Agriculture

Creating wetlands in farm country can reduce the severity of flooding downstream. The Mississippi River Cities and Towns Initiative and Ducks Unlimited have partnered to create more wetlands in the Mississippi River basin.

The U.S. imports a lot of chestnuts, and there is opportunity for more of them to be home grown.

Early on in its launch, ag-tech startup Benson Hill could barely pay its utility bill. Investment from BioGenerator helped lead it to the New York Stock Exchange.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture will provide loan guarantees to make it easier for processors to build new facilities, add on to existing ones and improve supply chains.

The Missouri Soybean Association is funding the effort at Pittsburg State University in Kansas.

Experts say the demand for corn in China is increasing faster than farmers' ability to produce it.

The state is working alongside a Sedalia college to possibly purchase the last available undeveloped land adjacent to the fair.

The study will try to quantify how much carbon certain farming practices will keep in the soil and out of the atmosphere.

Replacing limestone with basalt rock could lead to healthier soil and better harvests and reduce the amount of carbon in the atmosphere.

George Washington Carver is slotted in American history lessons as "the peanut guy." But the Missourian led a revolution in biofuels, food trucks, plant-based meats, alternative medicines, and even civil rights.