Stories from Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Producers have until Nov. 15 to report their 2014 perennial and biennial forage crops and until Dec. 15 to report their fall-seeded small grains, according to Travis Claypool, Vernon County Farm Service Agency executive director. Claypool said all 2014 perennial and biennial forage acres, such as pasture acreage intended for haying or grazing must be reported to FSA by the Nov. ...

Nevada Daily Mail Representatives from Drury University will meet with members of a vision advisory committee Nov. 19 to prepare for the visiting architecture students, as decided by the Sheldon Community Betterment group at its meeting Monday. The committee, to be comprised of seven to 12 community members, such as businessmen and youth, will meet at least four times with Drury architecture students in order to develop a vision plan for Sheldon...

Nevada Daily Mail A steering committee interested in revitalizing Katy Allen Lake met in the diner at the Vernon County fairgrounds on Tuesday to discuss the possibilities, problems and effort needed to see such a project through to completion. Members of the Vernon County Commission, representatives of the Missouri Department of Conservation, Soil Conservation Service, civic organizations and local residents were welcomed by Presiding Commissioner Bonnie McCord and introduced to Sydney Wipff of the Kaysinger Basin Regional Planning Commission, which has partnered with the county on the project.. ...