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Aug. 18, 2008
Growing rice with center-pivot irrigation saves water, fuel
Traditionally, rice is grown with flood irrigation, a method that reduces weeds but is labor-intensive, requires lots of water and limits production to areas with the right climate and soil.
Aug. 8, 2008
Soybean rust research
Asian soybean rust has not yet arrived in Missouri, but late-planted beans are at higher risk of damage if the fungal disease enters Missouri in late August or early September.
Soybean rust Windows Media video
Aug. 4, 2008
Sweet sorghum for biofuel
During World War II, when sugar was rationed, bootleggers used the juice of sweet sorghum to make moonshine. Now researchers are studying ways to boost the plant's potential to brew not booze, but biofuel.
July 20, 2008
AgrAbility Project
The project links extension service with a private nonprofit disability service organization to provide practical education and assistance that promotes independence in agricultural production and rural living.
Farm injury Windows Media video
July 14, 2008
Wind farms generate power, revenue
The landscape in northwest Missouri is changing. Scattered across three counties, 75 turbines spin to harvest the wind.
June 20, 2008
Clowning for smiles
Each year, more than 100 Missouri 4-H members learn the art of clowning and perform skits in a variety of venues. Recently they performed for a group of veterans at the Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans' Hospital in Columbia.
June 18, 2008
4-H turns house into home
Almost a dozen 4-H members from across the state spent the past year helping Show-Me Central Habitat for Humanity build a house. When they began, it was little more than a frame of two-by-fours on a concrete slab surrounded by bare soil.
Habitat home Windows Media video
June 16, 2008
Missouri-grown tomatoes added to FDA safe list
Consumers can feel confident when buying local.
Tomato safety Windows Media video
June 6, 2008
Recent months wettest on record
The past six months mark Missouri's wettest December-May period on record. Precipitation across the state averaged just over 30 inches from Dec. 1 through the end of May.
Wettest months Windows Media video
June 4, 2008
Corn planting deadline looms
Many Missouri farmers are several weeks behind schedule on planting corn due to persistent wet weather. With the approach of the early June cutoff date for corn planting, farmers may have to switch to other crops or plant out of season despite risks of lower yields
Postponed corn Windows Media video
June 3, 2008
Amusement parks turn into a training ground for emergency responders
The Six Flags water ride in St. Louis prepares firefighters for a flash flood emergency. MU’s Fire and Rescue Training Institute teaches firefighters how to use the water's force to their advantage when trying to save a victim.
Water rescue Windows Media video
May 29, 2008
Volunteers crucial to monitoring water quality in lakes
Missouri's lakes are an indispensable natural resource and a key economic asset bringing millions of dollars into the state's economy each year through tourism and recreation.
Monitoring water Windows Media video
May 12, 2008
Don't take off running just yet
Running and Fitness Week is May 11 to 17, but running is not for everyone.
May 5, 2008
Makeover of shopping habits
can offset rising food costs
Go to the grocery store armed with a list. Shop alone and get in and out of the store quickly. This cuts down on impulse buying of unneeded items.
Grocery habits Windows Media video
April 25, 2008
Red cedar may have antibiotic, cancer-fighting properties
Chemicals in red cedar could change this abundant tree's bad reputation.
April 10, 2008
Farmer grows fish in old hog barns
Abandoning the hog business to start a fish farm may seem an odd choice in Missouri, but that's exactly what Higginsville, Mo., farmer Ellis Dieckhoff did.
April 10, 2008
SMART MOVES introduces physical activity into school days
Inactivity is taking over as children spend more hours in front of television or computer screens and fewer hours in gym classes or playing outside.
SMART MOVES Windows Media video
March 31, 2008
Limiting spread of antibiotics in animal waste
While it is believed that most of the drugs in many municipal water supplies originate from human medications, MU researchers are investigating the impact of livestock pharmaceuticals and developing best practices to protect the environment.
Antibiotics in animal waste Windows Media video
March 19, 2008
Make sure abandoned wells are sealed
With spring and warmer weather soon drawing children outdoors, it is a good time for farmers and rural landowners to check abandoned wells.
March 6 , 2008
The rebate check may not be in the mail
More than 130 million American households will begin receiving tax rebate checks between May and July. If people want to receive the economic stimulus payments from the government the first thing they must do is file a federal tax return.
Tax rebate Windows Media video
March 6, 2008
Agricultural outlook presented to US Congress
Grain prices increased dramatically in the last two years and are expected to remain well above pre-2006 levels, report economists with the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute.
Agricultural outlook Windows Media video
Feb. 29 , 2008
Increasing number of Missourians going hungry, study finds
More than $1.1 billion a year is spent on public programs in Missouri, yet a new MU study reports the state has a rising number of people worried about having sufficient amounts of food and coping with hunger.
Feb. 20 , 2008
Students build device to train residents in laparoscopic surgery
Using wood, screws and a small surveillance camera, MU biological engineering students built an improved device to train surgical residents and medical students to perform laparoscopic surgery.
Laparoscopic Windows Media video
Feb. 1 , 2008
Out-of-state spectators spent $21.1 million
at Tour of Missouri
The Sept.11 to 16 bicycle race consisted of 120 world-class professional cyclists representing 15 international racing teams. The tour began in Kansas City and ended 600 miles later in St. Louis.
Jan. 11 , 2008
Online driver education gives virtual on-road experience
With fewer Missouri school districts offering formal driving instruction, teenagers across the state are finding it more difficult to take driver education.
Take back
control from marketing
aimed at children
It is estimated that the typical child sees about 40,000 ads a year on TV and that the majority of the ads targeted to kids are for candy, cereal, soda and fast food.
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