by Alisa Nelson | Jul 31, 2023 | Agriculture, Business, Economy, Legislature, News
A Missouri bill set to become law next month is designed to beef up the punishment for interfering in livestock shipments. The state legislature passed and Gov. Mike Parson signed into law a bill that is on track to create the offense of interference with...
by Alisa Nelson | Jul 14, 2023 | Agriculture, News, Politics / Govt
The next leader of the Missouri State Fair will have some large cowboy boots to fill. After 14 years on the job, Director Mark Wolfe is retiring. “I wrote my letter to him and tore it up 19 times over the last six months and tossed it around in my mind is this the...
by Alisa Nelson | Jun 8, 2023 | Agriculture, Business, Economy, News, Politics / Govt, Transportation
The latest U.S. Drought Monitor shows nearly 87% of Missouri is experiencing some form of dryness. Extreme drought is widening in the central part of the state and several areas are now in moderate to severe drought. The state will allow haying along some state...
by admin | Jul 20, 2021 | Agriculture, Entertainment, Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt
There have been about $8 million in capital improvements at the sprawling state fairgrounds in west-central Missouri’s Sedalia in the past year. State Fair marketing director Kari Mergen says that includes campground improvements, brick horse barn upgrades and...
by admin | Jul 5, 2021 | Agriculture, Education, Legislature, News
Leaders from Missouri’s major commodity groups will testify before the Joint Committee on Agriculture Tuesday afternoon in Jefferson City. The hearing will begin at 1 at the Statehouse. Committee Chairman State Rep. Mike Haffner (R-Pleasant Hill) says the...
