Missouri’s net farm income is projected to drop 18% this year to $3.6 billion, according to the Spring 2024 Missouri Farm Income Outlook. Scott Brown, interim director of the University of Missouri’s Rural and Farm Finance Policy Analysis Center told Missourinet that...
Missouri’s drought alert has been extended to September 1. The executive order signed by Gov. Mike Parson directs continued coordination of state resources and combined response efforts until conditions improve in drought-impacted areas. Zach Leasor, state...
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...
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...
