Madison Meyer: Advocating For Her Family’s Farm Through Leadership Opportunities
Imagine that you have grown-up planting and harvesting corn, soybeans and wheat with your dad and grandpa. Imagine long days working with your family to feed the world. Your first business as a teenager was selling straw harvested from the land, a farm your family has respected and protected for generations. And then imagine a […]
Brent Hoerr: Corn Grower, Land Steward and Leader
“I have farmed all my life. This is what I always wanted to do. It has been my life’s dream,” said Brent Hoerr, a row crop farmer from #Agri-Ready Designated Marion County near Palmyra. He is the current president of the Missouri Corn Growers Association. Brent doesn’t just grow corn and soybeans, care for his […]
Missouri Agriculture Launches Award to Recognize the Best of Agricultural Stewardship
JEFFERSON CITY, MO – Missouri Farmers Care, a coalition of Missouri’ agricultural organizations and agribusinesses, is now accepting applications for the Missouri Agriculture Stewardship Award. The newly developed award recognizes the high bar set in Missouri agriculture for the careful and responsible management of land, natural resources, and animals entrusted to the care of Missouri farmers […]
Rylyn Small: Igniting Student Experiences Through Ag Education and FFA
Rylyn Small serves the community of East Prairie, Missouri as the agriculture instructor and FFA advisor in #Agri-Ready Designated Mississippi County. He is the 2023 National Association of Agricultural Educators Early (NAAE) Career Teacher of the Year for the state of Missouri and NAAE U.S. Region 4. More impressive than this recognition is the story […]