Ozarks Farm & Neighbor Newspaper – written for, by & about farmers

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

Story source: Virgil Woolridge, 573-581-3231

MEXICO, Mo. – If you need a loan, payday loans and pawnshops should be your last choice, says a University of Missouri Extension family financial education specialist.

Payday loans are a...

Media contact:
Sarah Chappelow
4-H Center for Youth Development
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9665
E-Mail: [email protected]

COLUMBIA, Mo.– The Missouri Girls Collaborative STEM Initiative, part of the National Girls Collaborative Project (NGCP), invites applications for its spring 2014 mini-grant funding opportunity.

Mini-gr...

Media contact:
Jason Vance
Writer
University of Missouri Extension
Phone: 573-882-9731
E-Mail: [email protected]

Story source: Carol Lorenzen, 573-882-2452

COLUMBIA, Mo.– Removing value-added cuts of beef from the chuck increases profits for producers while offering consumers lower-cost, high-quality steaks. The meat that is left over is usually...

Media contact:
Kent Faddis
Producer
University of Missouri Cooperative Media Group
Phone: 573-882-5361
E-Mail: [email protected]

COLUMBIA, Mo.– Whether they sank in epic fashion or crossed the finish line in record time, the result was the same – thousands of meals raised for The Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri. More than...

WASHINGTON, April 17, 2014 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the availability of approximately $66 million in Specialty Crop Block Grants to state departments of agriculture for projects that help support specialty crop growers, including locally grown fruits and vegetables, through research, programs to increase demand, a...

ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) today announced that the company has donated $1 million toward building a new home for Oklahoma State University’s Spears School of Business. In appreciation for this gift, OSU is naming the building’s social and collaborative area the ConocoPhillips Student Lounge.

This contribution is in addition to ConocoPhillips’ o...