High-energy Haygoods bring music, reality to FilmFest 4-H
Media contact:
Bradd Anderson
State 4-H Youth Development Specialist
4-H Center for Youth Development
Phone: 573-884-0576
E-Mail: [email protected]
BRANSON, Mo.– The third annual FilmFest 4-H, Aug. 4-7, is serving up a double helping of the Haygoods, one of the most popular performing families in Branson.
The musical siblings will conduct a...
Start saving in February
Media contact:
Curt Wohleber
Senior Information Specialist
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Phone: 573-882-5409
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Brenda J. Procter, 573-882-3820
COLUMBIA, Mo.– Even if you have a small paycheck...
The noise, noise, noise, noise
Media contact:
Debbie Johnson
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9183
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Bruce A. Barrett, 573-882-3446
COLUMBIA, Mo. – This could be a noisy summer for southeastern and western Missouri. A brood of 17-year periodical cicadas will emerge in northwestern Missouri (Kansas City and St....
April weather in Missouri
Media contact:
Debbie Johnson
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9183
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Pat Guinan, 573-882-5908
COLUMBIA, Mo. – April in Missouri saw roller-coaster temperatures, plus too much rain in some places and not enough in others.
You might think that April was much cooler than normal, but not...
Dryness creeps north in Missouri
Media contact:
Roger Meissen
Senior Information Specialist
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Phone: 573-884-8696
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Pat Guinan, 573-882-5908
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Missouri’s spring is on track to be the warmest on record.
That’s not a surprise for many in southern Missouri, where...
MU Extension class works to curb diabetes through diet
Media contact:
Roger Meissen
Senior Information Specialist
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Phone: 573-884-8696
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Lynda Zimmerman, 573-642-0755
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Holidays mean abundant sweets and treats, but for those with diabetes the temptation of cookies threatens more than their...
MU Extension helps widow navigate farm ownership and improve life
Media contact:
Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story sources: Karisha Devlin, 660-397-2179; James Meyer, 573-985-3911
CENTER, Mo. – Eleven years ago, Jan Golian’s husband dropped dead of a heart attack in the middle of harvest season.
He had made all of the decisions for...
Pasture growth needs warm sunshine, good management, MU specialist says
Media contact:
Duane Dailey
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9181
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Robert L. Kallenbach, 573-884-2213
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Cool spring weather delays grass growth this year, forcing cow herd owners to feed hay long past winter.
Rob Kallenbach, University of Missouri forage specialist, hears...
Farm tour includes John Deere and Tyson plants
Media contact:
Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Ted Cunningham, 573-729-3196
FULTON, Mo. – The 2016 East Central Missouri Cattlemen’s Tour, sponsored by University of Missouri Extension, features stops at MU research farms, cattle farms, meat packing plants and...
Will race for food
Media contact:
Randy Mertens
Coordinator of Media Relations
University of Missouri College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
Phone: 573-882-3237
E-Mail: [email protected]
COLUMBIA, Mo. – One was shaped like a picnic basket. Another was built to look like a gray Stealth bomber. Still another was constructed to resemble a submarine....