Blake Hurst

Missouri House of Representatives members speak on the house floor on the last day of the legislative session.

Missouri Farm Bureau Chief Blake Hurst Makes Case For Amendment 3

Jason Rosenbaum

Missouri Farm Bureau President Blake Hurst explains why he thinks voters should approve a major overhaul of state legislative redistricting procedures.

Missouri House of Representatives members speak on the house floor on the last day of the 2019 legislative session.

Government, Politics & Issues

Explaining Amendment 3: Missouri Voters Will Again Decide How Their State House And Senate Maps Are Drawn

Jason Rosenbaum

It's deja vu in Missouri: Voters will again decide which state legislative redistricting system they want.

Friday is the deadline for U.S.-China trade talks. If they fail and China's 25-percent tariff on soybeans goes into effect, Missouri farmers will feel the impact.

Government, Politics & Issues

Missouri Farmers Not Optimistic About An End To The Trade War With China

Jonathan Ahl

The trade war with China is nearly a year and a half old, and farmers say there is no end in sight.Farmers in Missouri and Illinois will receive a second…

A concentrated animal feeding operation consisting of black and white dairy cows all in a row, feeding from a trough.

Government, Politics & Issues

Missouri CAFO Law Goes Into Effect, Regulation Moves From Local To State Control

Jonathan Ahl

The state of Missouri can begin taking over the regulation of large livestock operations from county and local representatives. A Cole County judge last…

Pat Westhoff (at left), director of the University of Missouri's Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute, and Blake Hurst, president of the Missouri Farm Bureau, joined Monday's program.

Economy & Business

'We've got a double whammy': Missouri farmers feeling negative impacts of trade war, bumper crop

Evie Hemphill

Recent trade disputes between the Trump administration and China have had a heavy impact on farmers in Missouri, where the soybean industry dwarfs other…