Fisher Delta Center field day set for Aug. 29
Media contact:
Kyle Spradley
Senior Information Specialist
University of Missouri College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
Phone: 573-882-5919
E-Mail: [email protected]
PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. – On Aug. 29, the public is invited to Fisher Delta Research Center’s field day. The annual free event, now in its 52nd year, is a chance to...
Mizzou Botanic Garden to host fashion show, Jan. 4
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Jessica Salmond
Photographer/Writer
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Phone: 573-882-7794
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Karlan Seville, 573-882-3091
COLUMBIA, Mo.– Mizzou Botanic Garden will showcase new plants and original fashions at its first plant fashion show, Friday, Jan. 4, at 7 p.m. in Stotler...
Bitterly cold temperatures are a reality check for the Show-Me State
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Debbie Johnson
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9183
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Pat Guinan, 573-882-5908
COLUMBIA, Mo. – The polar vortex that brought bitter cold temperatures to Missouri in early January left some Missourians lamenting that it’s never been this cold.
Not so. We’ve...
Big gift ideas for seniors in small places
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Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Tammy Roberts, 660-679-4167
BUTLER, Mo. – One of the biggest challenges of the holiday season is finding gifts for friends and relatives who live in nursing homes or small apartments.
People with small places have big...
Vitamin C and colds
Media contact:
Debbie Johnson
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9183
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Tammy Roberts, 660-679-4167
BUTLER, Mo. – In 1970, the late Linus Pauling published “Vitamin C and the Common Cold,” promoting the idea that large doses of the vitamin could reduce the severity and...
Got calcium? Your tomatoes need it
Media contact:
Debbie Johnson
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9183
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: David H. Trinklein, 573-882-9631
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Your beautiful tomato plant is setting fruit and soon has nice green tomatoes. Then, to your horror, a dark, sunken spot shows up at the bottom of the fruit. You might...
Missouri regains No. 2 in cow numbers as national herd size...
Media contact:
Duane Dailey
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9181
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Scott Brown, 573-882-3861
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Missouri returned as No. 2 beef cow state in the nation, with a 63,000-cow increase in 2013. The USDA cow count shows Missouri rose from No. 3 back to the position it held from...
MU Crop Management Conference will highlight cover crops
Media contact:
Jason Vance
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9731
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Kevin Bradley, 573-882-4039
COLUMBIA, Mo.– Sessions on cover crops are on the program of this year’s University of Missouri Crop Management Conference, Dec. 17-18 at the Holiday Inn Executive Center in Columbia.
Kevi...
Dairy should remain profitable in 2015
Media contact:
Jason Vance
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9731
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Joe Horner, 573-882-9339
COLUMBIA, Mo.– Dairy producers are coming off a tremendously profitable 2014, and the outlook for 2015 is promising.
“Feed costs have dropped and should be lower next year,” says Joe...
AgrAbility program from MU helps farmers after injury
Media contact:
Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Karen Funkenbusch, 573-882-2731
BETHEL, Mo –Chris Allen wanted out of the bed. He argued with hospital staff that he needed to go home to harvest crops, feed cattle and cut firewood to heat his farmhouse.
The...
