Nov. 8 event to offer fun learning for women in ag

GREEN CASTLE, Mo. — The Northeast Missouri Women in Agriculture event scheduled for Friday, Nov. 8, will offer fun and facts for women wanting to improve their gardens, forests and farms. The program will be held from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Wildflower Grove, 1119 Front, Green Castle. The town is on Missouri Route 6, west of Kirksville and east of Milan.

University of Missouri Extension horticulturist Jennifer Schutter says one timely topic is 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.

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.