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Halestorm with Skylar Grey, August 11
Halestorm with opener Skylar Grey to perform at the 2017 Missouri State Fair Halestorm with Skylar Grey on the Pepsi Grandstand Stage 7:30 p.m., Friday, Aug 11 $50 premium track $40 regular track $35 premium grandstand $30 regular track Tickets on Sale Starting June 20 Southern Uprising Tour to...
Even when Audrain County Advanced Master Gardener Sally Maxwell suffered severe osteoporosis, she found a way to be in the greenhouse daily. Photo courtesy of Tom Maxwell
MEXICO, Mo. – A national tomato growers supply company honors a Missouri Advanced Master Gardener this spring by selling tomato seeds she saved for decades. On the cover of its 2017 catalog, the Tomato Growers Supply Co. features “Mrs. Maxwell’s Big Italian,” an heirloom beefsteak tomato prized for...
COLUMBIA, Mo. – University of Missouri Extension will sponsor a Summer Tax School July 6 at Stoney Creek Hotel & Conference Center, Columbia. MU Extension agricultural business specialist Mary Sobba says the program centers on farm tax issues. Speakers include a tax law professor, a retired...
Artisans may bring entries to One By One on Thursday evening, June 15th between 6:00 and 7:00 p.m.
Calling all artisans! Caldwell County Arts and Bank Northwest are sponsoring a Mixed Media Art Show at the One By One Center in Hamilton Friday and Saturday (June 16 & 17). This year's classes will include painting and watercolor, drawing, photography, jewelry, sculpture, pottery and quilts....
Now that graduations are done with, it’s time to start planning that summer road trip. And even with 50 or 60 years’ driving experience behind you, many changes have taken place in the cars we drive, the highways we drive on and certain traffic rules here in town. Although originally associated...
Sweet corn is a warm-season crop that needs at least eight hours of direct sun to thrive.
 “And pray what more can a reasonable man desire, in peaceful times, in ordinary noons, than a sufficient number of ears of green sweet corn boiled, with the addition of salt?” – Henry David Thoreau Nothing says summer like steaming hot, homegrown sweet corn dripping with butter. University of...
True armyworm. Photo by Greg Luce, MU Extension
True armyworm are showing up in parts of central, west-central and northwestern Missouri. University of Missouri Extension agronomists reported at a weekly teleconference that the pest is present in several counties. True armyworm damages crops and feeds on the foliage of corn, wheat, fescue and...
Results of heifer sale
An F1 tornado didn’t stop the sale of 339 Show-Me-Select replacement heifers. As a storm warning covered southwestern Missouri, the sale went on. It averaged $1,714 at Joplin Regional Stockyards, May 19. Attendance was low and bidding started slow, says Eldon Cole, University of Missouri Extension...
Pin oaks do not tolerate alkaline soils.
A popular shade tree throughout much of Missouri is the pin oak. These native plants may reach heights of up to 80 feet, and grow from one of the smallest acorns in the oak family. It prefers rich, moist soil, but is widely adapted to other sites as well. The pin oak is one of the easier oaks to...
Dr. Kelli Ward
Tempe, AZ – Dr. Kelli Ward is planning to join military personnel, veterans, and families who are ending their relationship with USAA after the company caved to political pressure by pulling their ads from the Sean Hannity show. At the end of 2016, USAA boasted 11.9 million members nationwide and...

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