MU Extension offers farm leasing program, Aug. 28
Media contact:
Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Mary Sobba, 573-581-3231
COLUMBIA, Mo. – University of Missouri Extension is offering a three-hour program on farm leasing, 6-9 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 28, at four locations across the state.
MU Extension...
Schools teach replacing toxic grass with novel-endophyte fescue variety
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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. – A group that helps grassland farmers replace toxic tall fescue with nontoxic-endophyte fescue is coming to Oklahoma.
The Alliance for Grassland Renewal, which worked in...
12-year-old 4-H member earns books for preschool students
Media contact:
Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Velynda Cameron, 417-326-4916
PLEASANT HOPE, Mo. – Twelve-year-old ReAnna Owens reads constantly. “I read everything—even cereal boxes,” she says.
Reading cereal boxes helped her share her passion for...
Prepping pastures for next year
Media contact:
Milly Carter
Administrative Associate, West Central Region
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 816-252-7717
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Pat Miller, 417-448-2560
BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. — A farmer’s most economical forage harvesters are livestock, says a University of Missouri Extension agronomist.
“They...
MU Extension offers expanded estate planning class
Media contact:
Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Darla Campbell, 660-457-3469
LANCASTER, Mo. – University of Missouri Extension offers a four-session succession, estate and retirement planning training designed for farmers, ranchers, small-business owners and their...
Get into a two-week planting schedule
Media contact:
Milly Carter
Administrative Associate, West Central Region
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 816-252-7717
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Marlin Bates, 816-270-2141
BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. — Too many gardeners go all in when it comes to planting a vegetable garden by planting the entire garden at once, says a University...
New series of MU guides explains managing white-tailed deer on private...
Media contact:
Curt Wohleber
Senior Information Specialist
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Phone: 573-882-5409
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Robert A. Pierce II, 573-882-4337
COLUMBIA, Mo. – As the 2011 deer season comes to a close, hunters and landowners can learn about managing white-tailed deer from a new series of...
Get tourists to slow down for a small town
Media contact:
Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story sources: Lee Ann Woolery, 573-884-9025; Connie Mefford, 660-438-5012; Georgia Stuart-Simmons, 660-747-3193; Larry Dickerson, 573-445-9792
MACON, Mo. – Find ways to make tourists slow down for a small town. State tourism leaders...
17th annual Great Plains Growers Conference set for Jan. 10-12
Media contact:
Linda Geist
Senior Information Specialist
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Tim Baker, 660-663-3232
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – One of the premier conferences for fruit and vegetable growers will be held Jan. 10-12 in St. Joseph, according to Tim Baker, horticulture...
Warm temperatures continue through April; May rainfall uncertain
Media contact:
Roger Meissen
Senior Information Specialist
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Phone: 573-884-8696
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Pat Guinan, 573-882-5908
COLUMBIA, Mo. – It’s too close to call yet, but April temperatures this year look to be cooler than March’s.
“It’s rare, but...
