Agriculture
Missouri cannabis regulators find another 6,000 products that should have been recalled in 2023
In Missouri’s massive marijuana recall two years ago, regulators pulled 62,000 products off the shelves that contained a THC concentrate the state deemed a “potential threat to health and safety.”
USDA cattle, county reports reinstated
Last year USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service discontinued the July Cattle Report as well as livestock and crop county estimates.
Lawmakers vote down a second bill to regulate intoxicating hemp products in Missouri
A second proposal backed by Missouri’s hemp industry to regulate products like hemp-THC seltzers and edibles was defeated in a House committee Thursday morning, after the hemp-beverage distributor who helped draft the bill emailed committee members that morning asking them to kill it. The 5-7 vote in the House General Laws committee came after Republican state Rep.
Missouri State Beekeepers Association alarmed by nationwide honeybee colony losses
The Missouri State Beekeepers Association, representing over 750 beekeepers across Missouri, expresses deep concern regarding the alarming results of a recent nationwide survey revealing catastrophic honey bee colony losses. The survey, conducted by a multi-organizational working group including Project Apis m., the American Beekeeping Federation, and the American Honey Producers Association, indicates an average loss of 62% among commercial beekeeping operations between June 2024 and February 2025.
Harvest all season long with succession sowing
ST. LOUIS – With a little bit of planning, gardeners can enjoy small amounts of fresh produce throughout the season by succession sowing, says University of Missouri Extension horticulture specialist Eliza Pessereau.
Women in livestock webinar series starts March 25
COLUMBIA, Mo. – University of Missouri Extension’s Pearls of Production committee is hosting five online sessions for women livestock producers across the state over the next few months.
Gardening can protect monarch butterflies
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – With spring around the corner, University of Missouri Extension field horticulturist Kelly McGowan urges gardeners to consider how they can help monarch butterflies.
Sign up now for 2025 crop pest alerts
COLUMBIA, Mo. – University of Missouri Extension’s Pest Monitoring Network offers free, timely pest alerts to farmers and gardeners, said MU Extension crops entomologist Ivair Valmorbida.
Test soil to save money in 2025
BOONVILLE, Mo. – University of Missouri Extension agronomist Todd Lorenz says a simple soil test help farmers kick the habit of routine fertilization resulting in wasted money and poor crop performance.
Billions of dollars at stake for farmers hit by Trump funding freeze, foreign aid pause
WASHINGTON — Farmers across the United States are finding themselves in precarious economic positions, as they attempt to navigate a strained farm economy and a barrage of executive orders from the Trump administration that put some farm programs in limbo. In his first month in office, President Donald Trump has issued a flurry of executive orders to pause or cancel federal funding on a range of programs and grants — some of which go directly to farmers.