Over one million dollars has been awarded to a Lincoln University professor for a new solar cropping project that can reduce operational costs and help alleviate climate change. Tunsisa Hurisso told Anthony Morabith that his “climate-smart” agriculture project can...
Missouri is building a state-of-the-art multi-agency state laboratory in Jefferson City. The $151 million project is expected to break ground this month. Headed by Gov. Mike Parson, the planned campus will be home to several state agencies to provide a singular...
A new $10 million dollar grant project aims to help farmers and improve agriculture practices during severe weather and a changing climate. Rob Myers, with the MU Center for Regenerative Agriculture, is leading the project. He told Missourinet that it is designed to...
A pair of proposals have been heard in the House Ag Policy Committee that would replace the Governor-appointed Director of Agriculture with an elected Secretary of Agriculture, and roll the Department of Agriculture into the Office of Agriculture. Their sponsor,...
The session of the general assembly that begins today will mean an education effort for the Department of Agriculture, according to its director. Agriculture Director Jon Hagler says there are 57 new members in the general assembly, and his Department must reach out...
