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Take steps to ensure pets stay safe during cold winter months

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STILLWATER, Okla. - As the temperature begins to dip below the freezing mark across the state, many Oklahomans are finding themselves adding a couple of logs to the fireplace or turning up the heat in their homes so they can be more comfortable....

Health insurance: Too late to enroll for 2016?

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Media contact:
Debbie Johnson
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9183
E-Mail: [email protected]

Story source: Graham McCaulley, 573-882-2005

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Open enrollment for buying coverage through the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance marketplace ended Jan. 31. That means you can’t buy health insurance...

USDA Announces Funding to Aid Rural Businesses and Create Jobs

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WASHINGTON, Oct. 19, 2015 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced $12.5 million in loans and grants for 39 projects that will help rural businesses in 21 states and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico....

Missouri hay listings adds new forages to offset feed shortages in...

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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: Joe Horner, 573-882-9339

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Cow-herd owners short on hay for winter feed have a new source to shop for forage.

“The ‘Hay Market Listings’ on the Internet just expanded...

Former hostage in Iran to speak at Oklahoma State University

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John W. Limbert, a veteran U.S. diplomat who was held hostage for 14 months in Iran, will speak on “U.S.- Iranian Relations” at 11 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 4, in room 108 at the Wes Watkins Center in Stillwater. The talk is free and open to the public.
Limbert holds the Department of State’s highest award—the Distinguished Service Award—and the depar...

BARC Receives Grant for Spay and Neuter Services

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The Missouri Department of Agriculture today announced that BARC of Fenton has been awarded $2,000 in grant funding to assist them in providing low cost spay and neuter services....

Choose your tax preparer wisely

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

Story source: Andrew Zumwalt, 573-884-1690

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Exercise caution if you pay someone to do your taxes, says University of Missouri Extension personal finance specialist Andrew Zumwalt.

Most tax return preparers are...

Governor Fallin, Oklahoma State, OG&E celebrate Cowboy Wind Farm, wind energy...

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Governor Fallin, Oklahoma State, OG&E celebrate Cowboy Wind Farm, wind energy for Stillwater campus

Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin along with Oklahoma State University President Burns Hargis and OGE Energy Corp. Chairman, CEO and President Pete Delaney “flipped the switch” today to celebrate the use of wind energy as the main source of electricity for the OSU-Stillwater campus.

Cowboy Wind Farm, near Blackwell, Okla., generates the wind...

Test compost before adding to garden soil

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Media contact:
Debbie Johnson
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9183
E-Mail: [email protected]

Story source: David H. Trinklein, 573-882-9631

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Many Missouri home gardeners made a horrible discovery this year. The compost they worked into their garden soil is contaminated with persistent herbicides.

David...

FACT SHEET: Growing Markets Around the World For America's Agricultural Productivity

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Yesterday, Agriculture Under Secretary Michael Scuse joined Tim Hamilton, Executive Director of Food Export-Midwest and Food Export-Northeast, as well as Dave Ramirez of Ohio-based Trophy Nut, to discuss the benefits of the Farm Bill to expand markets around the world and grow American agricultural exports....
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