Amidst Missouri’s drought conditions, ag producers are being invited to fill up for their fall and winter livestock forage needs on Saturday with a hay auction. Southwest Missouri’s Golden City hay dealer, Bill Garrett, who owns Garrett Hay Farm, started the auction....
It’s been a difficult 2023 with drought affecting nearly every sector of Missouri’s agriculture industry. As for some of Missouri’s Christmas tree farms, they, too, are struggling. Troy Bollinger with Bollinger Farms in Bonne Terre said it has been a rough year. “It...
Gov. Mike Parson has extended a drought alert in Missouri until next May. All or portions of at least 85 Missouri counties are experiencing some level of drought. The state barely saw any rain in spring and summer and that yielded low crop production numbers. To make...
Some parts of Missouri are not getting the vibrant leaf show that comes with fall, in large part because of the ongoing drought. Russell Hinnah is Community Forest Coordinator for the Missouri Department of Conservation. He told Missourinet it depends on how much or...
Missouri’s drought conditions could create problems moving fall harvest goods along the Mississippi River. Dru Buntin, the Director of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, says the state is closely monitoring the dryness, because it’s resulting in low river...
