Getting stuck can bog down safety
Media contact:
Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Karen Funkenbusch, 573-882-2731
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Look in the back of any farm pickup and you’re likely to see a set of rusty log chains that will come in handy when a friend or neighbor gets stuck in a ditch or a...
Consumer scammers exploit Affordable Care Act sign-up
Media contact:
Debbie Johnson
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9183
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Brenda J. Procter, 573-882-3820
COLUMBIA, Mo. – There’s an arms race between consumers and the people who try to rip them off. The new battlefield is the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
Banking on fear, uncertainty...
SMV emblem celebrates 50 years of safety
Media contact:
Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Karen Funkenbusch, 573-882-2731
COLUMBIA, Mo. – A simple, inexpensive emblem likely responsible for saving countless of lives nationally is now 50 years old.
University of Missouri Extension rural safety and health...
Grain bin safety costs a little, saves a lot
Media contact:
Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Karen Funkenbusch, 573-882-2731
COLUMBIA, Mo. – It costs less than $500 to make it safer to enter farm grain bins, says a University of Missouri Extension rural safety and health specialist.
“You can’t afford...
Lincoln University hosts free ‘In Touch with Nature’ field day, Sept....
Media contact:
Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Nadia Navarrete-Tindall, 573-681-5392
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The public is invited to a free nature event at Lincoln University Cooperative Extension’s Alan T. Busby Farm from noon to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 28.
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Survey suggests slowdown in land price increases
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.–Results of the University of Missouri Extension annual land values opinion survey show that land prices in the state have continued to climb. However, the survey suggests a slowdown...
New MU Extension guide available on ticks
Media contact:
Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Richard M. Houseman, 573-882-7181
COLUMBIA, Mo. – There’s a new University of Missouri Extension guide to discuss one of summer’s old pests.
“Guide to Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases” is part of a...
StoryCorps Military Voices Initiative comes to Mizzou
Media contact:
Debbie Johnson
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9183
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Lee Ann Woolery, 573-884-9025
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Soldiers have war stories. Military families have stories too, and that’s often overlooked. University of Missouri Extension is teaming up with the StoryCorps...
Drought records set in August
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. – A late-August heat wave and little to no rain have left parts of northern Missouri in the grips of a flash drought.
“The driest conditions are across some of the north...
Dry weather should not stop seeding of pasture grasses, MU specialist...
Media contact:
Duane Dailey
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9181
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Robert L. Kallenbach, 573-884-2213
COLUMBIA, Mo. – The callers ask a variation on “It’s so dry, should I plant pasture grass seed this fall?
Rob Kallenbach’s phone keeps ringing.
The extension forage...
