Animal health tech company Scollar, Inc., has announced plans to relocate its headquarters from Silicon Valley to Kansas City, Missouri, to launch its suite of products and expand the company in the Animal Health Corridor. Scollar will scale its administrative, customer success, sales, and marketing teams in Kansas City. Designed for everything from cats to […]
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University of Missouri to stop housing development
The opposition is growing to a proposed housing development on land owned by the University of Missouri that could disrupt popular outdoor destinations in the state. The proposed subdivision on the Missouri Bluffs would include approximately 275 units and be built next to the Weldon Spring and Busch Conservation areas and Katy Trail State Park. […]
“Traditional Art of the Philippines” on display at Dorris Rider Art Gallery
A collection of works by artists from the Philippines will continue the 2018-2019 exhibition schedule in the Dorris Rider Art Gallery at North Central Missouri College in Trenton. “Traditional Art of the Philippines” is now open and will run through Friday, May 3. The collection includes oil paintings from the collection of the late Alberto […]
91st Missouri FFA Convention to be held in Columbia April 25th and 26th
FFA members from across the state will meet in Columbia, April 25-26, at the 91st Missouri FFA Convention to honor fellow members for outstanding achievements, conduct association business, elect new officers and participate in leadership workshops. For the first time, convention sessions will be viewable at https://Livestream.com/MoDESE/MoFFA. “Cultivate Tomorrow, Today” is the theme for this […]
Spickard R-2 School District to hold Preschool and Kindergarten Round-up
The Spickard R-2 School District will hold its preschool and kindergarten round-up next week. Three, four, and five-year-olds residing in the Spickard School District are eligible to be screened at the school on April 12th from 8 to 1 o’clock. Children who will be four years old by August 1st are eligible for the preschool […]
Missouri opioid use disorder costs to exceed $14 billion
New research from the Missouri Hospital Association identifies the nationwide economic cost of the opioid crisis at $685 billion in 2017, or 3.5 percent of GDP, with overdose deaths accounting for 93 percent of the cost. Missouri’s toll is 20th highest among the states, with a total burden of just more than $14 billion. Throughout […]
NCMC Students Participate in National Professional Agriculture Student Conference
Three agriculture students from North Central Missouri College participated in the National Professional Agriculture Student Organization Conference March 12-16 held in Loveland, Colorado. Over 500 agriculture students competed in Career Program Areas, participated in leadership workshops, and visited Loveland area attractions. NCMC students who attended the conference were Breanna Chambers, Spickard, Alyssa Kosse, Trenton, and […]
Central Service and Supply to build manufacturing facility in Macon
Central Service and Supply, Inc., an advanced manufacturer headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa, has announced the selection of Macon, Missouri, as the location of their new advanced manufacturing facility citing access to talent and logistical advantages as main reasons for their choice. “We are extremely excited to expand into Missouri,” Adam Nolan, Vice President of […]
Use sound grazing practices to reduce overgrazing and weeds
Weed problems may explode this year thanks to the drought of 2018 and residual problems associated with overgrazing in parched pastures, says University of Missouri Extension agronomist Valerie Tate. Last year’s extreme weather conditions created a forage shortage. As a result, many pastures were overgrazed. When pastures are overgrazed, there is little green leaf material […]
Missouri unemployment rate edges up slightly in January
Missouri’s unemployment rate edged up a tenth of a point to 3.2 percent in January, increasing slightly from 3.1 percent in the final two months of 2018, though the current rate is still three-tenths of a point lower than the year-earlier value. Missouri’s rate has now been at or below the corresponding U.S. rate, which […]
High nitrate in hay can, and is, killing beef cows in complex ways
Two years of abnormal weather changed plant growth, which changes livestock digestion and in the end, cows die. The words “it’s very complex” kept popping up in a University of Missouri emergency teleconference of state and regional MU Extension specialists. This winter farmers find groups of cows dead, often falling on newly unrolled baled hay. […]
Mosaic Life Care announces new President for Mosaic Medical Center in Maryville
Mosaic Life Care has named Nate Blackford as its new president for Mosaic Medical Center-Maryville effective April 1, 2019, when Mosaic assumes operations of the hospital in Maryville, Missouri. Nate was most recently the vice president and chief operating officer of MPact Health in Parkville, Mo., where he played a key leadership role in the […]
Laredo R-7 School District to conduct Preschool and Kindergarten Roundup
The Laredo R-7 School District will screen three, four, and five-year-olds during its Preschool/Kindergarten Roundup in April. The screenings will be done on the morning of April 5th from 8:30 to 11 o’clock. Children who will be four by August 1st are eligible for the 2019-2020 preschool program. Students now attending preschool will need to […]
Cattle farmers must guard against high nitrate in hay which causes cow deaths
On top of dealing with harsh winter weather in feeding cows, cattle farmers must guard against too much nitrate in poor-quality hay. “Just from cases we’ve confirmed, I know of 150 cows dying in the last month,” says Tim Evans, head toxicologist at the University of Missouri Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory. High nitrate, mostly concentrated in […]
Master Gardener classes to be offered in area locations
The University of Missouri Extension will begin a series of Master Gardener classes in three Northwest Missouri locations in late March and early April. Extension Horticulture Specialist Tim Baker of Gallatin encourages individuals interested in gardening and who have a desire to serve their community through gardening to attend the sessions Tuesday and Thursday evenings […]
Spickard School District receives perfect score on Annual Performance Reports
The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education has released its Annual Performance Reports for school districts. The Spickard R-2 School District received a score of 100% for 2018. Spickard R-2 reports the district has shown continued growth under the Missouri School Improvement Plan with the support of faculty and staff and by focusing on […]
Fescue forages lose toxins while stored for winter feed
Winter feeding of forage to beef herds doesn’t rank high as a favored job for herd owners. But there’s a bright side to feeding fescue, whether in hay or grass. Fescue toxins are down. “This is the best fescue will be, now until pastures green up again,” says Craig Roberts, University of Missouri Extension forage […]
Chillicothe FFA Chapter sends 75 to Greenhand Motivational Conference
Over 4500 first year FFA members from more than 320 Missouri High Schools had the opportunity to learn about being positive role models, learning to get involved, making sound choices, becoming active team members and making a positive difference in their lives, school, and the community at the annual Greenhand Motivational Conferences. These conferences presented […]
Missouri Department of Conservation test results reveal more deer with CWD
The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) reports 28 more deer from 11 Missouri counties have been found to have chronic wasting disease (CWD). This brings the number of cases of the deadly deer disease in Missouri to 103 since 2012. CWD is a deadly illness in white-tailed deer and other members of the deer family, […]
Missouri unemployment rate for December, 2018 edges up to 3.1 percent
Missouri’s unemployment rate edged up to 3.1 percent in December, retreating slightly from the record low of 3.0 percent reached in November. Even with this uptick, the current rate is still six-tenths of a point below the year-earlier value. Missouri’s rate has now been lower than the corresponding U.S. rate, which was 3.9 percent in […]