Missouri Agriculture

In this episode of 'SEMO Spotlight', we speak with Lainey Canning, a senior at Southeast Missouri State University studying Agri-Business: Animal Science and Agricultural Communication. Lainey is also a member of the Marching Band, up for election as "Woman of the Year" for the 2025 Homecoming season.

In this episode of 'SEMO Spotlight', we speak with Lainey Canning, a senior at Southeast Missouri State University studying Agri-Business: Animal Science and Agricultural Communication. Lainey is also a member of the Marching Band, up for election as "Woman of the Year" for the 2025 Homecoming season.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has released funds for farmer-driven agriculture research in Missouri and nationwide after a months-long delay. Farmers across the country launched a campaign to insist the government release the money, which it did in mid-September. The Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program grants funds to farmers and ranchers for on-farm studies and helps distribute the results.

Missouri hog farmers are stepping into the national spotlight as Congress considers Prop 12, California’s crate-free pork law. They say losing the law would wipe out a fair market that rewards crate-free pork.

Southeast Missouri State University’s Sikeston campus welcomes Saluna, a St. Louis-based agricultural technology startup focused on advancing hemp as a competitive and sustainable alternative for farmers.

As national debates heat up over SNAP and school meal cuts, Missouri leaders are stepping in. Born out of the Ferguson movement, A Red Circle has been working since 2017 to fight racial and economic gaps in North St. Louis County, using food, education, wellness, and the arts to uplift the community.

Lainey Canning is a Junior at SEMO studying Agri-Business and Animal Science, and Agricultural Communication. In this episode, she speaks about two classes that have impacted her the most and how her professors helped her gain work experience through these courses.

Lainey Canning is a Junior at SEMO studying Agri-Business and Animal Science, and Agricultural Communication. In this episode, she speaks about two classes that have impacted her the most and how her professors helped her gain work experience through these courses.

Questions of whether recent spikes in consumer costs have been caused, at least in part, by price gouging aren't going away. Attorneys General in more than 30 states, including Missouri, are working with the U.S. Department of Agriculture to determine just how much consumers have been affected, and whether any suspicious activity by corporations is at play.

In early March, the Department of Agriculture reported an outbreak of the HPAI (avian influenza) in a commercial flock of chickens being raised for meat in Stoddard County, Missouri.