Missouri agriculture

A southwest Missouri rural school district is turning seven acres of unused campus land into a working school farm, giving students hands-on agricultural experience as small family farms continue disappearing across rural America.

Fewer veterinary students are pursuing a career serving the country’s livestock industry, and the demand for graduates interested in working in large animal medicine outpaces the number who choose to specialize in the area.

During a typical spring migration, hundreds of thousands of snow geese can descend on the wetlands at the Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge on a given day in late February and early March.

Has your family owned its farm for 100 years? The University of Missouri Extension is now accepting applications for its Missouri Century Farm program.