How will new farm bill impact Southwest Missouri dairy farmers?
In overwhelming votes, the United States House of Representatives and the Senate approved the farm bill. If signed into law by President Trump, the new farm bill will cover a lot of ground.
Milked dry: Missouri's diminishing dairy industry at a crossroads
Like a whisper, the first of the fall leaves crunched beneath the car’s tires as it drove down Route 76. Half an hour passed without a person in sight.
Dairy cows to be shipped from Olympia to Vietnam
A Missouri-based exporter will ship 1,400 dairy cows from the Port of Olympia to Vietnam this month, opening a trade link first broached 20 years ago.
Missouri wants to revitalize its dairy industry
Missouri was consistently one of the Top 10 dairy producing states in the nation for many years. Today it is not even in the Top 20. The focus of the 2015 Breimyer Seminar held July 13 in Columbia, Missouri, was about revitalizing the Missouri dairy industry.
Cattle Outlook: Beef Cow Expansion Continuing
The semiannual cattle inventory report from USDA confirmed that beef cow expansion is continuing, according to agricultural economists at the University of Missouri.
#Kraft Foods Plans $100 Million Expansion At Its Springfield, Missouri, Cheese Processing Facility
Kraft Foods will invest approximately $100 million to upgraded technology and equipment at its Springfield, Missouri, cheese production facility to produce a new product line.Following Kraft’s nearly $50 million capital investment in 2012, this new investment demonstrates the company’s commitment to staying competitive and remaining a legacy employer in Springfield, local chamber of commerce officials said. […]
No Decline in 2012 Dairy Cow Numbers Despite Drought
US – Facing drought-reduced feed and low profits, Missouri dairy producers maintained their milk cow numbers in 2012, according to a USDA cattle inventory.