Alumni remember University Forest
Media contact:
Curt Wohleber
Senior Information Specialist
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Phone: 573-882-5409
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story sources: Rose-Marie Muzika, 573-882-8835; David Larsen, 573-882-4775
COLUMBIA, Mo.—Since 1947, summer camp at the University Forest in Butler County has been a rite of passage for...
Fighting moles is an uphill battle
Media contact:
Roger Meissen
Senior Information Specialist
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Phone: 573-884-8696
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Brad S. Fresenburg, 573-884-8785
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Moles have been extra busy this autumn, and you can almost see the resentment rise in homeowners as they survey their spoiled...
Plant Dutch bulbs now for springtime surprise
Media contact:
Roger Meissen
Senior Information Specialist
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Phone: 573-884-8696
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: David H. Trinklein, 573-882-9631
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Now is the time to prepare for some of the earliest arrivals of spring: flowers borne by Dutch bulbs.
These flowers include the...
Chrysanthemums offer antidote to colorless fall flower beds and gardens
Media contact:
Roger Meissen
Senior Information Specialist
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Phone: 573-884-8696
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: David H. Trinklein, 573-882-9631
COLUMBIA, Mo.– Flower beds and porch fronts need not languish as summer flowers succumb to fall’s cold touch.
Chrysanthemums offer a burst of...
MU FRTI names Fire Service Instructor of the Year
Media contact:
Cooperative Media Group
University of Missouri
Phone: 573-882-7794
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: David Hedrick, 573-882-4735
COLUMBIA, Mo. – The University of Missouri Extension Fire and Rescue Training Institute (MU FRTI) presented the 2010-11 Fire Service Instructor of the Year awards at the Institute’s...
Firefighters learn the ropes through Swiftwater Rescue training
Media contact:
Roger Meissen
Senior Information Specialist
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Phone: 573-884-8696
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Kevin Zumwalt, 573-882-4735
EUREKA, Mo. – Ryan Rascher came through the rapids on Thunder River just in time for a fellow firefighter to jump toward him and bring him to shore.
That...
Reducing TV/Internet time is good for the whole family
Media contact:
Milly Carter
Administrative Associate, West Central Region
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 816-252-7717
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Saralee Jamieson, 417-646-2419
BLUE SPRINGS, Mo.–Are you hassling the kids every night to do their homework when they want to spend too much time watching TV, playing video games...
Overwintering tropical plants
Media contact:
Curt Wohleber
Senior Information Specialist
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Phone: 573-882-5409
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: David H. Trinklein, 573-882-9631
COLUMBIA, Mo.– Many tropical plants thrive in the heat and humidity of a typical Missouri summer and can make great outdoor patio plants. But as...
Poor pastures give cattle producers opportunity to review winter feeding options
Media contact:
Roger Meissen
Senior Information Specialist
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Phone: 573-884-8696
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Robert L. Kallenbach, 573-884-2213
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Feeding hay will come sooner than normal for some cattle farmers this fall.
The hot, dry conditions across much of cattle country...
Farm to School program thrives in its second year
Media contact:
Roger Meissen
Senior Information Specialist
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Phone: 573-884-8696
E-Mail: [email protected]
Story source: Lorin Fahrmeier, 816-655-6718
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Rick Boudreau’s deliveries may seem ordinary, but the boxes of local produce he carries into Columbia elementary schools help...
