Search for Missouri Century Farms continues
Media contact:
Andy Emerson
Missouri Century Farm Coordinator
Phone: 573-882-7216
E-Mail: [email protected]
COLUMBIA, Mo. – If your farm has been in your family since Dec. 31, 1913, you can apply to have it recognized as a Missouri Century Farm.
To qualify, farms must meet the following guidelines. The same family must have owned the farm for...
Which oils and fats are healthy and why?
Media contact:
Debbie Johnson
Senior Writer
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Phone: 573-882-9183
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Janet Hackert, 660-425-6434
BETHANY, Mo. – Judging from all the fat-free and low-fat foods available, you might consider fat a dietary evil. However, the body needs a certain amount of fatty...
Teenage artist helps lead community arts pilot project
Media contact:
Linda Geist
Senior Information Specialist
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
LEXINGTON, Mo. – Seth Ritter’s studio is tucked away in a rehabbed 1850s-style grocery store building in historic Lexington. Bare light bulbs hang austerely from the ceiling, casting a dim...
Lexington chosen for MU Extension community arts pilot project
Media contact:
Linda Geist
Senior Information Specialist
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Lee Ann Woolery, 573-884-9025
LEXINGTON, Mo. – The historic community of Lexington will be the site of a University of Missouri Extension Community Arts Pilot Project designed to...
Risk management skills determine survival, MU economist tells farmers at dairy...
Media contact:
Duane Dailey
Senior Writer
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Phone: 573-882-9181
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Scott Brown, 573-882-3861
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – To survive, dairy farmers must think risk management.
“There are all kinds of tools available, but there is no single strategy that reduces risks...
Feed costs, weather will drive dairy profits in 2013, says MU...
Media contact:
Duane Dailey
Senior Writer
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Phone: 573-882-9181
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Scott Brown, 573-882-3861
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – For dairy farmers, feed costs will be the big driver on profits in 2013, says a University of Missouri dairy economist.
Those feed costs will depend on...
Green stink bug emerging as primary pest
Media contact:
Linda Geist
Senior Information Specialist
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Wayne C. Bailey, 573-864-9905
COLUMBIA, Mo. – The green stink bug may emerge as a primary rather than secondary pest in the coming growing season, said Wayne Bailey, University of...
Despite extension, farm policy could see changes and cuts
Media contact:
Jason Vance
Senior Information Specialist
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Phone: 573-882-9731
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Pat Westhoff, 573-882-4647
COLUMBIA, Mo.–Although Congress extended the farm bill until Sept. 30, 2013, the director of the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute at the...
Meat prices expected to rise due to high feed costs, lower...
Media contact:
Jason Vance
Senior Information Specialist
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Phone: 573-882-9731
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Ron Plain, 573-882-0134
COLUMBIA, Mo.– Cattle prices are expected to set new records in 2013 while hog prices are expected to have their second highest year ever. High feed costs have...
Legislation removes some uncertainty on estate taxes
Media contact:
Jason Vance
Senior Information Specialist
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Phone: 573-882-9731
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Ron Plain, 573-882-0134
COLUMBIA, Mo.– The recent “fiscal cliff” legislation provides small businesses and farms some much-needed relief from uncertainty about estate...
