Crop insurance options in drought
Media contact:
Michelle Proctor
Senior Information Specialist
University of Missouri Extension Commercial Agriculture Program
Phone: 573-884-6596
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Raymond E. Massey, 573-884-7788
COLUMBIA, Mo. – The current drought has many crop producers looking for salvage alternatives and animal producers looking for...
Greenley Research Center field day set for Aug. 7
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Mike Burden
Senior Information Specialist
College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, University of Missouri
Phone: 573-882-5919
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Randall Smoot, 660-739-4410
NOVELTY, Mo. – With each season, new challenges emerge in Missouri’s fields and pastures. Researchers at the University...
A Delta Homecoming
Media contact:
Mike Burden
Senior Information Specialist
College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, University of Missouri
Phone: 573-882-5919
E-Mail: [email protected]
PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. – Trent Haggard is coming home to the Bootheel. On July 16, he’ll report to work as the new director of the T.E. “Jake” Fisher...
Avoid heat-related illness
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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. — Even if you think you’re getting used to the triple-digit temperatures, you need to watch out for signs of heat-related...
Landscape plants need immediate rescue
Media contact:
Debbie Johnson
Senior Writer
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Phone: 573-882-9183
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story sources: Christopher J. Starbuck, 573-882-9630; Robert A. Schultheis, 417-859-2044
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Landscape plants are dying from heat and lack of rain.
Related radio news story by Debbie Johnson. For
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Does that plant ‘fill in quickly’ or is it invasive?
Media contact:
Milly Carter
Administrative Associate, West Central Region
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 816-252-7717
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Pat Miller, 417-448-2560
BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. — When buying plants you sometimes need to read between the lines. When the label says the plant “fills in quickly,” that...
MU Fire and Rescue Training Institute teaches firefighters how to identify...
Media contact:
Debbie Johnson
Senior Writer
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Phone: 573-882-9183
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story sources: David Hedrick, 573-882-4735; Dean Martin, 573-882-3220
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Flames and black smoke pour out of a room while the heat is felt 50 feet away. Often this is a nightmare faced by...
Insect pests add to problems for crop producers
Media contact:
Debbie Johnson
Senior Writer
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Phone: 573-882-9183
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Wayne C. Bailey, 573-864-9905
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Crops, already stressed by drought and heat, are under attack by insects.
Producers need to scout for both the usual and unusual suspects.
“We do...
Steer from MU Thompson Farm judged best in contest among High...
Media contact:
Duane Dailey
Senior Writer
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Phone: 573-882-9181
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story sources: Jon Schreffler, 660-485-6576; David J. Patterson, 573-882-7519; Scott Brown, 573-882-3861
SPICKARD, Mo. – A Missouri steer won first place in a live show at Beef Empire Days, Garden City, Kan. Of...
Drought puts critical corn pollination process in jeopardy
Media contact:
Debbie Johnson
Senior Writer
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Phone: 573-882-9183
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: William J. Wiebold, 573-673-4128 (cell); 573-882-0621
COLUMBIA, Mo. – This year’s corn needs rain and needs it soon.
The next couple weeks are critical for corn pollination, because silk...
