Free online tool helps growers with nitrogen application decisions
Media contact:
Raymond E. Massey
Extension Professor
University of Missouri
Phone: 573-884-7788
E-Mail: [email protected]
COLUMBIA, Mo.– The Useful to Usable (U2U) climate initiative recently launched a new online decision-making tool, Corn Split N, that helps farmers and crop advisers manage the application of in-field nitrogen for maximum...
MU students roll up their sleeves to help those in need
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Debbie Johnson
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9183
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story sources: Joy Millard, 573-882-9556; Stephen Smith, 816-776-9278; Emily M Hampton, 636-332-0159
FULTON, Mo. – The stereotype of college students using their free time for drinking and getting into mischief may soon be...
Healthy holidays begin with clean kitchens
Media contact:
Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Janet Hackert, 660-425-6434
BETHANY, Mo. –Keep the kitchen clean to make it a healthier place to gather during the holidays, says University of Missouri Extension nutrition and health specialist Janet Hackert.
Microorganis...
Show-Me-Select heifer sale tops $1.5 million
Media contact:
Duane Dailey
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9181
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Eldon Cole, 417-466-3102
CARTHAGE, Mo. – Before his Show-Me-Select replacement heifer sale, Eldon Cole hoped to top $1.5 million for 521 heifers from area cattle producers enrolled in the University of Missouri beef...
Don’t gobble ’til you wobble
Media contact:
Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Donna Mehrle, 573-884-0929
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Smart eating habits at Thanksgiving mean you won’t wobble after you gobble this holiday season.
How you spend Thanksgiving weekend sets the tone for the six weeks between...
Missouri 4-H Foundation announces $250,000 matching gift challenge to support 4-H...
Media contact:
Cheryl L Reams
Executive Director
Missouri 4-H Foundation
Phone: 573-882-2680
E-Mail: [email protected]
COLUMBIA, Mo.– The Missouri 4-H Foundation board of trustees has announced a $250,000 matching gift challenge to support 4-H Youth Futures: College Within Reach, a successful long-term mentoring program that prepares...
Take extra precautions when cooking for large groups
Media contact:
Communications and Marketing
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-5409
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Londa Nwadike, 913-307-7391
KANSAS CITY, Mo.– Food is a great way to bring people together. But if you’re mainly used to cooking everyday family meals or for the occasional dinner party,...
Missouri Livestock Symposium, Dec. 5-6, offers something for everyone
Media contact:
Jason Vance
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9731
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Zac Erwin, 573-767-5273
KIRKSVILLE, Mo.– At the 2014 Missouri Livestock Symposium, Dec. 5-6 at William Matthew Middle School in Kirksville, experts from across the nation will speak on topics ranging from beef cattle to...
Crop Management Conference adds ‘big data’ to 33 other farming issues
Media contact:
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...
Missouri corn crop averages more than 200 bushels per acre
Media contact:
Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: William J. Wiebold, 573-673-4128 (cell); 573-882-0621
COLUMBIA, Mo. – With more than 90 percent of the state’s corn crop harvested, the University of Missouri Variety Testing Program reports yields far exceeding...
