Views: 0Mizzou will soon offer a scholarship that will make college more affordable for students who want to serve as commissioned military officers. Bill Wise from the Missourinet files this report. Beginning in the fall of 2018, scholarships will be offered that will cover room and board costs for the freshman year for […]
Views: 0The University of Missouri Extension has announced a workshop later this month at Princeton regarding signups through the federal healthcare exchange. The free workshop is Friday, November 17th, from 1 to 2 o’clock at the Mercer County Health Department, located at 305 West Main Street in Princeton. Missouri’s health insurance marketplace is still open […]
Views: 0The University of Missouri Extension will host a program about enrolling in the Affordable Care Act at the Grundy County Jewett Norris Library in Trenton later this month. The program will be held at the Hoover Theater in the library the evening of November 20 at 6 o’clock. Grundy County Extension Family Financial Education […]
Views: 0 You’ve just been elected to a public board of directors, now what? The University of Missouri Extension offers a two-night course to help newly elected board members. The course is offered at Unionville, Kahoka, Trenton, Brookfield, Edina and Palmyra, 6-9 p.m. on Nov. 9 and 16. Topics: Roles and responsibilities of board members. […]
Views: 0The University of Missouri Extension will hold a program on backgrounding calves next month. State Beef Nutrition Specialist Doctor Eric Bailey will present the program at the Mercer County Extension Office in Princeton the night of November 13th at 7 o’clock. Topics to be covered include feed rations for backgrounding, feeding management, and a […]
Views: 0Members of the Chillicothe FFA Chapter recently attended the Jerry Litton Lecture Series, held at the Monsanto Auditorium in the Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center at the University of Missouri campus. The lecture series is part of CAFNR’s Jerry Litton Fund for Agricultural Leadership designed to expand the entrepreneurial potential of students. The […]
Views: 1A Trenton Veterinarian, Doctor Bruce Whittle, has received an award from the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine. Carolyn Henry is the interim dean of the school in Columbia and spoke about the award during a video available on the website of the MU College of Veterinary Medicine.
Views: 0A University of Missouri Extension Farm Management Specialist from Unionville will receive the Agriculture Educator Lifetime Achievement Award from the Missouri Livestock Symposium. Joe Koenen will receive the award during the Symposium in Kirksville in December. The Symposium presents the award yearly to an agriculture educator who has made a significant contribution to the […]
Views: 0The Trenton High School Band, this Saturday, concludes the competitive portion of their marching band schedule of events which is the fourth Saturday in a row for travel to another venue. On Saturday, the Trenton “Golden Bulldog” band competes on the football field of the University of Missouri in Columbia. Band Instructor Tim Gilham talks […]
Views: 4The Highway Patrol arrested a Milan man for child abuse as well as domestic assault. Online court information reports 27-year-old Shane Stephenson was charged with the felonies of child abuse or neglect – serious or physical injury with no sexual contact as well as first-degree domestic assault – serious physical injury in Sullivan County. […]
Views: 0The University of Missouri Extension will hold classes next month on rules and procedures elected officials and public board members should know. Faculty will present information on Missouri’s open meetings laws, fiscal responsibilities, and board procedures in several locations in northern Missouri the nights of November 9th and 16th from 6 to 9 o’clock. […]
Views: 1University of Missouri Extension Nutrition and Health Education Specialist Janet Hackert will retire next month. An open house to honor Hackert for her service will be held at the Harrison County Extension Office October 16th. Cake will be served that morning from 8 o’clock to noon and that afternoon from 1 o’clock to 4:30. […]
Views: 0University of Missouri Extension agronomy specialist Wayne Flanary says about 160 acres of soybean in northwestern Missouri show symptoms of Sclerotinia stem rot. The MU Plant Diagnostic Clinic confirmed the disease, which can cause large losses in fields with high yield potential. Also known as white mold, Sclerotinia stem rot is rare in Missouri. […]
Views: 0The University of Missouri Chancellor Alexander Cartwright and Vice Provost for Enrollment Management Pelema Morrice signed the Missouri Land Grant Compact, which will expand higher education access and affordability at MU for Missouri residents for generations to come. As part of the compact, MU will offer the Missouri Land Grant and Missouri Land Grant […]
Views: 0The University of Missouri Extension will hold a Missouri Farm Leases Program in several locations in the state next month. One of those locations will be the North Missouri Livestock Auction, LLC in Milan the night of September 21st from 6 to 9 o’clock. Topics discussed will include current cash rents in Missouri and […]
Views: 0The University of Missouri Extension will hold a program on heifers at the Forage Systems Research Center in Linneus next month. “Buy, Sell, or Replace: Considerations When Developing Heifers” will be held the evening of September 11. Registration will begin at 6 o’clock, and the program will start at 6:30. The registration fee is […]
Views: 0 Research from the University of Missouri Extension finds that subsurface irrigation as part of an integrated drainage water management system boosts corn yields by more than 40 bushels per acre and up to 14 bushels per acre for soybean on poorly drained flat soils. Further research is evaluating sub surface drip irrigation on […]
Views: 0University of Missouri President Doctor Mun Choi and Chief of Staff David Russell visited North Central Missouri College Thursday. They met with NCMC President Doctor Lenny Klaver and other administrators and staff to discuss opportunities to serve students, program development, and new transfer articulation agreements, especially in agriculture and nursing. Choi also met with […]
Views: 0 Nine Missouri weather stations recently received updates to help farmers and chemical applicators know when to spray herbicides to avoid off-target movement caused by temperature inversions. The University of Missouri Extension Commercial Agriculture Program operates 24 real-time weather stations throughout the state. The Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council recently funded updates for stations in Monroe […]
Views: 0The University of Missouri will provide pressure canner testing in Hamilton Friday afternoon. Nutrition and Health Education Specialist Janet Hackert will test canners for free at the Hamilton Farmers Market at the J. C. Penney Park parking lot off Highway 13 from 3 to 6 o’clock. The whole canner should be brought for the […]
