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USDA Celebrates National Farmers Market Week, August 4-10 Confirms Growth and...

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WASHINGTON, Aug. 3, 2013 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today celebrated National Farmers Market Week with a kick-off event at the Columbia Heights Farmers Market in Washington, D.C....

MU Greenley Center field day, Tuesday, Aug. 6, to tell reproduction...

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

Story sources: Randall Smoot, 660-739-4410; David J. Patterson, 573-882-7519

NOVELTY, Mo. – With new breeding research, beef cow herd owners can produce more uniform calves that weigh more at weaning.

Jordan Thomas from the University...

United States Wins Trade Enforcement Case for American Farmers, Proves Export-Blocking...

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WASHINGTON, August 2, 2013 - United States Trade Representative Michael Froman, Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker, and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced today that the United States won a major case at the World Trade Organization (WTO) on behalf of American chicken producers, proving that China’s imposition of higher duties on c...

Statement from Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on the Firefighters in Oregon

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WASHINGTON, August 2, 2013- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack made the following statement today:...

10-year-old’s dog biscuits offered at Mo. State Fair 4-H event

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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

IONIA, Mo. – Dogs, big and small.  Benton County Searchers 4-H member Brooke Anderson hopes to sell her bacon- and peanut-butter-flavored dog biscuits to them at the seventh annual...

U.S. Trade Representative Froman, Secretary of Agriculture Vilsack Announce Continued EU...

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Washington, D.C., August 1, 2013 - United States Trade Representative Michael Froman and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced that the European Union (EU) will continue to provide U.S. beef producers with significant access, at zero duty, to the EU market for high-quality beef produced from non-hormone-treated cattle. The United States...

Monroe County couple named to 4-H Hall of Fame

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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

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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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Media contact:
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...

Agriculture Secretary Announces Funding to Support Small and Emerging Rural Businesses

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MEMPHIS, Tenn., July 31, 2013 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that projects in 30 states and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico will be funded to support small and emerging rural businesses. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) remains focused on carrying out its mission, despite a time of significant budget uncertainty. T...
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