MO State News

Contact: Brian Consiglio, consigliob@missouri.edu COLUMBIA, Mo. — Missouri net farm income is projected to decline in 2024, for the second consecutive year. That’s the latest from the University of Missouri’s Rural and Farm Finance Policy Analysis Center’s (RaFF) Fall 2024 Missouri Farm Income Outlook. Published bi-annually, the report provides state-wide projections of key farm financial […]

ROLLA, Mo. – Mark Twain National Forest firefighters have contained a wildfire burning on Forest Service land to the east of Shell Knob, near Table Rock Lake. The Cane Hollow Fire was first reported to the Central Crossing Fire Protection District, who found the fire burning on Forest Service land and contacted Mark Twain National Forest during

BOSTON, Mass. – Average gasoline prices in Missouri have risen 4.9 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $2.86/g Monday, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 3,940 stations in Missouri. Prices in Missouri are 5.1 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand 43.7 cents per gallon lower than a year ago.  

By Jason Smith, member of Congress WASHINGTON, D.C. – Over the last several months, Washington Democrats and the liberal media have gone into overdrive trying to mislead Americans into believing that the Biden-Harris administration’s economic agenda has been a success. It’s just one of many examples of how out of touch they are with real

JEFFERSON CITY – Colonel Eric T. Olson, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, announces that nine troopers graduated from the Patrol’s Accelerated Law Enforcement Academy on Friday, October 11, 2024. The ceremony took place at 10 a.m. at the Patrol Academy’s gymnasium. The 121st Recruit Class reported to the Academy on July 1, 2024.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Polling conducted in September by Public Opinion Strategies on Amendment 7, the Only Citizens Vote and Only Vote Once Amendment, shows overwhelming support for the Amendment by a 2 to 1 margin (68% to 28%), and a massive majority (81%) in favor of making Missouri’s Constitution consistent with state law by only allowing

JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri State Highway Patrol has released its latest arrest reports.   24-year-old Lejla Pietrovic of Imperial at 8:30 p.m. Saturday, October 12 in Ste. Genevieve County on a patrol charge of driving while intoxicated. She was released.   18-year-old Garrisson R. Turner of Leadwood Friday, October 11 in Ste. Genevieve County

By Eric Volmer, MOFB Senior Director of Field Services and the Young Farmer & Rancher Program.   More than a century ago, a small group of farmers came together in Slater, Missouri, determined to develop an organization to be a voice for agriculture and rural communities. Since Missouri Farm Bureau’s (MOFB) start in 1915, generations

(JEFFERSON CITY, MO) – Today, the State of Missouri was notified by the State of Florida that both Missouri National Guard (MONG) and Department of Public Safety (DPS) resources previously offered for Hurricane Milton response efforts are no longer required. Yesterday, Governor Mike Parson announced that the MONG and DPS were preparing to deploy resources to assist the

The Missouri State Highway Patrol would like to remind the public that driver examination stations throughout the state will be closed on the following date: Monday, October 14, 2024, in observance of Columbus Day. Normal operations will resume on Tuesday, October 15, 2024.