MU Extension helps West Plains army veteran expand enterprise
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Phil Leslie
Senior Information Specialist
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Willis Mushrush, 417-256-2391
WEST PLAINS, Mo. – According to recent U.S. Small Business Administration studies, many military veterans have the background and inclination to pursue entrepreneurism....
Beef feeding input costs and hay waste among symposium topics
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Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Zac Erwin, 573-767-5273
KIRKSVILLE, Mo. – This year’s Missouri Livestock Symposium will help beef producers plan for the future, says Garry Mathes, chairman of the symposium’s planning committee.
The free...
Top horseman to speak at Kirksville event
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Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Zac Erwin, 573-767-5273
KIRKSVILLE, Mo. – One of the nation’s most versatile horsemen headlines the equine section of the 2013 Missouri Livestock Symposium.
Van Hargis of Victoria, Texas, will give three workshops...
Timed grazing boosts beef per acre, rancher tells Missouri forage group
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Duane Dailey
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9181
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Craig A. Roberts, 573-882-0481
LAKE OZARK, Mo. – With more pasture acreage converted to crops, livestock producers heard ways to improve grazing gains at the Missouri Forage and Grassland Conference, Nov. 4-5 at Port...
Goat, sheep experts speak at livestock symposium, Dec. 6-7 in Kirksville
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Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Zac Erwin, 573-767-5273
KIRKSVILLE, Mo. – Experts on sheep and goats top the Saturday lineup at the Missouri Livestock Symposium, Dec. 6-7 at Kirksville Middle School. University of Missouri Extension coordinates the...
Strong beef price outlook for two years, MU economist tells grasslanders’...
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Duane Dailey
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9181
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Scott Brown, 573-882-3861
LAKE OZARK, Mo. – Rising beef prices would be even better in returning profits to feeding and producing cattle if based on rising demand and not shrinking supply, said a University of Missouri...
Camdenton hosts 4-H robotics competition
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Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Michele Kroll, 573-346-2644
CAMDENTON, Mo. – Rural central Missouri will host some of the state’s greatest young minds Nov. 16 at the Mid MO FIRST Robotics Lego League qualifier at Camdenton High School.
University...
Simple steps to cut energy costs in livestock facilities
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Jason Vance
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9731
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Don Day, 573-882-8303
COLUMBIA, Mo.– With a few simple steps, farmers with heated livestock buildings might be able to cut their energy expenditures substantially at little or no cost.
The biggest loss of energy is...
Good corn yields in 2013 despite roller-coaster weather
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Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Brent Myers, 573-882-4257
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Missouri corn yields are surprisingly good overall, despite late planting and a lack of rain during critical growing times.
“The corn really pulled through and did really...
Proper hand-washing helps prevent spread of germs
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Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Heather Utterback, 660-327-4158
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Wash cold and flu germs down the drain with proper hand-washing techniques. Keeping hands clean is one of the best ways to prevent the spread of infection and illness...
