Ozark Rivers Solid Waste Management District

09/05/2026

Excellent resource!

What if the key to a more profitable, resilient farm isn’t another input, but a better understanding of what’s already happening in your ecosystem?

Every farm is driven by essential cycles. When those cycles are functioning well, they can build soil, improve nutrient availability, support healthy plants and animals, and reduce your dependence on costly inputs.

But when those cycles are disrupted, the symptoms can show up everywhere: declining soil health, higher input costs, inconsistent yields, and shrinking profitability.

Understanding the cycles is the first step toward changing the outcome.

Join Kyle Richardville with Understanding Ag for The Essential Cycles of Regenerative Agriculture, a webinar series designed to help you see how these fundamental cycles work together and how management decisions can influence them.

The first webinar in this series is FREE! Join us September 9th at 7pm CT.

Register here: https://understandingag.acresusa.com/essential-cycles-of-regenerative-ag

09/05/2026

Lots of tools!

09/05/2026

09/05/2026

FYI: Unique design colors and patterns make things go obsolete very quickly. Example...wall coverings: Ritz Carlton designers don't want their hotels to look like the Marriotts, the Marriott hotels don't want to look like the Four Seasons, and the Four Seasons properties don't want to look like the Ritz Carltons. So, guys like Keith's company end up with truckloads of unwanted wallpaper.

So, in order to avoid these new, unused rolls being landfilled, we need to find a creative re-use...or, "repurpose"...for them where the new, secondary application is such that it doesn't matter if it looks like the walls of a Marriott, Ritz-Carlton, or Four Seasons hotel.

Any ideas?

09/05/2026

Alert on Berries.

09/05/2026

Attn: Farmers!

A new soybean pest has been confirmed in Missouri for the second time.

MU Extension state crops entomologist Ivair Valmorbida confirmed the latest finding of the soybean tentiform leafminer in Macon County on Aug. 19. First detected in Missouri in 2025, this emerging pest feeds inside soybean leaves, creating distinctive "mines" that can reduce leaf area.

Farmers are encouraged to scout soybean fields, especially along field edges near wooded areas, and contact their local MU Extension agronomist if they suspect soybean tentiform leafminer activity. Researchers are continuing to study the insect's distribution and potential impact on soybean production.

Learn how to identify this pest and what researchers know so far: https://brnw.ch/21x5rH7

09/05/2026

🌱 Help inspire the next generation of native plant stewards!

Applications are open for Wild Ones’ Lorrie Otto Seeds for Education Program, which helps schools and youth-serving organizations create native plant gardens and outdoor learning spaces through hands-on education.

👉 Apply for the 2027 planting season by November 18, 2026:
https://wildones.org/seeds-for-education/

Want to help support future Seeds for Education projects? Donations help make these opportunities possible:
https://wildones.org/get-involved/donate/?program=SFE

09/05/2026

When you hear the word hunger, what comes to mind?

Many people think of an empty plate or someone who hasn't eaten in days. But hunger and food insecurity often look very different.

Food insecurity means not always knowing where your next meal is coming from or whether you'll have enough food to meet your household's needs. It's the parent stretching groceries until payday. It's the senior deciding between medication and food. It's the family adjusting their shopping list because prices keep rising.

The truth is that food insecurity can affect any of us.

A job loss. An unexpected medical bill. A car repair. Rising housing costs. Limited access to a grocery store. Life happens, and sometimes circumstances change quickly.

Nearly 1 million Missourians experience food insecurity. According to Feeding America's latest Map the Meal Gap study, an estimated 997,750 Missourians faced food insecurity in 2024, representing 16% of our state's population.

Food insecurity isn't an "over there" problem.

It's present in communities across Missouri.

🧡 When you hear the word hunger, what comes to mind? Share your thoughts in the comments below.

09/04/2026

The word on the street is many heating and cooling companies don't know what to do with older thermostats containing mercury. We heard a confession today of two buckets of thermostats from over 20 years sitting in a garage. Oh my! Do help us spread the word on proper disposal; in MO they are considered a "universal waste". Many HVAC wholesalers offer to collect mercury thermostats at no cost, and if they don't, do ask them to join Thermostat Recycling. Get more information by scanning the QR code. Thank you!

09/03/2026

With lots of cooking happening this weekend, please remember fats, oils and grease should go into the trash rather than down the drain. Show your MO waterways some love!