This has been one of the wettest years on record in Missouri, and there’s still time for 2008 to break the record for most precipitation, said a University of Missouri Extension climatologist.
Preliminary numbers indicate that if Missouri receives more than 2.56 inches of precipitation in December, which would be only slightly above normal, 2008 will surpass 1993, which averaged 55.07 inches, said Pat Guinan, MU Extension climatologist…[more]
A University of Missouri student has found a new use for waste glass that usually ends up in landfills.
Samuel Garrett McKee, a senior in the University of Missouri College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, is finishing a research project in which he used crushed glass as a medium for growing hydroponic tomatoes. He harvested his first tomatoes using this process on Dec. 13.
“There…[more]
COLUMBIA, Mo. - Flocks of prairie chickens, historic residents of grasslands, are being managed for expansion in north and southwest Missouri. But they need more room to roam.
Farmland owners in selected areas can help by setting aside CRP land for bird habitat and receive competitive land rental rates, said Joe Horner, University of Missouri Extension economist.
The new program allows crop producers to set aside…[more]
Communities across the nation are struggling to meet the needs of their growing populations while continuing to protect local water and drinking water quality. Officials with the City of Willard have worked proactively to address this challenge by obtaining financial and technical assistance from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.
While attending a public meeting, Willard Planning and Development Director Randy Brown introduced himself to Department of Natural…[more]
The feud between the state of Oklahoma and Arkansas poultry producers continues as Oklahoma filed an appeal with the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver.
Oklahoma wants to overturn U.S. District Judge Gregory K. Frizzell’s ruling that companies could continue to spread poultry litter in the Illinois River watershed after finding that Oklahoma had “not yet met its burden of proving that bacteria in the waters…[more]
The “Name the Train” Contest sponsored by the Missouri Department of Transportation and Amtrak® attracted more than 8,300 name submissions during the first phase of the contest.
Due to the overwhelming response, contest judges require additional time to select the five finalists. As a result, the final voting phase of the contest will begin the week of Dec. 22.
Once online voting begins, you can cast…[more]
The Bush administration gave its approval to a new environmental ruling that eases the way for coal mining companies to dump rock, sludge and other mining waste near rivers and streams.
The ruling allows mining companies that blow off mountain tops in order to reach the coal underneath to disregard maintenance of a 100 foot buffer zone between the mining operation and nearby bodies of water.
ST. LOUIS, MO — A new initiative announced today aims to reduce nutrient and sediment movement into the United States’ largest river system, the Mississippi River. Monsanto is partnering with multiple agricultural and conservation groups that are working with farmers to help reduce runoff from the Mississippi River into the Gulf of Mexico.
The Nature Conservancy, the Iowa Soybean Association and Delta Wildlife are all working collaboratively with…[more]
JEFFERSON CITY, MO – Missouri elementary and middle schools are invited to help in the fight against litter—and to have some creative and educational fun—by participating in the 2009 “Yes You CAN Make Missouri Litter Free” Trash Can Decorating Contest. The annual contest is sponsored by the Missouri Department of Conservation and the Missouri Department of Transportation as part of their ongoing “No MOre Trash!” campaign to raise awareness about…[more]
In recent weeks, the Environmental Protection Agency has been deluged with letters from angry livestock ranchers and farmers concerned that the agency is about to propose a tax on cows because of their contribution to global warming.
The problem may be stemming from a debate between several environmental groups who want to use the Clean Air Act as a means of controlling greenhouse gasses and business groups who…[more]
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