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The Daily Star-Journal
April 4, 2018
Attorney Steven Jeffrey, representing the Lone Jack Neighbors for Responsible Agriculture, asked the DNR to reschedule the hearing at a larger facility to allow .... Comments may be submitted by mail to the Missouri Department of Natural Resourdes, P.O. Box 176, Jefferson City, MO 65102, by fax at $573)Ãâà...
AgWeb
April 4, 2018
Seeking to expand its cattle feeding and processing operation near Lone Jack, MO, about 30 miles southeast of Kansas City, Valley Oaks applied to the Missouri Department of Natural Resources for a permit to increase from the current 900 head to 6,999. Under Missouri rules, only feedlots with 7,000 headÃâà...
High Plains Journal
April 3, 2018
A specialty grant through the Missouri Department of Agriculture funds the hops trial. MU horticulturists harvested their first hops from Bradford last fall. While it takes about three years to create a good hop yard, the plants can produce for up to 40 years. Varieties at the research farm climb up to 15 feet onÃâà...
Gallatin North Missourian
March 21, 2018
Each year the Missouri Department of Agriculture selects 30 sophomores from across the state who are involved in agriculture and are active members of 4-H or FFA. Gallatin junior Megan Chadwick was elected Area FFA Secretary for 2009-10 and will serve the 25 chapters from area schools. Megan wasÃâà...
KBIA
March 21, 2018
The Missouri Department of Agriculture held a public hearing Wednesday to discuss a proposed emergency rule restricting the sales of two popular pesticides. Generally, the rule would stop sales of the weed killers dicamba and 2,4-D between April 15 and October 1 in Missouri. The department's goal is toÃâà...
Braymer Bee
March 18, 2018
Rachel Heimericks, with the Missouri Department of Agriculture, will address programs and other resources that the department has available to help farmers' markets. Londa Nwadike, State Extension Consumer Food Safety Specialist for both the University of Missouri and Kansas State University, will giveÃâà...
Hannibal.net
March 18, 2018
The Missouri Department of Agriculture has funds available to assist Missouri producers with the cost associated with relabeling Missouri agriculture products for retail sale. The Missouri Department of Agriculture has funds available to assist Missouri producers with the cost associated with relabelingÃâà...
Joplin Globe
March 9, 2018
According to a statement from the United States Department of Agriculture, the presence of the H7N1 strain of avian influenza was confirmed in a commercial flock of almost 20,000 turkeys. The outbreak was detected through pre-slaughter testing. The farm was quarantined by the Missouri Department ofÃâà...
KOAM-TV
March 9, 2018
"The likelihood of this becoming a human issue is slim," says Tony Moehr with the Jasper County Health Department. "It's not zero, but it's slim." Moehr says while the USDA and Missouri Department of Agriculture investigate the turkey infections, local health officials will monitor farm workers who have hadÃâà...
Buffalo Reflex
March 8, 2018
The Missouri Department of Agriculture sponsored animal agriculture disaster planning and management sessions in every county. Livestock producers learned a disease-prompted halt to animal transport would prove devastating to the state economy. Producers were reminded of reportable livestockÃâà...
ABC17News.com
March 8, 2018
Every time you use your credit or debit card to buy gas, there's a chance someone is trying to steal your personal info. But there are some things you can do to stay a step ahead of the bad guys. John Albert is a program administrator for the Missouri Department of Agriculture Weights and Measures Division.
Columbia Missourian
March 7, 2018
The bill allows institutions of higher education to work with the Department of Agriculture to participate in the pilot program, but their plots of industrial hemp plants would be limited to 20 acres. ... The bill allows the Department of Agriculture to inspect a participant's hemp crop at any time during its growth.
KBIA
March 7, 2018
... in the state to study the growth, cultivation, processing and marketing of industrial hemp in cooperation with Missouri's Department of Agriculture. ... The bill allows institutions of higher education to work with the Department of Agriculture to participate in the pilot program, but their plots of industrial hempÃâà...
CIDRAP
March 7, 2018
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and the Missouri Department of Agriculture are conducting an in-depth epidemiological investigation and have stepped up surveillance and testing. Two other commercial poultry farms located within 10 kilometers ofÃâà...
Herald-Whig
March 7, 2018
Missouri Department of Agriculture Director Chris Chinn listens as she chats with Connie Burch and Michele Hopson during Tuesday night's First Bankers Trust Ag Banquet at Town and Country Inn and Suites in Quincy. Chinn was the keynote speaker at the banquet. The Ag Banquet also honored theÃâà...
kttn
March 6, 2018
The Missouri Department of Agriculture will host a public hearing in Jefferson City for individuals to share their input on an emergency rule that restricts the sale of certain pesticides in Missouri. The hearing on March 21st begins at 10 o'clock at the East Elm Conference Center in the Roaring River Room.
Missourinet.com
February 16, 2018
The dicamba drift that has plagued crops has the Missouri Department of Agriculture (MDA) running short on staff members. Missouri Governor Eric Greitens signs pesticide legislation into law on March 31, 2017 in Portageville (photo courtesy of Gov. Greitens' office). This weed-killer can spread toÃâà...
Clinton county leader
December 31, 1999
Senate Bill 787 would direct the Missouri Department of Agriculture to apply for a federal grant to assist low-income senior citizens in Missouri. If approved, the funding will be used to offer vouchers to eligible seniors redeemable for food at farmers' markets, roadside stands and community-supportedÃâà...
Maryville Daily Forum
December 31, 1999
Missouri Department of Agriculture Director Chris Chinn was at Mozingo Lake Recreation Park Wednesday to speak at the Agriculture and Food Literacy Summit ... The Agriculture and Food Literacy Summit was the first major event related to a two-year, $150,000 grant awarded to Northwest by the U.S.Ãâà...
Hannibal.net
December 31, 1999
A variety of large agribusinesses have chosen to locate their headquarters in Missouri, recognizing the critical mass of agriculture innovation and excellence. To see more Missouri ag highlights, visit http://agriculture.mo.gov/topcommodities.php. To learn more about the Missouri Department of Agriculture,Ãâà...
Herald-Whig
December 31, 1999
Rob Dixon, director of the Missouri Department of Economic Development, speaks to a group Friday afternoon at Hannibal Regional Medical Group as part of a three-city economic development tour of ... Dixon said his department and the Missouri Department of Agriculture were recently directed by Gov.
