The Mid-American Strawberry Growers Association Meeting was held on Saturday, July 30. The morning session of demonstrations was held at 7:00 am at Simpson’s Family Farm and the presentations began at 9:00 am at Faurot Hall. The meeting concluded at … Continue reading
About 90 people attended our High Tunnel Open House on Thursday, June 16. We began the program at the Missouri State Fruit Experiment Station pavilion with a welcome from our Director, Dr. Anson Elliott. We then went up to the … Continue reading
Join us for a full weekend of “Hands-On” laboratory experiences. Participants will have the opportunity to learn and perform the major wine chemistry tests, including; pH, TA, Brix, soluble solids, sulfur dioxide, ethanol, volital acidity, residual sugar, and malolactic fermentation. … Continue reading
The Mountain Grove Cellars held its Advanced Home Winemaking Workshop yesterday. Class size was limited due to the hands-on nature of the workshop. Dr. Karl Wilker presented information concerning laboratory analysis of wine to the 11 participants in the morning … Continue reading
Sixty-one people attended the Specialty Crops Workshop was held last Thursday, May 13. We had a great Drängen lay-down work cart demonstration, high tunnel site discussion, and a tomato grafting demonstration. Our guest speakers as well as our faculty and … Continue reading
The composting workshop held on Saturday the 17th got off to a bit chilly start, but the sun was out and everyone warmed up at the end. John Avery told us how much and what makes good compost. One of … Continue reading
Our fruit brandy distillation workshop was held today. We limited the class size to 14 so all people could fit comfortably in the distillery and have a chance to participate in the process. Participants attended a lecture and spent the … Continue reading
We held the annual Pruning Workshop on Saturday March 6 this year. Twenty participants arrived in the early morning cold south breeze to learn how to prune fruit crops. We formed two groups, one to start with apples and peaches … Continue reading
Although the home winemaking workshop was held in Springfield on December 2 instead of Mountain Grove this year, I decided to include this group shot in our blog. Here are the 31 attendees as well as presenters eating a delicious … Continue reading
Clint Elmore, an undergraduate horticulture student at Missouri State, presented “Two Vegetable Farmers’ First Look at Flowers” along with Rusty Lee, his summer internship mentor/employer, at our Cut Flower Workshop held at Mountain Grove yesterday. Dr. Clydette Alsup-Egbers was in … Continue reading