The Missouri Department of Agriculture’s MORE strategic vision has always lived and breathed agriculture and rural Missouri. Today, the Department announced 16 individual initiatives that will take the MORE vision and put it into action. The Department will be targeting workforce development, youth in agriculture, food insecurity, agriculture business, broadband availability, emergency response, the Missouri […]
Grundy County farmer Johnnie Urich won the opportunity to donate $2,500 to the Grundy County R-5 baseball team. The America’s Farmers Grow Communities program, sponsored by the Monsanto Fund, made the donation possible. The baseball team will use the funds to purchase equipment. Baseball coach Ethan Bunnell says the donation will be beneficial in getting […]
An Albany, Mo., farmer was indicted by a federal grand jury for a nearly $800,000 fraud scheme to receive federal crop insurance payments to which he was not entitled. Ryan A. Ruckman, 60, of Albany, was charged in an eight-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Kansas City, Mo. Ruckman owned and operated […]
“Flag the Technology” helps farmers and pesticide applicators reduce errors and limit off-target herbicide drift, says University of Missouri Extension weed scientist Kevin Bradley. University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service developed the program in 2011. Growers in Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana are adopting the technology to bring awareness to herbicide drift. Farmers or applicators […]
The Chillicothe Farmers Market opens its 30th season this coming Saturday, May 7th at 8 o’clock at the courthouse square, rain or shine. The market, last year, averaged ten producers per Saturday, with a total of twenty eight for the season according to market master Beth Weidner. The market involves growers and craft persons from […]
Trenton High School student Katerina Black was the number one ranked individual in the state during meat judging competition at the Missouri FFA Convention in Columbia. Her team from Trenton high school finished in second place, just 30 points behind the top ranked meats judging team from Tipton. Other members of the 2nd place meats team […]
Soybean planting is just weeks away, and it is important to test your fields for (SCN) now before planting. SCN is a major concern to growers throughout the state. These plant-parasitic round worms invade the plant roots and suck nutrients from the plants, decreasing their ability to produce adequate yields. The challenge with preventing SCN […]
