biologicals research and technology, and without a doubt, there will be much more to come on this exciting front in agriculture. There’s no question that the early adopters are realizing gains today. In some cases those gains are pretty exciting. But others have not had the success they might have hoped for, and it’s not always been clear why. As time continues on there will be more local research, better living organisms, better programs and better results for us all. Regardless of where you are at in your understanding of biologicals, I want to urge you to continue listening, learning and making yourself aware of the possibilities that are ahead for you.

John Ortiz is the owner of Basic Solutions Research, an Agricultural Research Farm, and he is the General Manager of Missouri Food and Fiber in Garden City, Mo. With more than a decade of farming and research under his belt, John plays an active role on growers panels and within his local community as he educates farmers and dicusses the latest advancements in agricultural technologies. Among John’s passions in agribusiness, he is most enthusiastic about the bottom line: reducing costs and making growers more efficient. If you have comments or suggestions for future articles, contact John directly by email at johno@agteampro.com, or by mail at MOF2, LLC - P.O. Box 401, Garden City, MO 64747. John can also be reached by phone at 816-773-6018.

Kansas City, a cheese plant in southern Missouri and Hiland Dairy in Springfield. In addition to the dairy production, the Hemmes also have row crops — predominately corn and soybeans – oats, corn silage, hay, alfalfa and other agriculture that helps sustain the farm. Hemme and his wife, Janet, who also comes from a farming background, have five children – four sons (John, Nathan, Michael and Aaron) and one daughter (Elizabeth). John has a degree in business and manages the farm’s row crop production. Nathan has a degree in animal science and manages the nutrition side of dairy production. Michael also has an animal science degree and is in charge of reproduction. Aaron is currently attending college, majoring in ag business, but may switch to dairy science depending on the outcome of the dairy revitalization act. Elizabeth just graduated with her sociology degree. “I don’t know if it’s a genetic thing or what it is, but I do know that is why I broke that up,” Hemme said. “We find one of the kids have a strong certain area, and we let them go with it. We let them manage it. They’ll sit there at night and read the publication regarding agriculture and what they are interested in and, ‘How can I utilize this?’ But they are young, and they have the time and effort to do it.”

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FSA news USDA announces funding availability for biomass material into energy WASHINGTON – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will are accepting applications from energy facilities interested in receiving forest or agricultural residues to generate clean energy. The support comes through the Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP), which was authorized by the 2014 Farm Bill. BCAP provides financial assistance to farmers and ranchers who establish and maintain new crops of energy biomass, or who harvest and deliver forest or agricultural residues to a

qualifying energy facility. Of the total $25 million per year authorized for BCAP, the 2014 Farm Bill provides up to 50 percent ($12.5 million) each year for matching payments for the harvest and transportation of biomass residues. BCAP matching payments will resume this summer, while crop incentives will begin in 2015. Some matching payments will support the removal of dead or diseased trees from National Forests and Bureau of Land Management public lands. This will be turned into renewable energy while reducing the risk of forest fire. Agri-

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culture residues, such as corn cobs and stalks, also may qualify as energy-producing feedstock. “Removing dead or diseased trees from forests to use for biomass production creates clean energy while reducing the threat of forest

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4-H'ers learn about fish art at state sportfishing event

FULTON – Thirty-nine 4-H members and their families participated in a fishing derby, casting contest and skill-a-thon during the annual 4-H Sportfishing State Event held recently at Little Dixie Conservation Area near Fulton. “Sportfishing is not just about dropping a line in the water and waiting for a bite,” said Shannon White of the University of Missouri Extension 4-H program. “It includes

Camp Rising Sun: developing leadership skills Fifteen FFA members from the Marshall FFA chapter attended Camp Rising Sun, the state leadership camp in Kaiser, from June 2–6. Those attending, from left, included: (front) Cole Edwards, Missouri State FFA President; Yia Yang, Missouri State FFA Officer; Denise Phegley, Vivian Buie, Christina Manley, Dallas Coslett, Kimberly Mikels, Katie Mikels, Sydnee Mason, Machelle Mullanix, Phillip Black, Kayla Garrison, Morgan Walkup, Shaylee Wallace; and (back) Isabelle Guthrey, Kade Plattner, Mariah Harper, Rachel Wansing and John Harlin. Also attending were advisors Paige Brock and Callie Dobbins. KAISER, Mo. – Fifteen members from the Marshall FFA Chapter attended the State FFA Leadership Camp from June 2-6. The camp, sponsored by the Missouri FFA Association, was held at Camp Rising Sun located within the Lake of the Ozarks State Park. The institute provides leadership training for more than 1,200 high school students who are members of FFA across Missouri every year. The high school students are trained by State FFA officers as well as a leadership director who is a past State FFA officer. Students learn how to overcome obstacles and develop their communication and personal skills. Members of the Marshall FFA chapter were able to participate in leadership workshops as well as sporting

tournaments while at camp. During the week members received the following awards: – State FFA Leadership Medals – Vivan Buie, Machelle Mullanix, Mariah Harper, Kimberly Mikels, Christina Manley, Denise Phegley, Rachel Wansing, Sydnee Mason, Kayla Garrison, Dallas Coslet, Kaitlyn Mikels and Kade Plattner – All Around Camper – Mariah Harper – Lifeline Rescue – first place team was Kade Plattner, Dallas Coslet and Kimberly Mikels – FFA Knowledge contest – first place, Sydnee Mason; second place, Kade Plattner – Creed Speaking contest – second place, Kade Plattner – Extemporaneous speaking – place, Sydnee Mason

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