Learn harvest safety tips at free MU safety expo, Aug. 2
Media contact:
Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story sources: Bob Broz, 573-882-0085; Kent Shannon, 573-445-9792
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Harvest is a time when there is a lot to do and not a lot of time to do it, said Kent Shannon, University of Missouri Extension specialist. This sense...
Food safety tips for shoppers at farmers markets
Media contact:
Curt Wohleber
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-5409
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Londa Nwadike, 816-655-6258
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Farmers markets are a great place to buy healthy local produce and other foods, meet and support local farmers, and enjoy shopping in a fun environment. But shoppers...
Annie’s Project seminar in Columbia offers advice on farm succession, relationships
Media contact:
Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story sources: Mary Sobba, 573-581-3231; Karisha Devlin, 660-397-2179
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Women interested in learning how to pass the family farm down to the next generation can learn from a nationally recognized speaker at a one-day...
Building beef cow herd requires quality management and genetics
Media contact:
Duane Dailey
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9181
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: David J. Patterson, 573-882-7519
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Rebuilding a beef cow herd to capture record-setting high prices is more than saving heifers to breed.
Dave Patterson, University of Missouri Extension beef specialist,...
Cowboy comedian, Alabama singer headline Annie’s Project event
Media contact:
Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story sources: Mary Sobba, 573-581-3231; Karisha Devlin, 660-397-2179
CAMDENTON, Mo. – The 10th anniversary of a popular University of Missouri agriculture business class for women will be celebrated during a two-day conference at...
MU Extension hosts national youth wildlife education event, July 28
Media contact:
Curt Wohleber
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-5409
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Gerald E. Snapp, 573-882-5547
- WHAT: National 4-H Wildlife Habitat Education Program.
- WHEN: July 25-30; media invited to observe outdoor educational activities on Monday, July 28, 8:45 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
- WHERE: July 28 activities ...
Scout for striped blister beetles
Media contact:
Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story sources: Wayne C. Bailey, 573-864-9905; Craig A. Roberts, 573-882-0481; Robert L. Kallenbach, 573-884-2213; Tim J. Evans, 573-884-9270
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Striped blister beetles, which can be toxic to horses, are being seen in high...
Grasshopper numbers growing in Missouri
Media contact:
Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Wayne C. Bailey, 573-864-9905
COLUMBIA, Mo. –Farmers should scout and, if needed, spray for grasshoppers now, said University of Missouri Extension entomologist Wayne Bailey. Grasshoppers are reported in almost every...
Corn earworm appearing in state
Media contact:
Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story sources: Wayne C. Bailey, 573-864-9905; Jill Scheidt, 417-682-3579
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Many late-planted and double-crop soybean fields in Missouri are at risk of damage from corn earworm, also known as soybean podworm, said...
With beef prices high, it’s time to invest in better genetics,...
Media contact:
Duane Dailey
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9181
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Scott Brown, 573-882-3861
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – “With record high beef prices, about anything works,” said Scott Brown, University of Missouri economist. “It’s hard to make a bad decision.”
Spea...
