Food banks across Missouri have lost nearly 1.6 million pounds of federal food aid since May of this year, including thousands of pounds of cheese, chicken, eggs, pork, turkey, pork chops, plums, and gallons of milk. The Missouri Independent reports the reduced food...
The ongoing federal government shutdown is not having a huge impact on the state’s agriculture, according to Missouri Agriculture Director Chris Chinn. “To my knowledge, all of the state’s USDA offices are shut down,” she told Missourinet....
A Missouri farmer who led the USDA’s Farm Service Agency during the first Trump Administration is heading back to Washington, D.C. in a new role. Richard Fordyce, of Bethany, was confirmed September 19 as the USDA’s Under Secretary of Farm Production and...
A state lawmaker from southwest Missouri is joining the Trump Administration. State Rep. Ben Baker, R-Neosho, has been chosen by President Donald Trump to become the Director of the USDA’s Rural Development office for Missouri. The office provides loans, grants, and...
Black vultures in Missouri are expanding and are causing issues for Missouri’s farmers and ranchers. They are known to gang up on prey on newborn livestock, but they are federally protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918. Travis Guerrant, the USDA APHIS...
