MU Extension specialist teaches farm financial skills at workshop
Media contact:
Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Lynn Hambleton-Heins, 573-438-2671 or 573-883-3548
COLUMBIA, Mo.– A two-day conference for women in agriculture will teach farm management and production concepts.
The University of Missouri conference, Pearls of...
Hands-on workshop set for women in agriculture
Media contact:
Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Marcia Shannon, 573-882-7859
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Women in agriculture can choose from many hands-on learning activities during the annual Pearls of Production conference Nov. 8-9 at the University of Missouri Bradford...
Forage quality among topics at women’s ag conference, Nov. 8-9 in...
Media contact:
Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Amie Schleicher, 660-744-6231
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Women will learn how to test hay for moisture and analyze its nutrient content at the “Pearls of Production: Women in Agriculture” conference, Nov. 8-9 in...
Farmers learn to make low-cost milk at Missouri dairy grazing conference
Media contact:
Duane Dailey
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9181
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story sources: Tony Rickard, 417-847-3161; Joe Horner, 573-882-9339; Ryan Milhollin, 573-882-0668
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Keep it simple. Stay flexible. Cut costs. Milk producers heard those messages at the Dairy Grazing Conference at...
MU FRTI recognizes top fire and rescue instructors for 2012-13
Media contact:
Phil Leslie
Senior Information Specialist
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: David Hedrick, 573-882-4735
COLUMBIA, Mo. – A 20-year veteran of the Columbia Fire Department (CFD) was recognized Oct. 24 as the top fire service instructor for 2012-13 by University of Missouri...
Goats: ‘Don’t fence me in’
Media contact:
Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Charlotte Clifford-Rathert, 573-681-5169
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Goats are curious animals and their gregarious social skills and healthy appetites know no boundaries, or fences.
However, new types of fences make it easier...
Mizzou meat team makes the cut at 2013 Eastern National
Media contact:
Jason Vance
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9731
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Katy Shircliff, 330-697-4607
COLUMBIA, Mo.–The University of Missouri meat judging team placed second at the 2013 Eastern National Intercollegiate Meat Judging Contest.
Sixteen teams and a total of 110 individuals...
September broke temperature records in Missouri
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. – September in Missouri was uncharacteristically warm for the beginning of the fall season.
“The heat wave that started in August spilled over into September,” said...
MU Swine Institute looks at PEDV containment, Nov. 13 in Columbia
Media contact:
Michelle Proctor
Senior Information Specialist
University of Missouri Extension Commercial Agriculture Program
Phone: 573-884-6596
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Timothy J. Safranski, 573-884-7994
COLUMBIA, Mo.–The University of Missouri Extension Commercial Agriculture Program will hold its annual Swine Institute in...
Extension program plants seeds of hope
Media contact:
Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Susan Mills-Gray, 816-380-8460
HARRISONVILLE, Mo. – Two years ago, Marcy Weber had lost custody of her children and was homeless, unemployed and in trouble with the law because of a drinking and drug problem that...
