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Ava Fire Department, courtesy of MO Dept. of Conservation/Ava Fire Department FacebookMatt Bowyer, Southeast Region Administrator for the Missouri Department of Conservation, provided an update on the wildfires in southern Missouri. The fires are primarily in Wayne, Reynolds, and Iron Counties, with some scattered throughout the Ozarks. The fires started before a tornado, with high fire weather conditions contributing. -
Ava Fire Department, courtesy of MO Dept. of Conservation/Ava Fire Department FacebookMatt Bowyer, Southeast Region Administrator for the Missouri Department of Conservation, provided an update on the wildfires in southern Missouri. The fires are primarily in Wayne, Reynolds, and Iron Counties, with some scattered throughout the Ozarks. The fires started before a tornado, with high fire weather conditions contributing.
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The National Forest Service will not release details on the number or job duties of people let go from the Mark Twain and Shawnee National Forests. -
More than 130 farmers, ranchers and advocates converged on Capitol Hill last week, urging action on the federal funding freeze and farm bill. Missouri ranks second in the nation with more than 95,000 family-owned farms, many of which depend on federal support. -
The 2018 Farm Bill allocated $75 million to the Feral Swine Eradication Program, to reduce the billions of dollars in annual damage caused by wild hogs. But the program's funding expired this month, leaving farmers in Missouri and across the country battling these destructive animals without the added funding. -
The Missouri-based group Farm Action Fund is fighting to keep the proposed FARM Act from becoming federal law. The nonpartisan, nonprofit organization warns if the proposed legislation is passed, it would give big corporate farms more money, making it easier to push small and mid-sized farms out of business. -
Missouri children who depend on school meals for nutrition can now receive food assistance over the summer. Through the SuN Bucks program, families are given a one-time $120 EBT benefit per child to help cover grocery costs during the break. -
Nestled in the heart of Cape Girardeau, South Side Farms stands as a beacon of hope in a food desert, dedicated to transforming lives through access to fresh, nutritious produce.Founded eight years ago by Jimmy Wilferth, the farm emerged from an encounter with a young student facing hunger during school breaks. This moment ignited a mission to ensure that no one would go hungry in an area where healthy food options were scarce. -
Nestled in the heart of Cape Girardeau, South Side Farms stands as a beacon of hope in a food desert, dedicated to transforming lives through access to fresh, nutritious produce.Founded eight years ago by Jimmy Wilferth, the farm emerged from an encounter with a young student facing hunger during school breaks. This moment ignited a mission to ensure that no one would go hungry in an area where healthy food options were scarce.
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A new bill in Congress proposes a program to use federal funds to help farmers in Missouri and elsewhere transition from concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs, to independent family farm operations. -
Every five years, the Farm Bill expires and is renewed through a lengthy process of proposal, debate, and approval by Congress, followed by the President's signature to become law. -
Agriculture advocates are pushing for more transparency on the USDA’s recently announced payments for minority farmers, ranchers, and foresters who experienced discrimination. More than $2 billion is going to tens of thousands of recipients, but some are hoping for more information about payout demographics, methodology, and reviewers.
