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Missouri Department of Agriculture

  • Blogs

    December 12, 2011

    AgriMissouri Brings Your Holiday Back Home

    Image via​For many, holiday shopping means camping out in front of a chain store for cheap electronics. Fact: You don't have to spend the night in the cold or waste half the day looking for a parking spot at the Galleria to give the gift of local food. You just have to read the Holiday Gift Gu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2011

    Established Dog Trainer in Lincoln County Fights Animal Abuse Charges (VIDEO)

    Image viaTrainer Ed Nelson stands accused of abusing this yellow lab​Trainer Ed Nelson of Lincoln County openly admits it: Teaching hunting dogs how to fetch ducks and geese safely and effectively requires the use of force -- at least sometimes. The legal question is this: Where's the line between ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2011

    Animal Shelters Face Devastating New Tax in Missouri

    ​A fat new fee increase proposed by the Missouri Department of Agriculture would cripple non-profit animal shelters, animal welfare groups say.The new proposal would treat shelters exactly the same as for-profit breeders, requiring them to pay annual licensing fees as well as a surcharge on each a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2011

    Puppy Mill Law Enforced for First Time; 70 Dogs Taken from Missouri Breeder

    The dogs rescued lived among rodent droppings. Old and sick dogs had been shot to death.​Inspectors from the Missouri Department of Agriculture today removed more than 70 dogs from a Monett-based breeder in the first-ever enforcement of the state's new Canine Cruelty Prevention Act. Violations ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2011

    John's Butcher Shoppee Accused of Labeling Organ Meat "Ground Beef"

    A curious suit over questionable meat.​At a news conference today in St. Louis, Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster announced that he's filed a civil suit against a meat processor with stores in Overland and Festus on claims that the company mislabeled some of its products. According to the att ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2011

    Humane Society's Wayne Pacelle Fires Back Over Puppy Mill Compromise

    Wayne Pacelle of the Humane Society of the United States​Governor Jay Nixon yesterday announced new measures (and $1.1 million in funding) to monitor dog-breeding operations here, in light of the "Missouri Compromise" that he signed into law earlier this year. The compromise gutted key parts of Pr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 4, 2011

    Dog Breeder's Violations Festered For a Year, New Report Shows

    State inspectors told dog breeder LInda Baxendale that if she didn't agree to shutter her business, they'd call in law enforcement, a new report says.Jennifer Silverberg​State inspectors told a Stone County dog breeder in March 2010 that she needed to obtain additional housing for her dogs and get ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 3, 2011

    Circuit Court Ruling Puts Raw Milk Cheesemaker Out of Business

    image viaThe Cheese House at Morningland of the Ozarks is no more.​The battle over raw-milk cheese has come home to Missouri. On Tuesday the Howell County Circuit Court upheld a ruling by the Missouri State Milk Board that Morningland of the Ozarks, a dairy in Mountain View, would have to dest ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2011

    Stone County Dog Breeder Had Issues in Previous Inspection -- State Didn't Follow Up

    Jennifer Silverberg74 dogs were confiscated from a Crane, Missouri, facility last week -- one year after the state gave the business a passing grade​A Crane, Missouri, dog-breeding facility shut down by inspectors from the Missouri Department of Agriculture last week for a host of severe deficienc ... More >>

  • News

    January 6, 2011

    In Missouri, it's one puppy mill down, and how many more to go?

    Jennifer Silverberg74 dogs were confiscated from a Crane, Missouri, facility last week -- one year after the state gave the business a passing grade​A Crane, Missouri, dog-breeding facility shut down by inspectors from the Missouri Department of Agriculture last week for a host of severe deficienc ... More >>

  • News

    March 3, 2010

    RFT readers salivate about the return of Dunkin' Donuts, but say Monsanto's "tearless onion" is a crock

    Jennifer Silverberg74 dogs were confiscated from a Crane, Missouri, facility last week -- one year after the state gave the business a passing grade​A Crane, Missouri, dog-breeding facility shut down by inspectors from the Missouri Department of Agriculture last week for a host of severe deficienc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2009

    Humane Society Launches Campaign to Put Puppy Mill Cruelty Prevention Act on 2010 Ballot

    This November, if a group called Missourians for the Protection of Dogs gets its way, Missouri voters will have a chance to vote on the Puppy Mill Cruelty Prevention Act. The Act proposes to curb the worst abuses in high-volume commercial dog breeding operations, known as puppy mills.flickr.com/phot ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2009

    The Morning Brew: Tuesday, 10.6

    ​ Studies show that family dinners curb adolescent drug abuse. No study yet on the effects of study-induced guilt. (The New York Times)Big food website offers food bloggers cash to shut down. (The Los Angeles Times)New Missouri Department of Agriculture program aims to help small farmers and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2009

    They Have Licensed Puppy Mills?

    unrealitymag.comDisney villain a potential Missouri representative?​It's déjá vu all over again in the puppy mill capital of America. Authorities raided a kennel near Rolla and rescued more than 100 little pooches- poodles, Yorkshires, and mini-Pinschers -- kept in filthy conditions and tin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 19, 2009

    Solve the Case of the Missing (Infected) Horses

    Here's an intriguing burglary from a couple nights ago. Why do YOU think this happened? According to state agriculture authorities, a horse was found infected with a parasite on June 8 at an equine center in Raytown, Missouri (near Kansas City). flickr.com/photos/librarianavengersThe parasite, pirop ... More >>

  • News

    February 4, 2009

    Pet Peeves: A Chesterfield pet store is dogged by accusations of selling mistreated puppies

    Here's an intriguing burglary from a couple nights ago. Why do YOU think this happened? According to state agriculture authorities, a horse was found infected with a parasite on June 8 at an equine center in Raytown, Missouri (near Kansas City). flickr.com/photos/librarianavengersThe parasite, pirop ... More >>

  • Dining

    November 26, 2008

    The Pope of Pork: In tiny towns across Missouri, old-school hog farming stages a comeback — and at tables across the nation, diners rejoice

    Here's an intriguing burglary from a couple nights ago. Why do YOU think this happened? According to state agriculture authorities, a horse was found infected with a parasite on June 8 at an equine center in Raytown, Missouri (near Kansas City). flickr.com/photos/librarianavengersThe parasite, pirop ... More >>

  • News

    July 19, 2006

    Bounty by the County

    The state’s winemakers and food producers aren’t exactly key playersin the global economy. A Mizzou professor aims to change all that.

  • News

    May 31, 2006

    Produce Row

    The beef: too many farmer’s markets and not enough farmers

  • Dining

    January 12, 2005

    Homegrown History

    This quaint neighborhood bar has it all -- really

  • News

    January 5, 2005

    Eat More Beaver

    Missourians have a healthy appetite for wild game meat. Some say raccoon tastes better than roast beef.

  • News

    June 13, 2001

    Letters

    Week of June 13, 2001

  • News

    June 21, 2000

    Fertile Imagination

    In the era of modern agribusiness, organic farmer Paul Krautmann faces a tough row to hoe, but his innovative natural solutions yield delicious results

  • News

    December 16, 1998

    News Real

    In the era of modern agribusiness, organic farmer Paul Krautmann faces a tough row to hoe, but his innovative natural solutions yield delicious results

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