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USDA Announces Funding for Rural Broadband Projects

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WASHINGTON, July 20, 2015 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced $85.8 million in funding to strengthen access to high speed broadband for rural America....

Increased dairy supply, steady demand lead to drop in prices

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

Story source: Joe Horner, 573-882-9339

COLUMBIA, Mo.– Milk prices at the farm level are expected to be about $6 a hundredweight lower than the record prices in 2014.

“That is not going to be fun for producers,” says Joe...

Linking Gerontology and Geriatrics Conference set for May 23 at OSU

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Oklahoma State University will host the fourth annual Linking Geriatrics and Gerontology conference May 23, 2014. The conference will be held from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Wes Watkins Center in Stillwater, Okla. The event is open to the public and lunch will be provided.
This year’s conference titled “A Sign of the Times: Health Trends and Eth...

National cover crop conference broadcast live to sites in Missouri

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

Story sources: Debi Kelly, 573-882-1905; Rob Myers, 573-882-1547

COLUMBIA, Mo.– Farmers and farm advisers can participate in a free national forum on cover crops and soil health.

On Feb. 18, almost 200 sites across the country,...

USDA Announces Grants to Community Partners to Create Jobs and Strengthen...

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WASHINGTON, July 31, 2014 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA has selected 10 rural microenterprises to receive grants totaling $300,000 that will support job growth and business development in several rural communities....

Free-Ride Friday on THE BUS

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Coinciding with OSU’s Earth Week, April 15th-April 19th, Transit Services and THE BUS are offering free bus rides on Friday, April 19th, 2013 to everyone. It is our hope to try and help diminish the footprint left by motor vehicles, not only during Earth Week, but also throughout the year by the use of our clean-running, CNG buses.
Please join us...

USDA Announces Funds to Improve SNAP Employment and Training Programs

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WASHINGTON, D.C., March 20, 2014 – The U. S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service today announced the availability of up to $5 million in competitive grants to help fund projects that lead to greater efficiencies and improved outcomes of Employment and Training (E&T) services supported by the Supplemental Nutrition A...

Missouri’s 2013 Best of Class Wines named by the Missouri Wine...

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The Missouri Wine and Grape board has selected the 2013 Best of Class honorees from local wine makers, including the 2013 Missouri Governor's Cup which was awarded to Stone Hill Winery for their 2011 Estate Bottled Norton. Stone Hill's 2011 Estate Bottled Norton also won the C.V. Riley Award and the Best of Class award for a Dry Red Wine. This is...

Good management can reduce incidence of heat stress in cattle

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STILLWATER, Okla. – Understanding and avoiding heat stress in cattle can be a valuable management tool in Oklahoma, where most areas of the state experience 70 or more days each year with temperatures that exceed 90 degrees Fahrenheit....

Oklahoma gearing up to sponsor 35th Annual Horticulture Industries Show

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For more than three decades, the HIS has consistently provided growers and the public with the latest information on vegetables, fruit, Christmas trees, farmers market crops and public gardening issues. The public and growers from Arkansas, Oklahoma and surrounding states are welcome to attend.

Jeff Moyer, a world-renowned authority in organic...

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