Farmers, ranchers invited to apply for SARE grants
Media contact:
Jason Vance
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9731
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Debi Kelly, 573-882-1905
COLUMBIA, Mo.– Farmers and ranchers with innovative ideas on improving their operations through sustainable agriculture practices can apply for funding to try out those ideas.
The USDA’s...
Young entrepreneurs hatch nation’s largest free-range chicken operation
Media contact:
Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Steven A. Henness, 573-884-6618
CENTRALIA, Mo. – Here a chick. There a chick. Everywhere a chick chick.
Flocks of mid-Missourians are crowing about the brown eggs sold by two Centralia brothers who started their business...
Learn safety tips at free seminar
Media contact:
Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: John Worden, 573-882-6851
COLUMBIA, Mo.– “The world is not the same as it was 60 years ago,” says John Worden, director of the University of Missouri Extension Law Enforcement Training Institute. That’s...
Destructive pest could hit fruit growers hard
Media contact:
Jason Vance
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9731
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Bruce A. Barrett, 573-882-3446
COLUMBIA, Mo.–A variety of fruit fly, the spotted wing drosophila, has appeared in Missouri and made its presence felt by fruit growers.
“This is the first summer that we’ve...
Annuals fail to fill summer slump, MU forage specialist to tell...
Media contact:
Duane Dailey
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9181
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story sources: Robert L. Kallenbach, 573-884-2213; David Davis, 660-895-5121
LINNEUS, Mo. – Native warm-season grasses may gain a growing place in Missouri pastures. They can survive and thrive in summer.
When cool-season grasses stop...
Deadline extended for arts workshop
Media contact:
Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Lee Ann Woolery, 573-884-9025
COLUMBIA, Mo. – The early-registration deadline to attend an Oct. 18 workshop for artist entrepreneurs has been extended to Sept. 13.
Sponsored by University of Missouri Extension,...
Wild weather will mean lower corn and soybean yields
Media contact:
Jason Vance
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9731
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: William J. Wiebold, 573-673-4128 (cell); 573-882-0621
COLUMBIA, Mo.– Most of 2013 has been much wetter and cooler than 2012, but heading into fall Missouri is experiencing heat and dryness that, coupled with earlier...
Osher Institute offers classes for ‘seasoned adults’
Media contact:
Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Lucille Salerno, 573-884-5927
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Students find no tests, no homework and no pressure when the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute kicks off its fall semester on Sept. 9.
Classes on subjects as varied as...
Farmers will learn to reduce hay wastage at MU forage field...
Media contact:
Duane Dailey
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9181
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Justin Sexten, 573-882-8154
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Cows waste more hay than farmers guess. Justin Sexten, beef nutritionist, learned that by asking visitors at a University of Missouri field day.
Farmers on tour wagons guessed...
Flash drought hits northern Missouri
Media contact:
Duane Dailey
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9181
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Pat Guinan, 573-882-5908
COLUMBIA, Mo. – A flash drought—a drought on steroids—hit north central Missouri in the last 10 days of August, says Pat Guinan, University of Missouri Extension climatologist.
“...
