Alliance sets new state fescue schools at Mount Vernon, Linneus in...
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Duane Dailey
Senior Writer
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Phone: 573-882-9181
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Craig A. Roberts, 573-882-0481; 573-228-2802 (cell)
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Out with toxic fescue and in with new novel-endophyte fescue. That is the theme for two one-day grazing schools, March 18 at Mount...
Germination 101
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Debbie Johnson
Senior Writer
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Phone: 573-882-9183
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: David H. Trinklein, 573-882-9631
Cut open a seed and you’ll see a miracle. A tiny, embryonic plant waits inside, ready to break free of its seed coat, grow roots and push up through the soil.
Both...
New record set by Show-Me-Select heifers
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Duane Dailey
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University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9181
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: David J. Patterson, 573-882-7519
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Bred heifers sold for an average of $2,444, a new record for the Show-Me-Select sale at Joplin Regional Stockyards, May 16.
“Heifers sold for $300 more per head than...
MU works to extend shelf life of ground beef
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Linda Geist
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University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
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Story source: Bryon Wiegand, 573-882-3176
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Researchers at the University of Missouri are finding ways to extend the shelf life of ground beef.
They have found that store lighting plays a role in how long meat retains the...
Most of Missouri’s corn producers carry crop insurance
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Debbie Johnson
Senior Writer
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Phone: 573-882-9183
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Raymond E. Massey, 573-884-7788
COLUMBIA, Mo. – A look at a line graph of corn and forage quality will remind you of a ski slope. Producers are watching their crops dry up and yields drop.
There...
Rains delaying crop planting to continue into coming week
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Duane Dailey
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University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9181
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story sources: Pat Guinan, 573-882-5908; Wayne C. Bailey, 573-864-9905; Robert L. Kallenbach, 573-884-2213
COLUMBIA, Mo. – “Not much crop planting in the week ahead,” said Pat Guinan, University of Missouri Extension...
Grain bin safety week sessions set
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Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Karen Funkenbusch, 573-882-2731
COLUMBIA, Mo. – University of Missouri Extension has teamed up with Nationwide Agribusiness to provide training during National Grain Bin Safety Week, Feb. 23-March 1.
Like quicksand,...
Alfalfa weevil survived winter, larvae threaten first-cutting hay
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Duane Dailey
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9181
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Wayne C. Bailey, 573-864-9905
COLUMBIA, Mo. – “Alfalfa fields face a double hit by weevils this spring. There are more adult weevils than I’ve ever seen,” says Wayne Bailey.
In 29 years of scouting...
Teaching firefighters to handle aviation disasters
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Debbie Johnson
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9183
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Mark Lee, 573-864-3466
COLUMBIA, Mo.– Thick smoke billows out of a fuselage while flames lick and blacken the sides. A firefighter in full gear appears at the door carrying a body. But this is not a plane crash, and...
Easter eggs-periments to try with kids
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Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Katie Hogan, 660-727-3339
MONTICELLO, Mo. – Make coloring Easter eggs with the children and grandchildren fun and educational, says Katie Hogan, University of Missouri Extension 4-H youth program assistant.
Eggs-periment...
