Missouri Department of Agriculture

Increased limits on a loan program for new farmers and expanded tax credits for small farmers could help producers as inflation continues, but more could be taking advantage of the opportunities.

The Missouri Department of Agriculture has opened applications for a grant for urban farmers who tackle food insecurity in their communities. While grants are crucial for urban farms, some find this one to be inaccessible.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency last week reversed a restriction put in place in January that was intended to help the endangered American burying beetle. The agency now says the Enlist brand of weed killer doesn’t pose a risk.

A new report from the Department of Agriculture shows 6% growth in the sector since 2016 and 450,000 of the jobs in the state being related to ag.

Corn, soybeans, livestock, lumber and wines are all among the products the state is marketing to southeast Asian countries.

Opposition to electronic tracking is bringing together an unusual group of interests in the agriculture community, but its use overseas may make it an inevitability in time.

Missouri wants to make it easier for farmers to get pesticide training and also keep the U.S. EPA from taking over the responsibility.

Missouri agriculture officials are struggling to address a backlog of complaints from farmers who allege that dicamba-based herbicide drift from another…

For the first time in more than 70 years, farmers in Missouri will be allowed to grow industrial hemp during the 2020 growing season.But first they will…

Andrew Joyce won’t be growing any tomatoes this summer. His three-acre produce farm in Malden, Missouri, will lie fallow. The cause: damage from the...