livestock

A bill aimed at bolstering Missouri's agricultural industry is headed to the governor.Missouri senators on Tuesday voted unanimously in favor of the…

The Missouri House of Representatives is considering a bill that will increase the maximum weight limits for trucks carrying livestock across state…

This is the latest installment of Harvest Public Media’s Field Notes, in which we talk about important issues related to food production.All year long,…

This blog is part of ongoing coverage from Harvest Public Media, a public radio reporting project in the Midwest that focuses on important issues related…

A researcher is testing a geothermal heating system at a turkey farm in central Missouri that could help trim utility costs.The Columbia Daily Tribune…

Boonville’s livestock auction barn will re-open as the Missouri Valley Commission Company Tuesday, Oct. 23, under new ownership.Jon Angell of Centralia…

Many people who haven’t stepped foot on a dairy might think milking a cow is a sort of Emersonian back-to-the land moment, where a milker bonds with his…

There’s a new kind of gas on the market, with more ethanol in it than the gas we usually put in our cars. That’s beneficial for corn farmers who grow the…

Parts of the Midwest got a reprieve from the drought this week, according to the latest US Drought Monitor report released on Thursday. The report found…

Brandt Dairy sits on Swan Creek at the end of a meandering gravel road in Linn, Missouri. The farm is bucolic with its twin silos, red barn and…