The highway patrol reports a farm accident this morning in northwestern Daviess County has claimed the life of a man from McFall. 64-year-old Victor Morgan was pronounced dead at the scene on private property one mile north of Pattonsburg. An investigating officer reported Morgan had loaded a hay bale and due to excessive weight on the […]
A northwest Missouri man died Wednesday afternoon as a result of a farm accident in rural Nodaway County. The highway patrol reports 67-year-old Michael Calfee of Elmo was pronounced dead at the scene more than three hours after the accident was believed to have occurred. Calfee was loading brush into a John Deere backhoe loader […]
Chicken wings helped poultry farm prices take off this year. Wing prices ran at least 30 percent above year-ago levels since late May, say University of Missouri Extension economists. Thighs and legs also sold well above a year ago. Dark meat leads demand, say Scott Brown and Daniel Madison. A trend to dark hasn’t helped […]
A Laclede resident received the Best in Show in the Missouri Department of Agriculture’s Focus on Missouri Agriculture Photo Contest. Marian Frizzell’s photo “End of a Harvest Day” was chosen from among a record-breaking 1,370 submitted photos from amateur photographers from the state. Several other area photographers participated in the five contest categories for those […]
The Mercer County Fire Protection District, Medicine Creek Fire Protection District, and Mercer Fire Protection District responded to Smithfield Badger Farm 5 for a hog confinement fire on Tuesday, March 28. Mercer County Fire reports the fire went through the roof in the office portion of the facility when crews arrived at the scene of […]
Will the three-year decline in U.S. farm income continue this year? Gary Crawford and USDA Chief Economist Rob Johansson discuss the forecast for the upcoming 2017 farming season. Gary Crawford and Rob Johansson
A St. Joseph teenager was injured this morning when the sports utility vehicle she was driving struck an implement being towed by a farm tractor two miles east of Stewartsville. The SUV was demolished in the wreck about 7:40 on eastbound U.S. Highway 36. 17-year-old Sydney Shurtleff was taken by ambulance to Mosiac Life Care […]
Two Carrollton residents were hurt early Thursday night when a car hit an implement being towed by a farm tractor on Highway 65 just south of Carrollton. The driver of the car, 30-year-old Pamela Rinehart of Carrollton, was flown by medical helicopter to University Hospital in Columbia with serious injuries. A passenger in the car, […]
KINGDOM CITY, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say one person was killed and another injured in an explosion at a central Missouri farm. The Callaway County Sheriff’s Office says a large metal building collapsed Friday night in the explosion at the farm near Kingdom City. Forty-five-year-old Stephen Fink, of Macon, was found in the rubble and […]
Two Pollock residents were injured Tuesday afternoon when the car they were in collided with a farm tractor south of Lemons in Putnam County. The driver of the car, 44-year old Jackie Reed, was flown by medical helicopter to University Hospital at Columbia with serious injuries. A passenger in the car, 37-year-old William Waugh of […]
The 2016 Beef Producers Seminar will be held on Saturday, November 5th, at the United Producers Inc. sale facility north of Maryville, Missouri. With this new meeting location, will be a trade show, live animal displays and demonstrations that begin at 2:00 p.m. and continue through the afternoon. At 4:00 p.m. we will turn our […]
Highway 6 is to be closed west of Maysville tonight in connection with wind farm work. Highway 6 is to be closed approximately seven miles west of Maysville at Ogle Road around 8 o’clock tonight, with the closure expected to take about four hours. Large cranes used by a contractor will move across various roads […]
The University of Missouri Thompson Farm west of Spickard holds a field day today. The free program begins with registration and coffee at 8:30 this morning with topics to include beef and the use of drones. Lunch is to be served and vendors are to be on site. The Thompson Farm is seven miles west […]
An accident in eastern Putnam County at 6:30 Monday evening injured a woman from Worthington, Missouri when there was a collision involving a car and farm tractor at a bridge five miles to the southwest of Livonia. The highway patrol reports 52-year-old Thersa Steiser of Worthington was flown by medical helicopter to Methodist Hospital in Des […]
UNION STAR, Mo – A wind farm project is bringing windmill towers to locations in west and central parts of DeKalb County. As part of this project, large cranes used by the contractor will be moving across Highways 31 and 6 plus Routes J, and N at various times during the upcoming weeks. When the cranes are moved, it […]
A penny saved is a penny earned, but saving seeds from the garden can be a questionable use of time and energy. “Saving one’s own garden seeds is a false sense of economy,” says University of Missouri Extension horticulture specialist David Trinklein. “In the world of gardening, seeds are one of the least expensive costs, […]
University of Missouri Extension agriculture business specialists discuss issues such as when a tenant should pay part of the rent, how and when to terminate a lease and how much rent is fair at the Farm Lease Program on Tuesday, Sept. 20. The program runs from 6 to 9 p.m. at the following sites: Keytesville […]
Three persons, one of them a state trooper, were injured this morning in a two-vehicle accident on Grundy County Route Z. Taken by ambulance to Wright Memorial Hospital in Trenton were 44-year-old state trooper Joseph Pithan of Chula; 58-year-old Patricia Whitaker and her daughter, 34-year-old Amy Currie both of Trenton. The accident report described injuries […]
A Hatfield man received minor injuries when the farm tractor he was operating tipped over in a farm pond. 78-year old Edwin Hulett of Hatfield was taken to Ringgold County Hospital at Mount Ayr, Iowa. The accident happened late Saturday afternoon in a farm field one mile west of Hatfield in northwestern Harrison County. The […]
Galt community fair begins this evening with several activities planned through Sunday morning. This evening, there’s a spaghetti supper from 5 to 8 o’clock at the fire station in Galt. Serving will be done by the Galt fire protection district ladies auxiliary. Eat and pay what you want. The Galt Lions Club has announced it’ll […]
