Details Regarding Second tranche of 2019 MFP Payments
MFP signup at local FSA offices will run through Friday, December 6, 2019. Payments will be made by the Farm Service Agency (FSA) under the authority of the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) Charter Act to producers of alfalfa hay, barley, canola, corn, crambe, dried beans, dry peas, extra-long staple cotton, flaxseed, lentils, long grain and … Continue reading Details Regarding Second tranche of 2019 MFP Payments
Moberly Natural Crush Appoints Industry Leaders as Directors, Announces Winter Meeting Schedule
With a business plan to be a marketplace for specialty soybean processing, it only makes sense that Moberly Natural Crush, LLC., would assemble an extra-special Board of Directors. In November the company appointed three seasoned professionals to its Board, and it expects these Directors to make an immediate impact. Fritz Holzgrefe, who spent nine years … Continue reading Moberly Natural Crush Appoints Industry Leaders as Directors, Announces Winter Meeting Schedule
December 2019 Issue of Missouri Soybean Farmer Magazine Available Now
The December 2019 issue of Missouri Soybean Farmer magazine continues the year-long series on raising conventional soybean varieties with a look at policy and regulatory considerations. This issue also features the next generation of growers through the eyes of Logan Korff and Brock Alyward. Check out the full, interactive issue online by clicking here.
Missouri Ag Land Values Survey 2019
Ag lenders, rural appraisers and farmers who participated in the 2019 Missouri Farmland Values Opinion Survey estimated that the value of good cropland; good pastureland; and timber, hunting and recreational land in the state increased on average from 2018 to 2019. The survey, conducted in August 2019 by the University of Missouri Cooperative Extension Service, … Continue reading Missouri Ag Land Values Survey 2019
Missouri Soybean Seed Guide
The Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council’s farmer leaders look to address challenges and improve opportunities for their fellow growers when prioritizing soybean checkoff investments into research and growing demand for soy. Chief among their efforts is soybean breeding and trait technology development. Released in late 2019, the Missouri Soybean Seed Guide details varieties currently available, as well as those in … Continue reading Missouri Soybean Seed Guide
Position Announcement – Conservation Programs Manager
The position will develop and oversee efforts that promote soil, water and wildlife conservation approaches to Missouri corn and soybean farmers. A key objective will be to increase grower and/or landowner awareness and education about on-farm conservation and natural resources management strategies, seeking to increase the scale and/or rate of conservation practice delivery and adoption … Continue reading Position Announcement – Conservation Programs Manager
Rural Leaders Petition President Trump to Uphold Biofuel Promise
A broad coalition of biofuel and farm advocates have sent a letter to the White House this week calling on President Trump to fix a flawed proposal from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which “fails in its mission to reinvigorate farm economies and reopen biofuel plants across America’s heartland.” The letter was signed by 60 … Continue reading Rural Leaders Petition President Trump to Uphold Biofuel Promise
A Diversified Decisionmaker
By Jason Jenkins, Mill Creek Communications At 26 years old, Klinton Holliday would be considered a “millennial,” a member of that oft-criticized generation that grew up only knowing phones that are smart, trophies just for participating and lives lived openly on social media. But Holliday isn’t your “typical” millennial. Not only has he assumed a … Continue reading A Diversified Decisionmaker
Putting Tech to Work
By Christine Tew In the 1990s, research into the hydrogenation process that helped soybean oil give foods desirable taste and texture and allowed the oil to be reused many times in commercial fryers found undesirable results on cholesterol. Trans fats, or partially-hydrogenated fatty acids, produced through the process, were linked to human health concerns like … Continue reading Putting Tech to Work
Seed Bean Breakdown
By Jason Jenkins, Mill Creek Communications Not all soybeans are created equal. All spring and summer, those emerald green fields across the Show-Me State do indeed lookquite similar. Even into fall when they turn golden, there’s no distinguishing one from another. But all beans aren’t the same. While the vast majority are destined for the … Continue reading Seed Bean Breakdown