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Missouri Director of Agriculture Chris Chinn was the guest speaker for Ag Forward, a three-part series of presentations being offered this spring.

Missouri Director of Agriculture Chris Chinn was the guest speaker for Ag Forward, a three-part series of presentations being offered this spring.

Consumers have been increasingly looking toward nearby farmers for meat.

Consumers have been increasingly looking toward nearby farmers for meat.

While farmers in Missouri scramble for quality hay to feed their livestock during an unusually dry spring, scammers are capitalizing on the desperate conditions by posing as hay sellers on

The federally protected birds are preying on newborn livestock. Missouri's black vulture bird population has grown from 14,000 in 2015 to roughly 21,000 in 2021, which is only worsening the problem.

Black vultures are a nuisance for Missouri livestock producers. The federally protected birds are preying on newborn livestock. The problem has increased as the black vulture population grew to roughly 21,000 in 2021.

Black vulture populations are growing larger in southern Missouri. So, it triggered this question: Is Missouri spending 1.6 million to kill black vultures?

St. Louis Public Radio The wine that is made from these grapes in a central Missouri vineyard could be headed to southeast Asia as the Missouri Department of Agriculture is looking to market wines there. Hank Ma has staffed the Missouri Department of Agriculture’s Asian-Pacific trade office in Taiwan for more than 30 years, but he is not slowing down on trying to find new places to sell the state’s products. Ma is planning to attend food and agriculture trade shows this summer now that ea...