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Could be More than Knee High by the 4th of July
SPRINGFIELD, ILL (IRN) -The U.S.D.A. says weather conditions around Illinois and Missouri last week were nearly perfect for planting. Crop statistician Mark Schleusener says farmers were in the fields...
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South and Midwest Farmers Faceoff
WASHINGTON (AP) — For once, it’s not Democrats battling Republicans. The five-year farm and food stamps bill now being debated in the Senate is a regional fight, pitting rice and peanut growers in the...
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Monsanto Profits Soar
NEW YORK (AP) — Monsanto says its fiscal third-quarter net income soared 35 percent as its seeds and traits business benefited from a mild winter that drove farmers to plant crops earlier and in large...
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Farmers and Ranchers Want End to Aerial Surveillance
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Midwest ranchers have never been enamored with environmental regulators, but they really began to complain after learning that federal inspectors were flying over their land to...
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Illinois Farmers Watching the Sky for Rain
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (IRN) – Another dry week plagued Illinois farmers. “Generally, the southern part of the state took it in the shorts a little bit worse than the north,” says Mark Schleusener, deputy...
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Drought Will Push Up Food Prices
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP/KMOX) — Corn and soybean prices surged Monday after the latest government report showed a widespread drought in the middle of the country is hurting this year’s crop. The U.S....
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Illinois Farmers Past The Point of No Return
SPRINGFIELD, ILL (IRN) - For many farmers across the Midwest, the drought has killed any chance for a successful corn crop. In Illinois you can look at just about every field and see stunted corn....
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Nitrate-Laden Plants Pose Threat to Cattle
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri agriculture officials are warning that cattle grazing on some drought-stressed plants are at risk of falling ill or even dying. One issue is nitrate poisoning. The...
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Big Corn & Soybean Report Due Friday
SPRINGFIELD, ILL (IRN) - Don’t write the obituary yet for the 2012 crop season in Illinois. “With corn prices as high as $8 (per bushel) and soybeans as high as they are, even if farmers can salvage 50...
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Drought Forces Debate on Ethanol
ILLINOIS (IRN) – Given the drought, there’s discussion of making ethanol mandates go away. U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) says not so fast. Durbin says there are two things to consider when talking...
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University of Missouri Extension Offers Farm Classes For Women
BOLIVAR, Mo. (AP) - The University of Missouri Extension is offering a series of courses aimed at helping women in agriculture. The series of seven classes begins Feb. 12 at Citizens Memorial Hospital...
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Monsanto Suit To Be Heard By Supreme Court Today
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vernon Hugh Bowman seems comfortable with the old way of doing things, right down to the rotary-dial telephone he said he was using in a conference call with reporters. But the...
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The Local Food Myth: Why Locavores May Be Getting It Wrong
These days, your food may accrue more frequent flyer miles than you do. The distance food travels from farm to refrigerator can be as much as 2,000 miles and can encompass a variety of travel modes,...
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Rain Keeps Mo. Farmers Out of Fields
JEFFERSON CITY, MO. (AP) - Heavy rain kept Missouri farmers out of their fields most of last week, pushing corn planting nearly a month behind last year’s pace and nine days behind the five-year norm....
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Supporters, Opponents Gear Up For Another Farm Bill Fight
ST. LOUIS (KMOX) - The stakes will again be high when the U.S. House of Representatives considers a $500 billion farm bill later this month. House members rejected a farm bill June 20 amid divisions...
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Missouri State’s Beef Now Sold at Specialty Meat Store
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – Missouri State University’s agriculture program, which includes a working 3,300-acre cattle ranch, has moved toward its goal of bringing MSU beef to local dinner plates. MSU...
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Disease Threatens Missouri’s Nation-Leading Walnut Crops
ST. LOUIS (KMOX) - Missouri is gearing up to repel an invasion that has the potential to devastate a major agricultural export. It may come as a surprise to many that Missouri leads the nation in the...
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Study: Ethanol Harms Environment More Than It Helps
ST. LOUIS (KMOX) - A new study is raising serious questions about the benefits of using corn-based ethanol as fuel. Dina Cappiello co-authored the report for the Associated Press and says that an...
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St. Louis Fed ‘Cautiously Positive’ About Economy in 2014
ST. LOUIS (KMOX) - New numbers released from the Federal Reserve in St. Louis show cautious optimism for the regional economy next year. Federal Reserve Researcher Charles Gascon says the Burgundy...
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Government Might Deregulate Corn, Soybean Seeds
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The federal government on Friday proposed eliminating restrictions on the use of corn and soybean seeds that are genetically engineered to resist a common weed killer, a move welcomed...
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Ill. Agencies Propose Rules For Pot Dispensaries
CHICAGO (AP) Three state agencies on Friday released proposed regulations for Illinois’ pilot medical marijuana program. The departments of Revenue, Agriculture and Financial and Professional...
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Corn Planting Behind Schedule
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Spring planting across the nation’s Corn Belt is sputtering because the soil remains too soggy or cold for effective seeding. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says 3 percent of the...
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Battle Over Sewer Sludge In Mascoutah
MASCOUTAH, Ill. (AP)- Residents in a southwestern Illinois town are raising questions over the use of treated human waste as a fertilizer in a field near their homes, arguing that the pungent product...
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Rally Planned Against Missouri Farming Measure
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Opponents are planning to rally at the Missouri Capitol against a proposed amendment to the state Constitution establishing a “right to farm.” The question on the state’s...
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Drone Being Used at Southeast Missouri State
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) Southeast Missouri State’s Department of Agriculture has something new at its farm–a drone unofficially dubbed “Ag Force One.” Students and faculty are being trained on how to...
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SEMO Launching Camera Drone To Monitor Farms
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) — Southeast Missouri State University’s Department of Agriculture has something new at its farm — a drone unofficially dubbed “Ag Force One.” Students and faculty are being...
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Ex-Ram Jason Brown Now A Farmer
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP)- Jason Brown knew very little about farming when he purchased more than 1,000 acres and decided he wanted to feed the hungry. The News & Observer of Raleigh reports...
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Sweet Corn May Become Illinois State Vegetable
CHATHAM, Ill. (AP)- A class of fourth-graders in central Illinois was learning about state symbols when students stumbled upon a puzzling question: Why does Illinois have a state fruit but no state...
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Missouri Lawmakers Pass Bill to Boost Agriculture Industry
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP)- A bill aimed at bolstering Missouri’s agricultural industry is headed to the governor. Missouri senators on Tuesday voted unanimously in favor of the measure, which previously...
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Missouri Governor Signs Bills to Help Dairy, Agriculture
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Gov. Jay Nixon signed bills Friday aimed at boosting Missouri’s dairy and $12.5 billion-a-year agriculture industries through insurance subsidies, scholarships, eased...
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Plans for Plant-Science District in Creve Coeur
CREVE COEUR, Mo. (KMOX) – St. Louis County is planting the seeds for an agri-science research district in Creve Coeur. Denny Coleman, CEO of the St. Louis Economic Development Partnership, says the...
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McCaskill Talks Agriculture, Iran Agreement and Trump
ST. LOUIS (KMOX) – Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill launches a tour of the state’s agriculture with a first stop at the Danforth Plant Science Center in Creve Couer. She also spoke about the Iran...
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Scary Price Tags on Halloween Pumpkins This Year
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo (KMOX) – A top agriculture expert in mid-Missouri says that Missouri farmers are having trouble growing pumpkins this year due to the wet summer and dry fall. Tim Reinbott says this...
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Peabody Allegedly Funded False Climate Change Science
ST. LOUIS (KMOX) – St. Louis-based Peabody Energy is one of two energy giants being investigated by the New York Attorney General’s office, for allegedly misleading investors about the causes and...
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Saint Louis Science Center Announces New Agriculture Exhibit
ST. LOUIS (KMOX) – Where does our food come from? That’s the focus of a new permanent exhibit coming to the Saint Louis Science Center. GROW will be the first major permanent addition since 1991. The...
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Bayer’s Offer to Monsanto Faces Anti-Trust Snag
ST. LOUIS (KMOX) – A Bayer buyout of Monsanto would face high anti-trust hurdles, states a Friday morning report from the Wall Street Journal. Monsanto yesterday confirmed it’s received an acquisition...
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Group Decries Possible Changes to Clean Water Commission
JEFFERSON CITY (KMOX) — The Missouri Coalition for the Environment is calling on Governor Nixon to veto a bill that would change the composition of the state’s Clean Water Commission. Executive...
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St. Louis Plants Agriculture Technology Seeds in Europe
ST. LOUIS (KMOX) – St. Louis business and innovation leaders Friday morning are wrapping up a visit to Europe. Venture Cafe Executive Director Travis Sheridan, also a KMOX host, says their first stop...
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Agency Inspects Rides, Attractions At Illinois State Fair
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) The Illinois Department of Labor is carrying out routine inspections of rides and attractions from now through the Illinois State Fair. The agency says in a Tuesday statement...
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Rating Restaurants for a “Green” Menu
St. Louis, Mo. (KMOX) – You may have heard the recent KMOX series on the farm to table movement, where restaurants try serve the best local ingredients. KMOX News discovered there’s an organization...
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