Keep your hands off my Missouri bacon. That's my message to the internet that has gone on a shaming campaign that needs to stop and it needs to stop right now.
If you need proof that agriculture is still the king of Illinois, consider this exhibit A. If you think the most expensive land in Illinois is a mansion, guess again. It's a more than 248 acre farm in Hebron.
It's no secret that most of Missouri has been suffering through a horrible drought for the past several years, but how much rainfall would it take for the state to be back to average? The actual number is truly staggering.
In case you didn't know, there's already a big problem with feral pigs in Missouri. A new report says that an even larger version of these swine is headed toward Missouri if something isn't done to stop them.
I am going to ask a question that only one man truly knows the answer to. Is Bill Gates really buying up Missouri farmland to 'save the planet'? There's a new book that claims there's proof this effort is real and happening now.
I will admit there are a lot of things in life I don't understand and this is just one more thing I can add to the list. Did you know that milk costs more in Missouri than just about any other state and it's a complete mystery to me as to why.
In some way, we all depend on agriculture. Many work the fields and we all benefit from the food it provides. That's why we all should be concerned that there is a tick that is dangerous to agriculture (and humans, too) that has been found in a Missouri county for the first time ever.
Parts of Missouri especially in the central parts of the state were already suffering from extreme drought conditions, but now that's expanded to the northeast officially according to meteorologists at the National Weather Service in St. Louis.
If the words of a sow farm employee are accurate, there could be devastating closings in the Missouri pork industry. Multiple reports claim that the world's largest pork producer may be closing as many as 37 Missouri farms.
The good news? It was a mild winter for many parts of Missouri. The bad news? Drought conditions now reported in both Marion and Ralls County according to new government data.