Aid for ailing plants
Media contact:
Debbie Johnson
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9183
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Patricia Wallace, 573-882-3019
COLUMBIA, Mo. – If you have the sniffles or a bad infection, a visit to your doctor can usually put things right. Plants can get sick too and the University of Missouri Plant Diagnostic...
4-H robotics event set for Sept. 13 in Farmington
Media contact:
Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Lynna Lawson, 573-882-9359
FARMINGTON, Mo. – Missouri youth and adults can learn about drones, 3-D printers, fab labs, maker groups and hacker spaces during the Missouri Educational Robotics Conference, Sept. 13 in...
Sweater weather in July
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. – The jet stream brought Canadian air into the Midwest during July, along with record-setting temperatures.
“It’s going to come very close to, and maybe beating, July...
Rains restore crop yield potential just in time, says MU agronomist
Media contact:
Duane Dailey
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9181
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story sources: William J. Wiebold, 573-673-4128 (cell); 573-882-0621; Pat Guinan, 573-882-5908
COLUMBIA, Mo. – August rains, after a dry July, came just in time to fill corn ears and set soybean pods, says a University of Missouri...
AgDay reporter to speak at women in ag conference, Nov. 7-8
Media contact:
Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Marcia Shannon, 573-882-7859
COLUMBIA, Mo. – AgDay and U.S. Farm Report’s Tyne Morgan will be the keynote speaker at the second annual Pearls of Production: Women in Agriculture workshop, Nov. 7-8.
Morgan will speak...
MU Extension partners with St. Louis Storytelling Festival
Media contact:
Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Lee Ann Woolery, 573-884-9025
ST. LOUIS – The University of Missouri Extension Community Arts Program has formed a new partnership with the St. Louis Storytelling Festival. The 2015 festival will be held April 30-May 2.
Le...
Dry July could have capped crop yield estimates; be wary of...
Media contact:
Duane Dailey
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9181
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: William J. Wiebold, 573-673-4128 (cell); 573-882-0621
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Crop yields are easily overestimated when dry weather hits in July. The kernel count is there, but without rain the corn doesn’t fill.
Bill...
Proper management needed to gain nitrogen from cover crops
Media contact:
Jason Vance
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9731
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Kent Shannon, 573-445-9792
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Some cover crops are better than others when it comes to providing nitrogen benefits in a corn-soybean cover crop rotation.
“We’re trying to understand how the cover...
Don’t turn up your nose at turnips
Media contact:
Debbie Johnson
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9183
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: David H. Trinklein, 573-882-9631
COLUMBIA, Mo. – You may not be able to squeeze blood from a turnip, but you can easily grow this tasty and nutritious vegetable.
Turnip is an ancient vegetable that’s been...
MU Extension offers online course for board members of nonprofits
Media contact:
Curt Wohleber
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-5409
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story sources: Connie Mefford, 660-438-5012; Georgia Stuart-Simmons, 660-747-3193
WARSAW, Mo.– University of Missouri Extension is offering online training for board members of nonprofit organizations.
“Serving on a board is...
