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Agriculture
4:09 pm
Mon March 19, 2012

Photos from Digest This: Farm and food controversies

How do consumers make decisions about what they consume? And, how are the various stakeholders attempting to shape those thoughts about food? Host Reuben Stern spoke with four experts with diverse views about the messages and motives behind these controversies in this special Intersection event, 

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Politics
5:10 pm
Fri March 9, 2012

Gov. Nixon sees off MO National Guard team

Members of a Missouri National Guard Agribusiness Development Team have received a sendoff from Gov. Jay Nixon as they prepare for deployment to Afghanistan.

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Agriculture
8:09 am
Fri January 27, 2012

Missouri treasurer announces financial assistance for farmers

Credit Eric Durban / Harvest Public Media
The Missouri treasurer's office will partner with community banks to negotiate lower interest loans on equipment and land.

Missouri State Treasurer Clint Zweifel has announced a new financial assistance package for beginning farmers trying to make their way in an expensive industry.

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Politics
5:31 pm
Wed January 25, 2012

Big trucks on small roads

Credit Jacob Fenston / KBIA
MoDOT engineers worry that heavier trucks would spell rutted roads in rural Missouri.

Cattlemen in Missouri are backing a bill in the House that would increase weight limits for hauling livestock on the state's highways. But department of transportation engineers worry heavier trucks would damage already-strained rural roads.

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Agriculture
12:40 pm
Mon December 26, 2011

River flooding planned topic for state Governor's Conference on Agriculture

River flooding is expected to be a major topic at the upcoming Missouri Governor's Conference on Agriculture. (AP)

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Education
5:50 pm
Tue November 29, 2011

Blunt announces agricultural research to stay funded

U.S. Senator Roy Blunt says Missouri agricultural research will not see a reduction in funding next year.

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