Beef Heifers

Missouri beef farmers learn genetic science guides

Views: 0Science to develop Show-Me-Select replacement heifers keeps growing. Cattlemen learned the latest in an Aug. 16 “Beef ReproGene” meeting at the University of Missouri Extension Center in Howell County. MU reproduction and genetics specialists gave updates before and after dinner. Dave Patterson, who started the MU Show-Me-Select program 22 years ago, led with a […]

School Bus

Audio: Missouri school transportation budget running on fumes with $200 million funding gap

Views: 0(Missourinet) – The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education has a 200-million dollar transportation funding shortfall. The department is considering a proposed budget that would ask for more money over a nine-year period to fully fund the expenses, which is 75-percent of a district’s transportation costs. During a State Board of Education meeting […]

Newtown-Harris School Website

Newtown-Harris Board of Education approves lunch prices

Views: 0The Newtown-Harris R-3 Board of Education approved price increases for meals at a meeting Thursday evening. The cost of breakfast for kindergarten through sixth grade for the 2018-2019 school year will be $1.50, lunch for kindergarten through sixth grade will be $2.15, seventh through 12th grades, breakfast will cost $1.60 with lunch costing $2.30. […]

City of Chillicothe Website

Chillicothe Advisory Boards to meet next week

Views: 0The Chillicothe Parks and Recreation, Tree, and Railroad Advisory Boards will meet next week with each meeting held at the Chillicothe City Hall. The Parks and Recreation Advisory Board will discuss a Shaffer Park shade structure at its meeting Monday evening at 6 o’clock. The agenda also includes an update on the Chilli Bay […]

Sunnyview Nursing Home

Grundy County Nursing Home Board to meet

Views: 0Bids and project financing will be topics for a meeting next week of the Grundy County Nursing Home District board. The meeting is Tuesday, August 21 at 4 o’clock in the conference room of Sunnyview Nursing Home in Trenton. Topics include rooftop unit bids; flat roof bids and energy improvement projects and financing. Reports […]

Bulls in farm lot

Show-Me-Select rules require genetically tested bull EPDs

Views: 0 New sire selection rules for Show-Me-Select Replacement Heifers improve reliable calving-ease genetics. “Bulls used in the heifer program will carry DNA-tested EPDs (expected progeny differences),” said Jared Decker, University of Missouri Extension geneticist.  The rules going into effect Feb. 1, 2019, were set by the SMS governing board of farmers. “DNA tests add reliability […]

Mercer School District Website

North Mercer R-3 Board of Education sets tax levy

Views: 0The North Mercer R-3 Board of Education set its tax levy at a hearing Monday evening prior to its regular meeting. The levy was set at $4.4696 on the 2018-2019 school year which is a decrease of $0.0347 from the 2017-2018 school year. The district’s assessed valuation increased by $1,634,947 to $19,193,587 due primarily […]

Grundy R-5 School

Grundy R-5 Board of Education sets lunch prices

Views: 0The Grundy County R-5 Board of Education set the district’s operating levy at a tax rate hearing Monday evening. The levy remained at $5.9207 per $100 of assessed valuation. The assessed valuation for the district for the 2018-2019 school year is $12,295,181, which is an increase of $1,035,724. During the regular board meeting, the […]

City of Bethany Website

State auditor finds poor planning in Tax Increment Financing projects in Bethany

Views: 0Missouri State Auditor Nicole Galloway today released a citizen-requested audit of the City of Bethany, which found that poor planning in tax increment financing projects (TIF) spearheaded by the city resulted in delays and lack of oversight. “Economic incentives can be valuable for communities, but they must be presented transparently and used effectively as […]