Poor pastures give cattle producers opportunity to review winter feeding options
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Roger Meissen
Senior Information Specialist
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Phone: 573-884-8696
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Robert L. Kallenbach, 573-884-2213
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Feeding hay will come sooner than normal for some cattle farmers this fall.
The hot, dry conditions across much of cattle country...
Farm to School program thrives in its second year
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Roger Meissen
Senior Information Specialist
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Phone: 573-884-8696
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Lorin Fahrmeier, 816-655-6718
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Rick Boudreau’s deliveries may seem ordinary, but the boxes of local produce he carries into Columbia elementary schools help...
Fall leaves and faded garden plants make great compost
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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.–Curbside leaf and brush removal dates will be here before we know it. If you dread filling sacks with fallen leaves, a University of...
Battelle Institute report: Ag, bioscience make north-central U.S. an economic ‘powerhouse’
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Curt Wohleber
Senior Information Specialist
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Phone: 573-882-5409
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story sources: Michael D. Ouart, 573-882-7477; Tom Payne, 573-882-3846; Marc Linit, 573-882-7488
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Food, health, energy and the environment are among the most vital concerns when...
MU Master Gardener program forms state association
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Roger Meissen
Senior Information Specialist
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Phone: 573-884-8696
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: David H. Trinklein, 573-882-9631
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Every garden needs tender, loving care, and the same goes for the program that helps Missourians learn vital skills to tend those...
MAESTRO program turns keen eye to energy usage on farms to...
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Roger Meissen
Senior Information Specialist
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Phone: 573-884-8696
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story sources: Leon Schumacher, 573-882-2731; Sam Orr, 573-882-3915
MEXICO, Mo. – Kenny Roth used to leave the lights on in his shop all the time. The aging metal-halide lights took 20 minutes...
Adult children and aging parents
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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: Diana Milne, 816-407-3490
BLUE SPRINGS, Mo.–Members of the baby boomer generation are starting to retire, but that doesn’t mean they are entering a carefree phase of life....
Using trellises for home vineyards
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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.–Good fences make for good neighbors, especially if the fence provides fresh, homegrown fruit every year.
“If there is one crop...
Ice cream: the next generation
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Kent Faddis
Producer
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Phone: 573-882-5361
E-Mail: [email protected]
In this video news story, learn about food science graduate student Elizabeth Fenner’s creation: ice cream that changes flavor while in your mouth.
Video available for this release:
Link: http://w...
New computer models to help concentrated animal producers tone down the...
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Roger Meissen
Senior Information Specialist
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Phone: 573-884-8696
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Teng Teeh Lim, 573-882-9519
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Some call it the smell of money, but Teng Teeh Lim thinks that smell does not have to be so bad.
The University of Missouri Extension...
