Appleton City area news courtesy of the Industrial Development Committee
The AC-City Wide
Garage Sale dates are June 19 - 20. Permits are $5 and can be purchased at City
Hall from June 1 - 16. Permits to set up in the City Park are $25 for the pole
shelter, $15 for the stage, $10 for the lawn and that price covers both days.
These are also available at City Hall and are sold on a first come, first
served basis. Maps will be available at Food Fair, Casey's and Powell's True
Value beginning Thursday afternoon (6/18). House of Joy Ministry will be at the
City Park Saturday from 3:00 to 5:00 to pick up donations. For questions call
Dianne Foster at 476-2390.
St. Clair County
Cattlemen's Assn. Women’s Activity will be 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. May 30 at Got
an Idea Primitives, SE 600 Pvt Rd, Collins, MO 64738. Make sure you tell them you are with the St.
Clair County Cattlemen’s Assn.
The Appleton City
Public Library is not taking donations of books, movies, or any other materials
at this time. Thank you for your cooperation
If you were growing
whiskers for the SQC contest when it was postponed and want to shave them off.,
take a before you shave and an after you shave it off picture for the Picture
Contest before May 31, 2020. Text them to
Chairman Shelley Davis 660-492-7644 or acmolampkin@yahoo.com
The Appleton City
Landmarks Museum will not open the display area to the public until June 5 from
1:30-4:30. The office/library area is usually staffed on Wednesday and Friday
afternoons. The 150th Sesquicentennial
book is available for pickup at the Museum office. The cost of the over 500
page book is $25.00 picked up at the museum office or it can be mailed for
$30.00. You can pick up the book on Wednesdays and Fridays from 2:00-4:00.
Please observe social distancing guidelines and have your check made out for
the number of books you wish to buy. If you want them to mail your copy of the
book, mail your check with the address to A.C. Landmarks 503 North Maple
Appleton City, MO 64724.
On May 19, U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, Sonny Perdue, announced details for the Coronavirus
Food Assistance Program (CFAP). The funding for CFAP comes from a combination
of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Stability (CARES) Act, the
Commodity Credit Corporation Charter (CCC) Act and other USDA sources. CFAP
provides up to $16 billion in direct payments to farmers and ranchers whose
market demand has seen a negative impact by the Coronavirus. An additional $3
billion will be used to purchase fresh produce, dairy, and meat for the Farmers
to Families Food Box program. Producers whose agriculture commodities have
suffered a five-percent-or-greater price decline or face significant marketing
cost for inventories due to COVID-19 are eligible for payments. Agricultural
products that qualify for CFAP include: non-specialty crops: malting barley,
canola, corn, upland cotton, millet, oats, soybeans, sorghum, sunflower, durum
wheat, and hard red spring wheat, wool, livestock: cattle, lambs, yearlings, hogs,
dairy, specialty crops: fruits, vegetables, nuts, other (for a full list go to
farmers.gov/cfap). Other crops may be considered based on information that meets
eligibility requirements. CFAP payments are calculated based on the type of
product(s), current/past inventory, recent sale history, and various other
factors. Enrollment for CFAP begins May 26, 2020. To enroll, contact your local
FSA office to schedule an appointment. You do not need to be a current FSA
customer to apply. Applicants should be prepared to provide: contact
information, Tax ID number, farming operating structure, adjusted gross income
and direct deposit information. For more information, contact your local FSA
office, or contact Raysha Tate at tatere@missouri.edu or 417-646-2419 at the
St. Clair County MU Extension office.
Missourians need not
worry about insects dubbed “murder hornets” in social media, says University of
Missouri Extension entomologist Kevin Rice.
The name circulating
on social media is misleading. Scientists do not use the term murderous to
describe this interesting insect. These headlines sound like something from a
Stephen King story and instill unnecessary fear. The Asian giant hornet is not
typically aggressive and only attacks people when its nest is threatened. In
Japan, fewer than 50 people per year die from the hornet’s potent venom. To put
this in perspective, more than 200 people die in the U.S. each year from
vehicle accidents involving deer. The hornet is not present in the Midwest now.
It is also extremely unlikely it will ever move here. In 2019, entomologists
found and eradicated one nest in Vancouver, Canada. One dead wasp was found in
the state of Washington. The hornet prefers mountains and lowlands. It dislikes
plains, especially areas where humans live. A native of eastern Asia and Japan,
the hornet can adapt to new environments, but it presents minimal, if any
danger to humans in the United States. Measuring about 2 inches long, the Asian
giant hornet is the world’s largest hornet. It is about three or four times
larger than other wasps in the United States. Specialists are concerned that
people worried about “murder hornets” will spray native wasps and hornets that
pollinate plants and provide important biological controls for agriculture. The
real danger of Asian giant hornets is to bees. The hornets can kill entire
hives.
Alfalfa 101:
Establishing a Stand, Starting Production, Harvesting, Feeding and Economics
will be offered on-line via Zoom. The
workshop, on June 2 from 4:00 - 8:30 p.m., will give producers the basic
knowledge to produce alfalfa. Alfalfa is
quite different from other forages and requires more management but rewards you
with high quality forage. The workshop
will be taught by Pat Miller, University of Missouri Extension Agronomy
Specialist; Wesley Tucker, University of Missouri Extension Ag Business
Specialist and Patrick Davis, University of Missouri Extension Livestock
Specialist. The cost is $25 per person. The 68 page Alfalfa Management Guide and
other handouts will be e-mailed to participants. Please make reservations by June 1 by
registering on-line at https://extension2.missouri.edu/events/alfalfa-101-zoom-session.
For more information, call Pat Miller at 417-448-2560 or e-mail her at
MillerPD@misouri.edu.
If you need a space
to garden this year, it’s not too late and they have plenty of room at the West
Central Community Farm at the corner of Burbank and Locust in AC. If you would like a free spot in the garden,
you can have access to the tool shed and the water line. After signing the community farm terms and
agreement and a brief orientation, you will be ready to get your grow on.
Contact Katie Nixon to express your interest by contacting her at
knixon@wcmcaa.org or 816-809-5074.
