Plant people could lose a whole afternoon here without trying very hard. This Missouri farm grows more than seventeen hundred varieties, so the selection goes far beyond the usual garden-center lineup ...

Last week, Missouri voters approved an amendment to their state constitution called the Right to Farm Act. The bill was passed by a small margin. Jacob Gersen, a Professor of Law at Harvard Law School ...

Farmers squeezed by higher operating expenses are looking beyond crops and livestock. According to Fox News, hosting tourists has become a lifeline for some farm families facing mounting financial ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Independent sat down for interviews with all five Republicans running in Missouri's 6th Congressional District, asking ...

Freshly laid eggs on a packing machine Oct. 7 at the Kauffman farm in Weldon, Iowa. The eggs operation was added to the farm in 2015 and specializes in cage-free, non-GMO fed laying hens with access ...

MEXICO, Mo. - Across the United States, the average age of farmers continues to trend upward. In Missouri, the numbers align with what the rest of the country is averaging. According to the Missouri ...

Early on a cool September morning, farmer Josh Payne tends to his flock in Concordia, just east of Kansas City, Missouri. As Payne opens the gate, about a thousand sheep round the corner and bound ...

Missouri Governor Mike Parson on Thursday declared a drought alert as state agencies respond to an expanding drought that he said could lead to financial ruin for farm families. Parson, who is a ...

A bird flu deadly to poultry has been confirmed at a second turkey farm in Missouri, and state agriculture leaders are making efforts to stop the spread of the virus. The Missouri Department of ...