An unusual pest—the Winter Grain Mite—has appeared in southwestern Missouri wheat fields. “I was scouting wheat fields and saw a small black insect with red legs and thought it was a nest of spiders at first,” said University of Missouri Extension agronomy specialist Jill Scheidt. “Then I began to see them everywhere by the thousands […]
With the warmer weather arriving, and young people looking to earn some money, lawn mowing is often one of the first jobs young people have. It is also one of the most dangerous spring activities, says University of Missouri Extension health and safety specialist Karen Funkenbusch. U.S. hospital emergency departments treat about 80,000 people each […]
Sullivan County Extension is hosting a Show Stock Clinic for 4-H and FFA livestock exhibitors, and their parents, next month, to learn from experts in the field and gain hands-on experience. The clinic is open to all livestock exhibitors. It will cover beef, market goats, market lambs and market hogs. Participants will learn about selection, […]
Strength training for older adults, and a brain fitness class are planned in Chillicothe through the University of Missouri Extension. The eight-week strength training class for older adults meets at the Grand River Multipurpose Center on Mondays and Wednesdays beginning April 16th. The hour-long classes start at 1:30 for new participants and 2:45 for those returning. […]
The bell for the April 17 tax return deadline tolls for thee. But don’t panic, says University of Missouri Extension personal financial planning specialist Andrew Zumwalt. Income tax extensions are easy to file and give filers some breathing room. You can get an automatic six-month extension of time to file from the Internal Revenue Service. To […]
Five seconds. That is all it takes for flowing grain to trap a farmer. In 60 seconds, grain engulfs and suffocates the farmer. That is why the University of Missouri Extension, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and the National Grain Feed Association formed an alliance to help to protect farmworkers. OSHA employees will travel […]
The Natural Resources Conservation Service and the University of Missouri Extension will hold the Northwest Missouri Grazing School in June. The event will be held at the MU Hundley-Whaley Research Center in Albany June 26th through 28th. NRSC Contract Specialist Sarah Wheeler says the school will cover inventory and farm resources, soils and topology, plant […]
Livestock owners increasing their herds must grow demand for meat. Current herd size expands meat supplies and domestic meat consumption to record levels. With more supply, expect lower prices, University of Missouri economist Scott Brown told the Womack Agricultural Outlook Conference in Columbia. But that didn’t happen as forecast in 2017. Growing beef demand worked […]
The University of Missouri Extension is accepting applications for the Northeast Missouri Livestock Person of the Year award. The individual who receives this award must have made a significant contribution to the livestock industry in northeast Missouri and/or beyond. Eligible applicants can be livestock producers, agribusiness or agency personnel, or agriculture researchers. Long-time supporters of […]
North Central Missouri College will be opening a site in Country Club, Missouri on the North Belt Highway beginning March 1, 2018. The NCMC-North Belt Center will be an extension of North Central Missouri College and will offer the same level of professional attention, quality instruction, and affordability as Main and Barton campus and other […]
University of Missouri Extension staff will be hosting events in Grundy and Livingston Counties for growers to obtain or be recertified for their Private Pesticide Applicators License. All growers are invited to attend these events. The Grundy County Applicator Training and Ag Update will be held Tuesday, February 27th at the Alexander Student Center (1204 […]
The University of Missouri Extension will hold a Low-Cost Home Energy Savings Tips and Tools Workshop in Princeton. The free workshop will be held at the Mercer County Extension Center Wednesday night, February 7th from 6:30 to 8:30 and will cover low-cost practices that can have a large impact on home energy bills and that […]
A free program about managing herbicide-resistant weeds and Dicamba will be held at the University of Missouri Forage Systems Research Center east of Linneus. Doctor Mandy Bish from the University of Missouri Weed Science Department will speak during the program the afternoon of February 15th at 1 o’clock. Bish has been studying the effect of […]
The University of Missouri Extension will offer a one-night program on Missouri fence laws at several locations throughout the state on two dates. Locations where the program will be shown January 23rd include the Carrollton Public Library basement. Locations for the program February 13th include the North Central Career Center in Bethany and the Extension […]
The University of Missouri Extension will offer a land lease program at various locations in state at the end of the month. The program will be presented via Zoom or Skype the night of January 31st from 6 to 9 o’clock. Two of the locations where it will be presented include the Extension Center in […]
The University of Missouri Extension will hold multiple Ag Updates in the area through the end of February. Ag Updates will be held at the Bethany Housing Authority January 24th, at the Carrollton Public Library January 31st, at the Braymer Sandwich Shop February 1st, at Hundley-Whaley Learning Discovery Center in Albany February 7th, at the […]
Online and in-person training on synthetic auxin herbicides, such as dicamba, is now available, says University of Missouri Extension weed scientist Kevin Bradley. Bradley and MU researcher Mandy Bish teach the online, self-paced class. For more information, go to extension2.missouri.edu/synthetic-auxin-herbicide-applicator-training-program. The Missouri Department of Agriculture requires certified applicators to complete online or in-person training before […]
Following an executive session for evaluation of the Superintendent, the Trenton R-9 Board of Education agreed to offer a one-year extension to the contract of Superintendent Dan Wiebers. The salary for the 2018-19 year is to be determined at a later date. The extension maintains a three-year superintendents’ contract for Wiebers. The board also approved […]
Cow-calf herd owners can send more pounds of beef to market by feeding calves after weaning. It’s called backgrounding to prepare calves for the feedlot. Speaking at the Missouri Livestock Symposium in Kirksville, December 2, Eric Bailey asked producers to think bigger. Adding more pounds to calves makes sense in Missouri with plentiful feed and […]
The Department of Homeland Security has granted Missouri an extension to implement REAL ID compliant drivers licenses. Third District State Representative Nate Walker reports the extension means Missourians will be able to use their current forms of identification to fly domestically and enter federal facilities until October 10th, 2018. He says the Missouri General Assembly […]
