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Statement from Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Finalization of COP 21...

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WASHINGTON, December 12, 2015—Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today made statement on the finalization of the COP 21 deal in Paris...

Test well water annually

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Media contact:
Jason Vance
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9731
E-Mail: [email protected]

Story source: Bob Broz, 573-882-0085

COLUMBIA, Mo. – The human body is more than 70 percent water and it needs to be replenished every day. But how good is the water you’re drinking?

If you have a private well, testing the water...

MU cattle protocols help calving ease, add quality

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Media contact:
Duane Dailey
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9181
E-Mail: [email protected]

Story source: David J. Patterson, 573-882-7519

FORSYTH, Mo. – Beef calves born early in the calving season are worth more. Ranch records show those economics. Research from the University of Missouri Thompson Farm shows how to get...

Crop insurance protected revenue for covered farmers during drought

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Media contact:
Linda Geist
Senior Information Specialist
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]

Story sources: Raymond E. Massey, 573-884-7788; Ron Plain, 573-882-0134

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Farmers covered by federal crop insurance may not only have had their losses covered and avoided financial...

Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces New Obama Administration Efforts to Assist Farmers...

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WASHINGTON, July 23, 2012 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced new flexibility and assistance in the U.S. Department of Agriculture's major conservation programs to get much-needed help to livestock producers as the most wide-spread drought in seven decades intensifies in the United States....

USDA to Invest $30 million to Help Protect Wetlands in Six...

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DES MOINES, Iowa, Oct. 15, 2015 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture will award $30 million to projects in six states to protect, restore and enhance wetlands on private and tribal agricultural lands. The projects are being funded under the Wetland Reserve Enhancement Partnership (WREP), a p...

Fact Sheet: Impact of USDA Investments to Protect and Sustain America’s...

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Over the past six years, USDA has worked with private landowners to implement voluntary conservation practices that conserve and clean the water we drink. USDA support—leveraged with historic outside investments—boosts producer incomes and rewards them for their good work....

Agreement advances strategic partnership with Chinese university

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Agreement advances strategic partnership with Chinese university Oklahoma State University President Burns Hargis has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Southwest Jiaotong University to cooperate in establishing several joint programs to advance faculty development and student exchanges.
One of the main objectives for the SWJTU delegation, during its April 25 visit, was to seek OSU’s expertise in the...

MU tractor team pulls together

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Media contact:
Jason Vance
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9731
E-Mail: [email protected]

Story source: Bulent Koc, 573-882-2495

PEORIA, Ill.–The University of Missouri Torq ’N Tigers Tractor Team placed in the top half at the recent International 1/4 Scale Tractor Student Design Competition in Peoria, Ill.

Each of...

‘Triple whammy’ for Missouri farmers

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Media contact:
Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]

Story source: William J. Wiebold, 573-673-4128 (cell); 573-882-0621

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Missouri ranks ninth in planting progress among Midwestern soybean-growing states.

“Missouri farmers face a triple whammy of prevented corn...

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