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Budget issues continue to delay farm policy

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Media contact:
Jason Vance
Senior Information Specialist
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Phone: 573-882-9731
E-Mail: [email protected]

Story source: Pat Westhoff, 573-882-4647

COLUMBIA, Mo.–There is a lot of uncertainty about farm policy in Washington, and current budget debates will determine whether there will be a farm bill and...

Alliance sets new state fescue schools at Mount Vernon, Linneus in...

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

Story source: Craig A. Roberts, 573-882-0481; 573-228-2802 (cell)

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Out with toxic fescue and in with new novel-endophyte fescue. That is the theme for two one-day grazing schools, March 18 at Mount...

USDA Announces 45th General Sign-Up for the Conservation Reserve Program

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MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 16, 2013-Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced at the National Pheasant Fest and Quail Classic that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will conduct a four-week general sign-up for the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), beginning May 20 and ending on June 14....

Update: Leinbach Custom Processing in Versailles to Resume Operations

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Custom exempt processing has been reinstated at Leinbach Custom Processing in Morgan County....

Governor Fallin, Oklahoma State, OG&E celebrate Cowboy Wind Farm, wind energy...

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Governor Fallin, Oklahoma State, OG&E celebrate Cowboy Wind Farm, wind energy for Stillwater campus

Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin along with Oklahoma State University President Burns Hargis and OGE Energy Corp. Chairman, CEO and President Pete Delaney “flipped the switch” today to celebrate the use of wind energy as the main source of electricity for the OSU-Stillwater campus.

Cowboy Wind Farm, near Blackwell, Okla., generates the wind...

Cowboy Spirit Concert features Adley Stump

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The Oklahoma State University Student Foundation will present its annual Cowboy Spirit concert at 8 p.m.  tomorrow at the Tumbleweed. The event benefits the student endowed scholarship fund and all proceeds will be donated to fund student scholarships through the Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid. This year’s concert event will feature...

USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service and partners invest in conservation for...

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WASHINGTON, Feb. 15, 2013–Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the investment of $59 million this year from the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) for the health of the Mississippi River basin, making a total of approximately $289 million for the initiative that reduces nutrient and sediment run-off....

MU Extension appoints business development program director

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Media contact:
Michael D. Ouart
Vice Provost and Director
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-7477
E-Mail: [email protected]

COLUMBIA, Mo. – University of Missouri Extension and the MU College of Engineering have named a new business development program director effective April 8. As the Program Director and Assistant Dean for the...

Timing is key for nitrogen application on winter wheat

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Media contact:
Jason Vance
Senior Information Specialist
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Phone: 573-882-9731
E-Mail: [email protected]

Story source: Peter C. Scharf, 573-882-0777

COLUMBIA, Mo.– With winter wheat coming closer to green-up, producers need to consider fertilizer management options. A University of Missouri Extension...

Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Addresses Access to Credit for Veterans, Young and...

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SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Feb. 14, 2013—Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack talked with veterans, young, beginning and socially-disadvantaged producers today at a community center in San Antonio, Texas, about USDA’s work to expand credit for their farming operations. USDA is hearing from excited producers all across the country about USDA’s new microloan p...
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