Farming

This cattle feed was manufactured in Illinois and also distributed in Missouri.

If you happen to be an Illinois farm woman, this is likely something you already know.

California is being allowed to wreck the business of some Illinois pork producers.

Many Missouri farmers used to believe sun halos were a bad sign for an upcoming winter and some still do.

You know you're in trouble in Missouri if you see pigs start to gather sticks because nature knows.

Having grown up in the rural part of Missouri, seeing farm equipment on the roads is not unusual, but we're approaching the time of year when being aware of that presence is literally a life and death situation. New data shared by the Missouri State Highway Patrol hammers that truth home.

If you're not a farmer, you likely have no idea all that goes into the spring planting.

At some level, all of us are looking for love. For one Sikeston, Missouri farmer, that pursuit will be a very public one as he's one of the featured guys on season 2 of reality show Farmer Wants a Wife on Fox.

If you want something done and done right, find a Missouri working dog. Don't believe me? You should see a team of canines who convinced a bunch of cattle that they needed to load onto a trailer like it was nothing.

Times are tough for many. That's as evident as ever in a notice that Smithfield Foods is closing 35 Missouri hog production sites which will mean 92 jobs will be lost by October.