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Heartland is a small community in northeast Missouri and is home to the state's largest dairy. Heartland Dairy is under investigation from the…
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A Missouri lawmaker is again pushing legislation that would shift regulation of farm-raised deer to state agriculture officials. Republican Sen. Brian…
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As Father Knute Jacobson of Calvary Episcopal Church in Columbia prays, farmers and their families bow their heads and press their hands to a big, green,…
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Zane Volkman has been riding for as long as he can remember.From the steer he would ride through his family’s pasture, to a donkey and finally to his…
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Deadly arctic storms, freezing rains and thunderstorms, Missouri has seen it all so far this past spring. As we enter into warmer months, local farmers…
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Driving out of the western Iowa town of Panora, the winding roads offer broad vistas of rolling hills. Many of the mailboxes along Redwood Road show the…
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Working beyond retirement is a fairly common refrain these days. In 2012, 5 percent of the U.S. workforce was beyond retirement age. But farmers seem to…
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Americans eat millions of pounds of fish and seafood and government figures show that 80 percent of it is imported. But two cousins in Iowa are hoping to…
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Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer, is muscling in on one of the fastest growing segments of American agriculture: local food.Wal-Mart says 11 percent…
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It's no secret that agriculture in the U.S. has gone through major changes in the past century. But let's focus in on ag labor for a second: back in 1900,…