by admin | Mar 6, 2009 | Politics / Govt
A lot of Missourians hunt deer, eat deer, even watch for deer while driving down the highway. But how many have dropped a cool 150 grand for an unborn fawn? You’d be surprised. Deer farming is big business in Missouri. The Missouri White Tail Breeders...
by admin | Mar 3, 2009 | Politics / Govt
The closings of two grain elevators in Missouri have lawmakers proposing immediate changes in Missouri law as well a long-term look at the problem. First, the T. J. Gieseker Farms and Trucking case in Martinsburg; then, the closing of Gallatin Grain Company. The...
by admin | Feb 26, 2009 | Politics / Govt
An emerging investigation into whether a central-Missouri grain elevator defrauded hundreds of farmers prompts a leader in the House to propose changes to state law. Losses to area farmers have been estimated at $15 million, but Rep. Brian Munzlinger (R-Williamstown)...
by admin | Feb 11, 2009 | Politics / Govt
Missouri has a mandate to sell gasoline mixed with 10% ethanol. A state senator wants to extend the bio-fuels mandate to include bio-diesel. Sen. Bill Stouffer (R-Napton) is pushing SB29 that would require a 5% bio-diesel blend be sold in Missouri as long as its price...
by admin | Jan 20, 2009 | News
State senators hear that Missouri’s leading industry faces some very difficult problems. A series of speakers from various agriculture sectors have laid out a series of problem besetting agriculture before senators sitting in on a seminar Jeff Windett with the...
