The annual Soybean Festival in downtown Mexico has been celebrating one of Missouri’s leading crops for the past 50 years or so. Thousands of people are expected to pack the central Missouri community for the celebration of community, agriculture, and small-town...
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...
Legislation boosting criminal penalties for those who knowingly release feral hogs into the wild is heading to the Missouri Senate, after receiving final House approval on Thursday. The bipartisan vote was 108-38. House Bill 508 is sponsored by State Rep. Don Rone...
We’ll learn more details next week about the impact of the coronavirus on local slaughter facilities in Missouri. The Joint Committee on Agriculture plans a Thursday morning hearing at the Statehouse in Jefferson City. The committee will meet at 9 a.m. The...
