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05-02-2013 Austin Black
May is beef month and the Mizzou collegiate cattlewomen kick started the month’s promotional activities with the 4th annual campus-wide Meet Your Meat event on May 1. Stationed in the...
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Ag economy buoys much of the Midwest One steady measure of the rural Midwest economy is the University of Creighton’s Rural Mainstreet Index, a survey of financial leaders in 10 states. The...
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Taking on a timely topic is a good way to generate discussion, and Yvonne Thaxton has managed to do that. Thaxton is director of the center, which the University of...
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Vegetable bred to prevent cataracts A new N.C. State University study is focused on enhanced levels of lutein in broccoli. Lutein, an antioxidant, is associated with lowering risks for cataracts and...
Read more04-24-2013 webadmin
STURGEON, Mo. (March 9, 2013) – The Sturgeon Area Ministerial Alliance Food Pantry and the Boone County Fire Department will now be able to better serve the community, thanks to...
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Farmers and day-traders favor different machines. The other day while you were greasing your planter and sorting out the seed corn, there was a "flash crash" on Wall Street. Or,...
Read more04-19-2013 Austin Black

The crowd went wild as Greg, Kendall and Nathan Peterson of Assaria, KS took the stage at the 85th annual Missouri FFA Convention. In the last year, these three young...
Read more04-01-2013 webadmin
What do you get when you lend your time-lapse camera to a couple creative MFA managers and employees? Checkout the fun Vandalia Store manager Doug Wood has with his co-workers.......
Read more03-28-2013 webadmin

AgChoice's diverse customer base includes Cajuns It isn’t quite Louisiana, and it hasn’t been swampy as of late, but that didn’t stop a pair of Swamp People from stopping by the...
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The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association elected Don Pemberton, Richland, Mo., as the organization’s vice president at the 2013 Cattle Industry Convention in Tampa, Fla. Pemberton grew up working on his family’s...
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MFA local Affiliate SPOTLIGHT: Lebanon, MISSOURI If it’s something you need for cattle production or growing forage, Farmers Produce Exchange #139 at Lebanon, Mo., has it. Established in the 1920s, the...
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Oklahoma Steel makes quality wire fencing right here in Today’s Farmer country If you stretched all the four-point barbed wire fencing that MFA Incorporated sold in 2012, that four-strand fence would...
Read moreControlled grazing and soil maintenance build better pastures Controlling weeds in pasture is an annual battle for cattle producers. But a combination of managed grazing with timely herbicide application can give...
Read moreAge-and-source verification is on the decline, but healthy calves still bring premiums Japan recently began accepting U.S. beef products from animals up to 30 months old instead of the recent more...
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MFA’s precision team evaluates seed meters It’s no secret that soybean seed sizes will vary this year due to the droughty conditions across the Midwest last growing season. We see larger...
Read moreIn the days leading up to Sunday, May 19, U.S. farmers planted 43% of their crop in the ground in one week. http://t.co/42BInnErFM
MFA's range and pasture specialist David Moore gives a few good tips in a recent TF story on managing forage. http://t.co/wVjNF22hG2
Orthorexia has burst onto the scene with a great, but very health-inspired, gnashing of teeth. http://t.co/8IDODyBxm8
Ag communicators in #AAEA and #LPC can still register for an informative regional meeting, May 17 in Milwaukee. http://t.co/wc8T8L5QUt
No #flashcrash in the farmer's shop. http://t.co/JI2d2r02t8