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AG reaches agreement with PSF on barn odor issue (AUDIO)

by Brent Martin on September 1, 2010

in Agriculture,Politics & Government

A huge hog producer in northern Missouri has been given two more years to resolve its odor problem. The Attorney General has reached an agreement with Premium Standard Farms to conclude a case dating back to 1999.

A July 31st deadline passed with Premium Standard Farms failing to install the odor-control equipment required by a 2004 agreement. Attorney General Chris Koster believes PSF will comply this time, because penalties will be assessed if it fails to do so.

“Now, no company is going to eat those kinds of penalties when the other option is simply to apply the modern technology to the barn as required,” Koster tells the Missourinet. [click to continue…]

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‘Mexico goat’ is caught (AUDIO)

by Ryan Famuliner 08/31/10 4:23 PM

 It’s become an online phenomenon; a renegade goat running loose in the city of Mexico. The Mexico Goat has more than 8,000 followers on Facebook, and had eluded Mexico public works employees and police officers for days. But the 10-day saga has come to an end, in about as fitting a way imaginable. A Mexico man says he took matters into his [...]

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State Fair director ‘pleased’ with attendance numbers

by Jessica Machetta 08/26/10 2:39 PM

State Fair attendance is expected to be about the same as last year, if not a little lower. Still, the director says he’s pleased with the turnout. Director Mark Wolfe says there were some concerns about the one thing they can’t control during the fair each year… the weather. “I think it went very well,” [...]

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USDA offers farm assistance to much of Missouri (AUDIO)

by Brent Martin 08/26/10 6:39 AM

Missouri farmers hurt by flooding this spring might be able to get some assistance from the federal government. Federal officials have declared much of Missouri a natural disaster area. State Farm Service Agency Director Eddie Hamill says, officially, 55 counties have been included in the declaration. “The declaration covers 55 primary counties and when one [...]

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Shift to renewable energy could be boon for MO biomass industry (AUDIO)

by Ryan Famuliner 08/23/10 7:45 PM

Columbia is in the hunt for a major data center, and if the city is to compete, it might rely on the growth of the use of renewable energy in the state. Those working closely with the project call the company “The Big Apple,” a code name for a Fortune 50 company that’s looking for [...]

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