Winter weather and plant injury
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Debbie Johnson
Senior Writer
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Phone: 573-882-9183
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Jennifer Schutter, 660-665-9866
KIRKSVILLE, Mo. – Road salt comes in handy...
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to lead U.S. Delegation at the G-8...
Free branding demo set for March 26 in Mount Vernon
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David Burton
Civic Communication Specialist
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 417-881-8909
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Eldon Cole, 417-466-3102
MOUNT VERNON, Mo. –A branding demonstration will begin at 1:30 p.m., March 26, at the Jackie Moore Ranch headquarters located two miles north of Highway 174 on Missouri...
CAFNR family provides life-long connections
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Linda Geist
Senior Information Specialist
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
PARIS, Mo. – When Britton Francis leaves home this fall for the University of Missouri’s College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources (CAFNR), his dad knows that he will be in good...
Oklahoma State University to quantify the benefits of going green
The benefits of Oklahoma State University changing from diesel to natural gas transit buses will soon be characterized and quantified in a study by Dr. Phil Lewis, assistant professor in OSU’s School of Civil and Environmental Engineering. OSU’s Parking and Transit Services Department has given Dr. Lewis the green light to study the benefits of bur...
Brock Prize Symposium Set for March 14 in Oklahoma City
he 2013 Brock Prize Symposium is set for Thursday, March 14, on the campus of Oklahoma State University-Oklahoma City and will feature Dave Levin, co-founder of KIPP, or the Knowledge is Power Program, a nationwide network of schools that serve low-income children.
Levin, along with KIPP co-founder Mike Feinberg, received the 2013 Brock...
OSU scientist contributes to algae breakthrough
Oklahoma State University scientist Gerald Schoenknecht has coordinated the genome analysis of a species of red alga that exists, and even thrives, in extreme conditions.
The project began in 2003 and Schoenknecht is one of 18 authors from the U.S. and Germany who developed a manuscript detailing the unique findings of the Galdieria sulphuraria geno...
MU FAPRI baseline report goes to U.S. Congress
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Duane Dailey
Senior Writer
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Phone: 573-882-9181
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Pat Westhoff, 573-882-4647
WASHINGTON – If average weather returns, look for a record 2013 corn crop—and for corn prices to drop $2 per bushel, says a University of Missouri economist.
Pat...
MU economic report: U.S. meat producers need big grain crop to...
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Duane Dailey
Senior Writer
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Phone: 573-882-9181
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Scott Brown, 573-882-3861
WASHINGTON – The pounds of meat produced in the United States will drop in 2013 for the second time in five years. That includes beef, pork, chicken and turkey, according...
Beef producers seminar set for March 14 in Novelty
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Linda Geist
Senior Information Specialist
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Zac Erwin, 573-767-5273
NOVELTY, Mo.— University of Missouri Extension agricultural economist Ron Plain will discuss current trends in beef production, trade, domestic supplies and...
