Making your own baby food
Media contact:
Janet Hackert
Regional Nutrition and Health Education Specialist
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 660-425-6434
E-Mail: [email protected]
BETHANY, Mo.– Many people are taking a closer look at what they eat these days. Parents are also concerned about what their babies eat.
One way to know what is in a baby’s food is...
Sell by? Use by? What’s a shopper to do?
Media contact:
Londa Nwadike
Consumer Food Safety Specialist
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 913-307-7391
E-Mail: [email protected]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – People are getting savvy about checking food labels for fat, calories and fiber, but labels such as “sell by” and “use by” can leave us guessing about whether to...
Storage problems likely with bumper corn crop
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. – Farmers should look now for storage options for 2014’s bumper corn harvest.
University of Missouri Extension specialist Bill Wiebold said farmers...
Wear a helmet when horseback riding
Media contact:
Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Karen Funkenbusch, 573-882-2731
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Horse trainer Zane Volkmann calls his riding helmet an “anti-watermelon cracker.”
Volkmann, who suffered a brain injury two years ago while riding, spent part of...
Two MU meetings set to explain dairy margin protection program
Media contact:
Duane Dailey
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9181
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Joe Horner, 573-882-9339
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Dairy producers must make a decision on a new risk management program offered under the 2014 Farm Bill.
Registration for the USDA Margin Protection Program (MPP) will probably...
Missouri 4-H Hall of Fame inducts 54 members
Media contact:
Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Rachel Augustine, 573-884-7641
COLUMBIA, Mo. – “Making the best better” for generations of 4-H’ers, 54 people joined the Missouri 4-H Hall of Fame on Aug. 9 at the State Fair Community College campus...
Youth aim high at Mizzou Trap Academy
Media contact:
Curt Wohleber
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-5409
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: David Vaught, 573-882-9517
COLUMBIA, Mo.– This summer, 20 FFA and 4-H youth came to Columbia to hone their shooting skills at the first Mizzou Trap Academy. During the three-day camp, the participants, all juniors...
How much rent should I get for my farm?
Media contact:
Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Joe Koenen, 660-947-2705
LINNEUS, Mo. – University of Missouri Extension’s upcoming Farm Lease Program helps landowners and renters make decisions about renting farm ground.
Preregister by Sept. 6 for the Sept. 9...
FilmFest 4-H gives youths a chance to show the world through...
Media contact:
Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Bradd Anderson, 573-884-0576
ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Filmmakers from nine states gathered in St. Louis to learn advanced techniques from film industry professionals at the fourth annual FilmFest 4-H held last week. The event...
Teachers learn energy lessons to pass on to students
Media contact:
Jason Vance
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9731
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Don Day, 573-882-8303
Columbia, Mo. – Sara Johnson, a biology teacher at Montgomery County High School, has some new lessons about energy for her students this fall.
Johnson was one of two dozen teachers that...
