Missouri

Multiple state cattlemen’s organizations from major beef producing regions have partnered together to form U.S. CattleTrace, a disease traceability initiative.  The goal is to develop a national infrastructure for disease traceability and encourage private industry’s use of the infrastructure for individualized management practices.  The new U.S. C...

It may not be just a few USDA offices moving out of D.C., if a pair of senators have their wish.  Missouri Senator Josh Hawley introduced legislation last week to move the Department of Agriculture to Missouri.  Joined by Tennessee Senator Marsha Blackburn, the Republicans seek to move the headquarters of USDA to Missouri and the Department of Education to Tennessee.  However...

It may not be just a few USDA offices moving out of D.C., if a pair of senators have their wish.  Missouri Senator Josh Hawley introduced legislation last week to move the Department of Agriculture to Missouri.  Joined by Tennessee Senator Marsha Blackburn, the Republicans seek to move the headquarters of USDA to Missouri and the Department of Education to Tennessee.  However...

Settlement talks kicked off last week as part of a lawsuit challenging a Missouri law that makes promoting plant-based-food products as “meat” a misdemeanor crime. Attorneys for the state of Missouri and vegetarian food companies that sued the state are working toward a settlement agreement, part of a court-ordered mediation process.   Th...

Last week’s bomb cyclone continues to inundate parts of the Midwest with flood waters this week. Following the storm that hit Nebraska the hardest, the flood waters made their way downstream over the weekend to include, Iowa Kansas and Missouri. Mult...

The Supreme Court this week rejected to hear challenges to state animal ag laws.  The Supreme Court rejected oral arguments in two lawsuits, one against California and another against Massachusetts, regarding interstate commerce of agriculture products.  The law...

The Supreme Court this week rejected to hear challenges to state animal ag laws.  The Supreme Court rejected oral arguments in two lawsuits, one against California and another against Massachusetts, regarding interstate commerce of agriculture products.  The law...

The U.S. Department of Justice filed a brief recommending that the Supreme Court not hear the lawsuit the state of Missouri filed against California.  The subject of the lawsuit is California’s laws requiring larger enclosures for egg-laying hens and other animals.  MeatingPlace....

Farmers and ranchers need quality connections to broadband internet, but those connections can be hard to find in the countryside.  While more needs to be done, Missouri Agriculture Director Chris Chinn, said the Trump administration is working to improve broadband access in rural areas nationwide.  Ch...

A Missouri omnibus agriculture bill containing provisions against so-called fake meat has passed the state legislature.  The language prohibits misrepresenting a product as meat that was not derived from harvested livestock.  The Missouri House passed the bill 125-22 following previous passage in the Missouri Senate.  Missouri bec...