Corn crop looking best in years
Media contact:
Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story sources: Brent Myers, 573-882-4257; Wayne C. Bailey, 573-864-9905
COLUMBIA, Mo. – “I’ve never seen Missouri corn looking this good,” said University of Missouri Extension corn specialist Brent Myers.
In...
Corn and bean prices likely to drop
Media contact:
Jason Vance
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9731
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: David Reinbott, 573-545-3516
COLUMBIA, Mo.– The supply of corn is outracing the demand.
University of Missouri Extension agricultural economist David Reinbott told the 2014 Summer AgMarketing Outlook Conference that...
Beef price records continue; pork retail prices rising
Media contact:
Jason Vance
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9731
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Ron Plain, 573-882-0134
COLUMBIA, Mo.– The situation for cattle producers is outstanding. That was the message University of Missouri Extension agricultural economist Ron Plain delivered during the 2014 Summer...
Drones draw interest to crop scouting and other new farm uses
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. – Remote sensors can play a big part of farming in the future. Those sensors can be on a 10-foot pole or a satellite 250 miles out in space.
The sensors...
Deep tillage buries seeds of weeds that can’t be killed by...
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. – Deep-six weed seeds to control pigweeds and other herbicide-resistant pests in soybean fields.
“I’m not advocating a return of moldboard plowing,” said Kevin...
New weather station in Lawrence County
Media contact:
Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Pat Guinan, 573-882-5908
MOUNT VERNON, Mo. – Missouri’s newest automated real-time weather station recently went online at the Southwest Research Center, near Mount Vernon in Lawrence County. University of Missouri...
Longtime Monroe County volunteers to be inducted into Missouri 4-H Hall...
Media contact:
Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Rachel Augustine, 573-884-7641
PARIS, Mo. – “The more the merrier. The bigger the better.” That’s the attitude Julann and Mike McLaughlin used to grow Monroe County 4-H’s horsemanship project for...
World hunger group to attend Aug. 2 safety expo
Media contact:
Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Representatives of the Food Resource Bank will attend the first Combine Blessing and Safety Expo, Aug. 2 at the Central Missouri Events Center, formerly known as the Boone County Fairgrounds, in Columbia. The...
Genomics enhance beef cattle breeding
Media contact:
Duane Dailey
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9181
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Jared Decker, 573-882-2504
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Selecting breeding animals on how they look, by phenotype, worked for centuries. Progress in improving cattle was made just on appearance.
Now genotype pushes phenotype back to...
Entrepreneur helps organize 4-H Build-a-Business Camp
Media contact:
Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Steven A. Henness, 573-884-6618
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Hanna Taylor knows how important a “pitch competition” can be for a young entrepreneur. Taylor, who helped organize the University of Missouri Extension’s...
