Toxic fescue hard to kill to reseed pasture; farmers will learn...
Media contact:
Duane Dailey
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9181
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Craig A. Roberts, 573-882-0481
COLUMBIA, Mo. – “Say ‘goodbye’ to profit-robbing toxic fescue” is the theme of four schools to start March 30 across Missouri.
The long name is “Novel...
Linville accepted into national Food Systems Leadership Institute
Media contact:
Curt Wohleber
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-5409
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Ina Metzger Linville, 573-882-7430
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Ina Linville, state program director for University of Missouri Extension’s 4-H Center for Youth Development, has been accepted into the Food Systems...
January temperatures went from bitter cold to mild
Media contact:
Debbie Johnson
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9183
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Pat Guinan, 573-882-5908
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Temperatures in January 2015 had a split personality.
“The first half of the month was unusually cold, with some areas 10 degrees below normal,” said Pat Guinan,...
4-H partnership and movie send anti-bullying message
Media contact:
Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Amanda Meek, 314-400-7386
ST. LOUIS, Mo. – A family movie opens soon in Missouri as part of 4-H’s partnership with Cyndi Willenbrock, author and producer of “Marshall the Miracle Dog” and founder of the...
A new kind of love: Living apart together
Media contact:
Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Jacquelyn Benson, 573-882-4035
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Retirees Joyce Huber and Bob Dolliver are among the growing number of adults who are in committed relationships but live apart.
They’re known as LATs, which stands for...
Storyteller brings black history to life
Media contact:
Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Lisa Overholser, 314-367-2585
ST. LOUIS, Mo.– Storyteller Bobby Norfolk celebrates Black History Month every month.
He and more than two dozen other raconteurs will be sharing tales at the 2015 St. Louis Storytelling...
Iowa farmer, author speaks at women in ag conference in Marshall,...
Media contact:
Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Trish Savage, 660-886-6908
MARSHALL, Mo. – Iowa farmer Jolene Brown will speak at the 12th annual Women in Agriculture conference, March 13 at the Martin Community Center in Marshall.
Brown is author of a how-to book on...
West Coast port dispute affecting meat industry
Media contact:
Jason Vance
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9731
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Ron Plain, 573-882-0134
COLUMBIA, Mo.– A long-running labor dispute has created a big backup of products moving through West Coast ports. Stacks of shipping containers sit at the ports and many ships are anchored...
MU FRTI holds 34th Winter Fire School, Feb. 6-8 in Columbia
Media contact:
Curt Wohleber
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-5409
E-Mail: [email protected]
When: Feb. 6-8.
Where: University of Missouri campus (classes), Holiday Inn Select (equipment exposition), Columbia, Mo.
Who: MU Fire and Rescue Training Institute instructors and more...
Search for Missouri Century Farms continues
Media contact:
Andy Emerson
Distribution Center Coordinator
Phone: 573-882-2792
E-Mail: [email protected]
COLUMBIA, Mo. – If your farm has been in your family since Dec. 31, 1915, you can apply to have it recognized as a Missouri Century Farm.
To qualify, farms must meet the following guidelines: The same family must have owned the farm for 100...
