Nov. 8 Event Offers Fun Learning For Women In Ag

JENNIFER SCHUTTER 

GREEN CASTLE, MISSOURI

The Northeast Missouri Women in Agriculture event, Nov. 8 in Green Castle, offers fun and facts for women wanting to improve their gardens, forests and farms.

University of Missouri Extension horticulturist Jennifer Schutter says one timely topic will disaster preparedness. MU Extension community development specialist Darla Campbell will give practical tips on how to plan for and survive a natural disaster.

Schutter will also share ways to make garden work easier, and agronomy specialist Valerie Tate will provide timely updates on how to be safer on the farm.

For cattle producers, MU Extension livestock specialist Zac Erwin gives tips for managing pastures and better nutrition for your herd.

Missouri Department of Conservation resource forester Yvette Amerman will discuss tree roots. A district conservationist with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service will give an update on services available through NRCS, Soil Water and Conservation District and Farm Service Agency programs.

Participants wind down the day by learning how to make a floral arrangement that they can take home.

The event is 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Wildflower Grove, 1119 Front St., Green Castle. The town is on Missouri Highway 6, west of Kirksville and east of Milan.

Register online at https://extension.missouri.edu/events/women-in-agriculture-1, or contact the MU Extension Center in Adair County at 660-665-9866 or Schutter at schutterjl@missouri.edu. MU Extension and the Adair and Sullivan County Soil and Water Conservation Districts sponsor this event.  ∆

JENNIFER SCHUTTER: University of Missouri