Agriculture Secretary Announces $3 Million for a New Program to Improve...

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WASHINGTON, Feb. 25, 2014 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) will provide close to $3 million in technical and financial assistance for interested farmers and ranchers to help improve the health of bees, which play an important role in crop production. The funding is a focused investment to i...

MU Extension program untangles state’s fence laws

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Media contact:
Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]

Story source: Joe Koenen, 660-947-2705

COLUMBIA, Mo.–University of Missouri Extension specialists will discuss the state’s complicated fence laws at locations across the state.

The first session will be held on Thursday, Feb. 27,...

VITA program offers free tax services

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Media contact:
Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]

Story source: Shatomi Luster, 816-482-5850

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Edwin Cooper of Raytown returned to work after retirement to support his three grandchildren. Every penny counts. That’s why he uses the free tax filing services...

Ghost stories rivet audiences, boost economies

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Media contact:
Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]

Story source: Lee Ann Woolery, 573-884-9025

COLUMBIA, Mo. – His ghost stories are eye-popping, heart-stopping, white-knuckle, edge-of-the-seat thrilling.

Larry Brown’s voice rises and plummets to tell the story of the Missouri...

Veterans invited to Armed to Farm event, Oct. 24

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Media contact:
Linda Geist
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]

Story source: Karen Funkenbusch, 573-882-2731

MEXICO, Mo. – Veterans interested in agriculture are invited to attend the Armed to Farm program, 9-11:30 a.m. Oct. 24 at the Small Farmers Trade Show and Conference at Midwest Exchange...

New varieties can add spark to flower beds

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Media contact:
Linda Geist
Senior Information Specialist
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Phone: 573-882-9185
E-Mail: [email protected]

Story source: David H. Trinklein, 573-882-9631

COLUMBIA, Mo. –Petunias and calibrachoas are colorful garden favorites, but they have a reputation for not tolerating heat very well. However, recent...

Drones draw interest to crop scouting and other new farm uses

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

Story source: William J. Wiebold, 573-673-4128 (cell); 573-882-0621

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Remote sensors can play a big part of farming in the future. Those sensors can be on a 10-foot pole or a satellite 250 miles out in space.

The sensors...

USDA Awards Grants to Address Water Quality, Availablity in Agriculture Communities

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WASHINGTON, April 7, 2015 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced 21 grants totaling more than $10 million have been awarded to universities to support critical water problems in rural and agricultural watersheds across the United States. The awards were made through NIFA’s Agr...

Rural community emerges from food desert with new grocery store

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Media contact:
Phil Leslie
Senior Information Specialist
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
E-Mail: [email protected]

Story source: Connie Mefford, 660-438-5012

PILOT GROVE, Mo.– When is a grocery store more than just a grocery store? When it’s the first grocery store in town in more than five years.

Residents of the...

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