MU FAPRI report: Normal corn yields in 2012 could lower returns...
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Duane Dailey
Senior Writer
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Phone: 573-882-9181
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Pat Westhoff, 573-882-4647
WASHINGTON – United States net farm income is projected at $95 billion for 2012, down from $98 billion in 2011, by a report to Congress today from the Food and...
Longtime Monroe County volunteers to be inducted into Missouri 4-H Hall...
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Linda Geist
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University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Rachel Augustine, 573-884-7641
PARIS, Mo. – “The more the merrier. The bigger the better.” That’s the attitude Julann and Mike McLaughlin used to grow Monroe County 4-H’s horsemanship project for...
Raising calving-ease heifers takes more than genetics
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Duane Dailey
Senior Writer
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Phone: 573-882-9181
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story sources: David J. Patterson, 573-882-7519; Gentrie Shafer, 660-265-4541
TRENTON, Mo. –Breeding beef heifers for quality takes more than better genetics. It requires attention to details.
Dave Patterson,...
Ag tech fair shows new monitoring tools at MU Bradford Research...
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Duane Dailey
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9181
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: William J. Wiebold, 573-673-4128 (cell); 573-882-0621
COLUMBIA, Mo. – New monitoring technology helps farmers track crops and pastures. Four new applications will be shown at a Farmer Technology Field Day, July 17 at...
Pumpkin seeds are too good to waste
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Debbie Johnson
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9183
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Tammy Roberts, 660-679-4167
BUTLER, Mo. – One of the best rewards during pumpkin season are the seeds. They taste great, can be flavored in multiple ways and are great for snacks and salad toppers.
When you first...
Crop Management Conference adds ‘big data’ to 33 other farming issues
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Duane Dailey
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9181
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Kevin Bradley, 573-882-4039
COLUMBIA, Mo. – The Crop Management Conference in Columbia, Dec. 17-18, starts the University of Missouri winter meetings.
Farmers and their crop advisers will find 33 sessions on research and...
Judge uses good eye and keen nose to sniff out Missouri’s...
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Robert E. Thomas
Information Specialist
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Phone: 573-882-2480
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Andrew D. Clarke, 573-882-2610
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Andrew Clarke has a good eye, and nose, for the perfect cured country ham.
At state and county fairs, the University of Missouri meat...
4-H youth teach kids how science can help feed the world
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Latisha Hickem
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Phone: 573-882-7794
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Donna Garcia, 314-615-7608
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Brenda Pineda and Tinaira Tieuel stand in front of a classroom, teaching 30 students how to build DNA structures using candy.
Brenda and Tinaira are teaching...
High-quality forages help cut feed costs, MU specialists say at dairy...
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Duane Dailey
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9181
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story sources: Joe Horner, 573-882-9339; Tony Rickard, 417-847-3161; Robert L. Kallenbach, 573-884-2213; Scott E. Poock, 573-882-6359; Stacey Hamilton, 417-466-2148
MOUNT VERNON, Mo.–High-quality forage with careful use of grain...
MU Extension to offer educational grain marketing game starting July 14
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Jason Vance
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9731
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Whitney Wiegel, 660-584-3658
HIGGINSVILLE, Mo. – Marketing commodities ahead of harvest carries some big financial risks, but not for participants in an online grain marketing game.
University of Missouri Extension is...
