Growers are preparing for next year’s crop season and making plans, especially given the price of grain. One of the most important input costs are fertilizers and it is important to understand the complexity of fertilizer management to make good decisions. Growers, certified crop advisers and...
COLUMBIA, MO, November 22, 2016 – USDA is offering grants and loan guarantees to help rural businesses and agricultural producers reduce their energy costs and consumption. The funding is being provided through USDA Rural Development’s Rural Energy for America Program (REAP). Loans and grants are...
In old business, the board addressed the legal issue involving a closed road that Ray Carlton wanted the city to maintain. Clerk Richard Evans said that he had not heard back from the city’s attorney, Jan Stout, but he had contacted the Missouri Municipal League for advice. Evans read from a letter...
The Hamilton Board of Education met for their regular session on Wednesday. All members of the board were present except for Will Railsback.
Christa Schoff and Raven Shaffer gave the student council report. They reported that basketball only has ten boys but they hope to have more after football...
MOUNTAIN GROVE, Mo. – The sun is setting on the well-worn path to the dairy barn where Michelle Eilenstine milks cows.
She travels the familiar path twice a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. There are 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. milkings.
Eilenstine is one of Missouri’s small group of women dairy...
WINIGAN, Mo. – There is high demand for Missouri-raised heritage turkeys from Winigan Farms.
The turkeys are part of Rod Belzer’s small-acreage farm efforts, says Dan Downing, state specialist for University of Missouri Extension. Downing works with farmers who grow products for farmers markets and...
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Livestock owners across Missouri are encouraged to prepare for Food and Drug Administration rule changes on antibiotics that will go into effect Jan. 1.
Craig Payne, director of veterinary medical extension at the University of Missouri, said there are two main changes. The first...
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Your houseplants may look like they need CPR after you bring them inside to protect them from falling temperatures.
Do not despair. With proper care, plants revive and come back to full splendor, said University of Missouri Extension horticulturist David Trinklein.
Houseplants drop...
For the past 14 years, I have had the great honor and privilege of serving in the Missouri General Assembly. During that time, I have been blessed to work alongside many dedicated public servants, and I have proudly watched as legislation I sponsored became law. However, it has been the countless...
Caldwell County
Route P – CLOSED at the intersection of Route P and Old Highway 36 for a culvert replacement, Nov. 21, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.