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USDA Announces $150 Million Investment Fund to Grow Small Businesses, Create...

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Cedar Rapids, Iowa, April 21, 2014 – As part of the Obama Administration’s new “Made in Rural America” export and investment initiative, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the creation of a new investment fund that will help propel the growth of small businesses across rural America. The new Rural Business Investment Company (RBIC)...

Heifer sales help owners build herds with Show-Me-Select bred replacements

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Media contact:
Duane Dailey
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9181
E-Mail: [email protected]

Story sources: Eldon Cole, 417-466-3102; Roger Eakins, 573-243-3581

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Beef herd owners rebuilding cow numbers have two sales this spring to buy Show-Me-Select Replacement Heifers.

Sales will be May 3 at the Fruitland...

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Announces Additional USDA Actions to Combat Spread...

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St. Paul, Minn., April 18, 2014 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that in an effort to further enhance the biosecurity and health of the US swine herd while maintaining movement of pigs in the US, the USDA will require reporting of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus (PEDv) and Swine Delta Coronavirus in order to slow the spread of...

USDA Awards Grants for New School Food Service Equipment to Help...

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WASHINGTON, April 18, 2014 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is awarding $25 million in grants to help schools purchase needed kitchen equipment as they continue to provide school lunches and breakfasts that give children the nutrition they need to learn and grow. Over 90 percent of s...

OSU Student Employee of the Year named

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OSU Student Employee of the Year named Watch Video on OStateTv

Alex Bryant, a sophomore from King George, Va., is this year’s OSU Student Employee of the Year.  Bryant, who works in the OSU Office of Undergraduate Admissions, will graduate in 2016 and plans to pursue a career in agricultural sales.He was nominated by Jamie Loomis, the department’s events and campus visit coo...

2014 Phoenix Award winners announced

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2014 Phoenix Award winners announced The Oklahoma State University Graduate College and Graduate and Professional Student Government Association honored outstanding students and faculty with Phoenix Awards at a ceremony on Wednesday, April 9.
The Phoenix Awards annually honor an outstanding master's student, doctoral student and faculty member, based on achievement in scholarship,...

The Big Event reaches over 150 Stillwater households

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The Big Event has come and gone, but for Stillwater residents and Oklahoma State University students, it leaves a lasting impression.

OSU's Big Event, held on Saturday, April 12, was the largest Big Event that OSU has seen in its 19 year history, with over 1,500 volunteers and 175 households and businesses served. 

“I was thrilled when ten OSU s...

Floating for food

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Media contact:
Kent Faddis
Producer
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Phone: 573-882-5361
E-Mail: [email protected]

COLUMBIA, Mo.– Whether they sank in epic fashion or crossed the finish line in record time, the result was the same – thousands of meals raised for The Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri. More than...

MU meat study looks at how value cuts affect ground chuck

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Media contact:
Jason Vance
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9731
E-Mail: [email protected]

Story source: Carol Lorenzen, 573-882-2452

COLUMBIA, Mo.– Removing value-added cuts of beef from the chuck increases profits for producers while offering consumers lower-cost, high-quality steaks. The meat that is left over is usually...

STEM Initiative invites applications for mini-grant funding

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Media contact:
Sarah Chappelow
4-H Center for Youth Development
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9665
E-Mail: [email protected]

COLUMBIA, Mo.– The Missouri Girls Collaborative STEM Initiative, part of the National Girls Collaborative Project (NGCP), invites applications for its spring 2014 mini-grant funding opportunity.

Mini-gr...

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