Monroe County couple named to 4-H Hall of Fame
Media contact:
Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Kristen Heitkamp, 573-882-2680
PARIS, Mo. – Bob and Margaret Wilkerson don’t celebrate their wedding anniversaries like other couples might. Every July 17, you’ll find the Wilkersons at a county fair.
The...
Missouri Dairy Grazing Conference set for Oct. 23-25, Springfield
Media contact:
Duane Dailey
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9181
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story sources: Joe Horner, 573-882-9339; Stacey Hamilton, 417-466-2148
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Missouri dairy grazing systems are resilient, repeatable and robust, says Joe Horner, dairy economist at the University of Missouri.
Grazing-dairy...
Contaminated compost showing up in Missouri
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Debbie Johnson
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9183
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: David H. Trinklein, 573-882-9631
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Compost contaminated with herbicide is showing up in Missouri.
“The culprit can be one of any three herbicides which have been approved for use on pastures and...
4-H Fair Queen from 60 years ago to be inducted into...
Media contact:
Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Kristen Heitkamp, 573-882-2680
ARBELA, Mo. – It was 60 years ago that Kay Daggs Eggleston was the Scotland County 4-H Fair Queen.
She will be honored again on Aug. 17 when she is inducted into the Missouri 4-H Hall of...
4-H ‘a way of life’ for volunteer
Media contact:
Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Kristen Heitkamp, 573-882-2680
LAMONTE, Mo. – “You do what you can when you can,” says Dorothy Sparks, who attended the first Missouri 4-H Congress 68 years ago and continues to be an active volunteer.
Sparks...
MU field day set for Sept. 25 at Linneus, Mo.
Media contact:
Duane Dailey
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9181
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: David Davis, 660-895-5121
LINNEUS, Mo. – More pounds of beef per acre sums up some reports at the Forage Systems Research Center field day, Sept. 25.
Reducing waste when using grass and hay can boost livestock gains,...
Brown cool-season grass not necessarily a sign of disease
Media contact:
Debbie Johnson
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9183
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Brad S. Fresenburg, 573-884-8785
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Lawns around the Show-Me State are starting to turn brown. You might believe that disease is the culprit, but in most cases it’s cool-season grasses acting...
Planting technology outpacing agronomy
Media contact:
Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Brent Myers, 573-882-4257
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Advanced planting technologies can reduce labor, seed and other input costs, and increase profits, says a University of Missouri Extension cereal crops specialist.
These...
Producers gain premium prices when selling quality beef from planned-breeding programs
Media contact:
Duane Dailey
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9181
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story sources: David J. Patterson, 573-882-7519; Logan Wallace, 417-256-2391
WEST PLAINS, Mo. – Quality beef pays. Technology to produce quality is on the shelf, ready to use, said David Patterson, University of Missouri Extension...
Hundley-Whaley field day set for Aug. 28
Media contact:
Kyle Spradley
Senior Information Specialist
University of Missouri College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
Phone: 573-882-5919
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Bruce Burdick, 660-726-5610
ALBANY, Mo. – On Aug. 28, the public is invited to Hundley-Whaley Research Center’s field day. The annual free event...
