Daily routines simplify getting kids to school
Media contact:
Milly Carter
Administrative Associate, Urban Region
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 816-252-7717
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Lisa Wallace, 660-885-5556
BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. – Does the beginning of a new school year bring chaos to your household? A family routine is essential to avoid hurried mornings and frantic...
Helping children choose healthy after-school snacks
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Debbie Johnson
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9183
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Ellen R. Schuster, 573-882-1933
COLUMBIA, Mo. – After a full day of classes and an after-school activity or two, children are running on empty by the time they get home. Refrigerator and cupboard raiding is likely to...
First Summers @ Mizzou art camp exposes young artist to new...
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. – Artist Seth Ritter brought his artwork to the University of Missouri Extension Summers @ Mizzou’s first “Through Artists’ Eyes” camp. He says he...
Public invited to Graves-Chapple field day, Aug. 27
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Kyle Spradley
Senior Information Specialist
University of Missouri College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
Phone: 573-882-5919
E-Mail: [email protected]
ROCK PORT, Mo. – On Aug. 27 the public is invited to Graves-Chapple Research Center’s field day. The annual free event is a chance to find about what is going...
12-year-old Cole County girl wins 4-H business competition
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
COLUMBIA, Mo. – A 12-year-old Jefferson City girl, Mira Ghandi, pitched the winning idea of a snow-cone stand at the Youth Biz Idea Pitch Competition on the final day of Summers @ Mizzou...
Beef cow herds shift as new technology brings more changes, MU...
Media contact:
Duane Dailey
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9181
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Scott Brown, 573-882-3861
COLUMBIA, Mo. – The Missouri cattle herd has changed, and bigger changes are ahead, says Scott Brown, University of Missouri livestock economist.
There’s a cow population shift from north...
Cattle heat-stress app at hand to help producers reduce weather-related livestock...
Media contact:
Phil Leslie
Senior Information Specialist
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Don Spiers, 573-882-6131
COLUMBIA, Mo. – A new iPhone app can help cattle producers reduce heat-related losses.
Livestock researchers at the University of Missouri’s College of Agriculture, Food...
Scout alfalfa fields for shy insects, says MU Extension entomologist
Media contact:
Duane Dailey
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9181
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Wayne C. Bailey, 573-864-9905
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Two insects are creating problems on alfalfa fields ready to cut for hay. Stealth scouting may be needed to see them, says a University of Missouri Extension entomologist
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Weather will determine direction of cattle industry
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.–The cattle industry in Missouri is a big deal with 59,000 farms in the state raising cattle. That’s why the University of Missouri’s 2013 Breimyer Seminar focused on the...
Look out for ergot in pastures
Media contact:
Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story sources: Craig A. Roberts, 573-882-0481; 573-228-2802 (cell); Tim J. Evans, 573-884-9270
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Missouri farmers are reporting cattle deaths due to widespread ergot infection of common pasture grasses. Producers should...
