The Gilman City Fair at the Gilman City Fairgrounds starts Thursday, June 15 with sheep and goat shows. Sheep and goat registration closes at 4:30 Thursday with weigh-in starting immediately after registration 4:30. The sheep show will start at 6 o’clock with the goat show to immediately follow the sheep show. The hog show is […]
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 […]
A large number of piglets were lost, however, a large number of sows were saved from a fire at a large hog confinement facility north of Blythedale Saturday morning. Firefighters from eight departments responded to the blaze and details were not available. It was believed the owner is a company from Canada and an estimated 5,500 […]
The first Renewable Natural Gas produced from the largest livestock manure-to-energy project of its kind will soon be delivering RNG into the national pipeline. A special event will mark the completion of this significant portion of the $120 Million initiative involving Roeslein Alternative Energy and Smithfield Hog Production operations in Northern Missouri. The project’s focus […]
