Quality Beef program can return more dollars, producers learn at MU...
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Duane Dailey
Senior Writer
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Phone: 573-882-9181
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Mike Kasten, 573-979-0889
COOK STATION, Mo. – Quality beef brings rewards far above the market average, cow herd owners learned at the University of Missouri Wurdack Farm field day in Crawford...
MU ag economist says that fewer pigs next year should help...
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Jason Vance
Senior Information Specialist
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Phone: 573-882-9731
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Story source: Ron Plain, 573-882-0134
COLUMBIA, Mo.—The USDA released its Quarterly Hogs and Pigs Report, which showed that the swine herd is shrinking as hog producers cut back in the face of...
MU receives national Conservation Innovation Grant
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Jason Vance
Senior Information Specialist
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Phone: 573-882-9731
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: John A. Lory, 573-884-7815
COLUMBIA, Mo.— The University of Missouri has received a Conservation Innovation Grant from the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to fund a...
When are children ready to be home alone?
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Debbie Johnson
Senior Writer
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Phone: 573-882-9183
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Story source: Renette Wardlow, 417-581-3558
OZARK, Mo. – You arrive home, unlock the door and walk into an empty house. The house seems bigger and quieter. Every little noise is suspicious and a bit creepy....
No farm bill leaves uncertainty for farmers
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Jason Vance
Senior Information Specialist
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Phone: 573-882-9731
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Scott Brown, 573-882-3861
COLUMBIA, Mo.–Congress adjourned until after the November elections without action on a new farm bill. That presents farmers with a great deal of uncertainty...
Deliver plant nutrients throughout the season with organic matter
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Milly Carter
Administrative Associate, West Central Region
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 816-252-7717
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Marlin Bates, 816-270-2141
BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. — Increasingly, gardeners are interested in finding out how to grow vegetables without using synthetic fertilizers.
“While there...
State 4-H youth build robots for 4-H National Youth Science Day
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Linda Geist
Senior Information Specialist
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Bill Pabst, 573-884-7590
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Across Missouri, children as young as 5 will build small robots as part of 4-H National Youth Science Day (NYSD) on Wednesday, Oct. 10.
NY...
High prices offset some crop yield loss, say MU agricultural economists...
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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
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Despite drought, Missouri net farm income could reach almost $2.8 billion for 2012. That ranks above the average for 2004 to 2011, but below 2011, which hit...
Liberty 4-H Club showcases renovated Swain School
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Linda Geist
Senior Information Specialist
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Phone: 573-882-7794
E-Mail: [email protected]
CHILLICOTHE-The school bell rang loudly and clearly on a recent Sunday to mark the restoration of the landmark one-room Swain School house near Chillicothe.
Livingston County’s Liberty 4-H...
Winter squash can be a great addition to your fall menus
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Milly Carter
Administrative Associate, West Central Region
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 816-252-7717
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Tammy Roberts, 660-679-4167
BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. — Many grocery shoppers pass by winter squash because they don’t know how to prepare them, but winter squash are actually easy...
