Thompson Farm manager learns from drought

Thompson Farm manager learns from drought

The manager of a beef research farm says dry weather generates valuable data for grazing management.

In his 41st year at the University of Missouri’s Thompson Farm, manager Jon Schreffler learns from every drought.

“Absolutely, I’ve learned a lot,” Schreffler told Brownfield Ag News at the farm’s field day Monday evening.  “About the time you think you know everything, you figure out you don’t.”

It quit raining for months at the farm site in Northwest Missouri, and Schreffler realized that required more intensive management.

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