December 2024

MU Extension, MDC partner to offer free white oaks

University of Missouri Extension has partnered with the Missouri Department of Conservation on a program to establish white oak seed orchards on private land.These orchards are intended to provide a steady supply of white oak acorns from trees of known quality and growth characteristics, said Brian Schweiss, MU Extension specialist in sustainable forestry.Interested landowners can receive 50 white oak seedlings after completing a free three-part webinar series. Landowners are expected to plant the seedlings on property they control in a plantation arrangement.

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County ending fiscal year on high note

The county will end the calendar and fiscal year in the black. That's the word from Andrew County Treasurer Cindy Esely, who keeps a close eye on all of her many accounts especially sales tax and use tax."Sales tax is always hard to predict because it goes up and down all year long," said Esely.This year was no different from previous years.January's sales tax collection was some $2,000 less than last year according to tax collection records.

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