Lower production leads to high hog prices
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.– Hog prices in 2014 have been higher than any previous time.
Ron Plain, an agricultural economist with University of Missouri Extension, says prices reached $127 per hundredweight in...
Emerald ash borer found in St. Charles County
Media contact:
Hank Stelzer
Phone: 573-882-4444
E-Mail: [email protected]
COLUMBIA, Mo.– The emerald ash borer (EAB) has been found in St. Charles County, marking the destructive insect’s first known infestation in the St. Louis area.
EAB was first found in Missouri in the summer of 2008 south of Greenville at a campground on Lake...
Crader Distributing Co. and Missouri 4-H Foundation announce partnership
Media contact:
Rachel Augustine
Coordinator of Constituent Communications
Missouri 4-H Foundation
Phone: 573-884-7641
E-Mail: [email protected]
COLUMBIA, Mo.– Crader Distributing Company-Blue-Mountain Equipment and the Missouri 4-H Foundation announced a new partnership that will provide community service grant funding to 4-H faculty,...
Wide temperature swings and too little rain for Missouri in May
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. – May temperatures were erratic, but overall it was a warmer than normal month.
“The average statewide temperature was about 66 degrees, which is a little over a degree and...
4-H Foundation Clover Classic benefits Missouri 4-H’ers
Media contact:
Rachel Augustine
Coordinator of Constituent Communications
Missouri 4-H Foundation
Phone: 573-884-7641
E-Mail: [email protected]
COLUMBIA, Mo.– Golfers competed for charity at the fifth annual Missouri 4-H Foundation Clover Classic Golf Tournament, held June 3 at A. L. Gustin Golf Course in Columbia. Co-presenting sponsors...
Mobile lab diagnoses turf problems on the go
Media contact:
Debbie Johnson
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9183
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Lee Miller, 573-882-5623
COLUMBIA, Mo. – The Mizzou Mobile Turfgrass Diagnostic Lab is a laboratory on wheels that can respond to turf problems on golf courses and sports fields quickly and effectively.
“The lab...
Black walnut curculio leads to nut loss
Media contact:
Jason Vance
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9731
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Michele R. Warmund, 573-882-9632
COLUMBIA, Mo.– The black walnut curculio is a small insect that can have a big impact on black walnut crops.
Trees infested with black walnut curculio can lose anywhere from a third to...
Ludwig to head state 4-H council
Media contact:
Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Joyce Taylor, 573-882-6393
COLUMBIA, Mo. – A Jefferson City youth was elected president of the Missouri 4-H State Council at the 69th annual State 4-H Congress on the campus of the University of Missouri at Columbia.
Trent...
Pruning winter-damaged evergreens
Media contact:
Jason Vance
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9731
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Hank Stelzer, 573-882-4444
COLUMBIA, Mo.– The long, harsh winter coupled with last fall’s drought caused a lot of damage to evergreen trees.
The dead branches of injured evergreens, which can harbor fungi and decay,...
4-H Day with the Cards draws families together at the ballpark
Media contact:
Phil Leslie
Senior Information Specialist
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
E-Mail: [email protected]
ST. LOUIS, Mo.– More than 2,400 Missouri and Illinois 4-H’ers and their families and friends invaded Busch Stadium in downtown St. Louis on a recent Saturday afternoon for the 2014 edition of “4-H Day...
