Division II football released their Super Regional rankings. These are ultimately the rankings used to determine the playoffs. Central Missouri is ranked 10th , while Missouri Western who just lost to Northwest Missouri State is 4th behind the Bearcats. All three Missouri schools are 5-1. In NAIA fooball rankings, Lindenwood University from St. Charles remains third in the nation at 5-0, Missouri Valley in Marshall is 11th at 4-1 and Central Methodist in Fayette makes it in at #25.
Missouri Corn Growers Association critical of GAO ethanol report
October 6, 2009 By
A Congressional Government Accountability Office report concluding the 45-cent per gallon ethanol tax credit is unnecessary is being criticized by Missouri’s corn growers who see the findings motivated, in part, by politics.
Missouri Corn Growers Association Chief Executive Officer Gary Marshall believes the fact the GAO report was ordered by two U.S. Senators who are not fans of ethanol or biodiesel might have played a role in the outcome
“It was requested by Senator Barbara Boxer from California and Senator Collins from Maine, neither of whom are traditionally ethanol or biofuel supporters,” said Marshall in an interview with the Missourinet. “I think sometimes politics gets in the way of the GAO coming out with a good study.”
Conservation department says good color season expected
October 6, 2009 By
The green leaves of summer will soon be in our yards. But the conservation department says they’ll bid us a colorful farewell. Forest Management Chief Mike Hoffman says a lot of it is a big sugar rush for leaves. “Warm, sunny days and cool nights…will produce more of the red and purple colors as the sugars that are formed in the leaves during the warm, sunny days are trapped by the cool nights,” he says. He also says the chlorophyl, the green in the leaves, masks the yellows and oranges until this time of year.
Northeast Missouri might see more browns and bronzes because wet weather has led to leaf diseases that could take some of the brightness out of some colors. The department says the Fall color usually peaks about October 15th, with trees in the north a week earlier and trees in the south a week later.
Jefferson City awaits Washington health care outcome
October 6, 2009 By
Health care will once again be a big topic of discussion when the legislature returns to Jefferson City in January, but that discussion could be shaped in large part by how health care legislation plays out in Washington.
State lawmakers are closely watching the developments in the health care debate in Washington. House Majority Floor Leader Steven Tilley (R-Perryville) says what Washington decides will have a big impact on what Jefferson City considers.
“With regards to health care, we need to get our hands around what they’re wanting to do at the federal level and then, hopefully, we can do something to dovetail it from here,” Tilley says. [Read more...]
