State extension council elects new officers
Media contact:
Curt Wohleber
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-5409
E-Mail: [email protected]
ROLLA, Mo.– The University of Missouri Extension State Council elected new officers at its monthly meeting April 11 in Rolla.
H.C. Russell, who has served as council chair for the last four years, announced earlier this year his...
Heifer sales help owners build herds with Show-Me-Select bred replacements
Media contact:
Duane Dailey
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9181
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story sources: Eldon Cole, 417-466-3102; Roger Eakins, 573-243-3581
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Beef herd owners rebuilding cow numbers have two sales this spring to buy Show-Me-Select Replacement Heifers.
Sales will be May 3 at the Fruitland...
STEM Initiative invites applications for mini-grant funding
Media contact:
Sarah Chappelow
4-H Center for Youth Development
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9665
E-Mail: [email protected]
COLUMBIA, Mo.– The Missouri Girls Collaborative STEM Initiative, part of the National Girls Collaborative Project (NGCP), invites applications for its spring 2014 mini-grant funding opportunity.
Mini-gr...
Creditor or predator: How to tell the difference
Media contact:
Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Virgil Woolridge, 573-581-3231
MEXICO, Mo. – If you need a loan, payday loans and pawnshops should be your last choice, says a University of Missouri Extension family financial education specialist.
Payday loans are a...
Floating for food
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Kent Faddis
Producer
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Phone: 573-882-5361
E-Mail: [email protected]
COLUMBIA, Mo.– Whether they sank in epic fashion or crossed the finish line in record time, the result was the same – thousands of meals raised for The Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri. More than...
MU meat study looks at how value cuts affect ground chuck
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Jason Vance
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9731
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Carol Lorenzen, 573-882-2452
COLUMBIA, Mo.– Removing value-added cuts of beef from the chuck increases profits for producers while offering consumers lower-cost, high-quality steaks. The meat that is left over is usually...
Evidenced-based nursing bridges research and practice
Media contact:
Curt Wohleber
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-5409
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Shirley Farrah, 573-882-0215
COLUMBIA, Mo.– On a scale of one to 10, the patient rated her pain “beyond 10.”
Maggie Van Loo and Cassie Wilbanks, nurses at the University of Missouri’s Ellis Fischel...
Want to fix your credit? There’s only one way
Media contact:
Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Virgil Woolridge, 573-581-3231
MEXICO, Mo. – There’s only one way to fix your credit report. Pay your bills.
That’s the advice from Virgil Woolridge, family financial education specialist for University of...
No lamb for March
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 lamb forgot to show up in March, which followed the long-term trend of cool weather and was on the heels of our 10th-coldest winter on record.
“Going all the way back...
Cool weather slows weed burndown; spray when warm, says MU specialist
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. – Weed control at spring planting, an increasing challenge with herbicide-resistant weeds, presents extra concerns when temperatures stay low, day and night. Weather bears...
