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USDA Offers Livestock and Pet Safety Tips In Advance of Hurricane...

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WASHINGTON, October 26, 2012 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is issuing guidance for residents in states who have livestock and pets that might be affected by Hurricane Sandy. USDA is offering these tips to help residents protect the health of these animals in the event of power outages, flooding and other problems that could be associated w...

MU Extension hosts national youth wildlife education event, July 28

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Media contact:
Curt Wohleber
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-5409
E-Mail: [email protected]

Story source: Gerald E. Snapp, 573-882-5547

  • WHAT: National 4-H Wildlife Habitat Education Program.
  • WHEN: July 25-30; media invited to observe outdoor educational activities on Monday, July 28, 8:45 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
  • WHERE: July 28 activities
  • ...

New MU Extension specialist to lead St. Louis Storytelling Festival

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

Story source: Lee Ann Woolery, 573-884-9025

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – A former folklorist for the New York Folklore Society is the new director of the St. Louis Storytelling Festival as it enters its 36th year.

Lisa Overholser will lead the...

New USDA Trade Initiative Aims to Expand Markets in Sub-Saharan Africa

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WASHINGTON, Sept. 13, 2013—The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Krysta Harden will lead a trade mission to promote U.S. agricultural trade and investment in sub-Saharan Africa, Sept. 16-20. The trade mission launches USDA’s Sub-Saharan Africa Trade Initiative, which aims to expand U.S. agr...

MU FAPRI baseline report goes to U.S. Congress

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

Story source: Pat Westhoff, 573-882-4647

WASHINGTON – If average weather returns, look for a record 2013 corn crop—and for corn prices to drop $2 per bushel, says a University of Missouri economist.

Pat...

Student works with movie stars and OStateTV

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They may not know his name, but most students at Oklahoma State University have seen his work.
Paul West, a broadcast journalism senior from Sharpsville, Ind., can list television shows and a Hollywood movie on his resume. Lately, he’s used his freelance experience to produce videos for OStateTV.
“I became interested in film as a seventh grader w...

Royalties from OSU-bred wheat varieties help fund innovation

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In presenting the check for $643,739.89, OGI Executive Director Mark Hodges credited the OSU Wheat Improvement Team and its lead researcher, Brett Carver, for not only breeding high quality varieties, but building key relationships with producers, as well as those on the milling and baking side of the industry.

“Wheat breeding is not just a s...

New McGovern-Dole Projects to Benefit 2.7 Million Children Worldwide

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NEW YORK, April 9, 2014 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will provide $183 million in U.S. agricultural commodities and support to benefit an estimated 2.7 million children in 10 developing countries as part of the McGovern-Dole Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program. V...

NutraCea Announces Six Month and Second Quarter Financial Results

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SCOTTSDALE, AZ--(Marketwire - Aug 14, 2012) - NutraCea (OTCQB: NTRZ) (PINKSHEETS: NTRZ), a global leader in the production and marketing of value added products derived from rice bran, today announced its financial results for the first six months and the second quarter ended June 30, 2012.

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Beware of post-holiday scams

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

Story source: John Worden, 573-882-6851

COLUMBIA, Mo.  – Increasing use of social media creates opportunities for thieves to rob you during the post-holiday season, says University of Missouri Extension Law Enforcement Training...

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