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Some Midwestern soybean farmers are selling their beans to be crushed and turned into soybean meal and oil. But economists say domestic processing won’t be enough to offset the drop in Chinese demand.

Some business leaders in the St. Louis region have seen this success, and now their sights are set on replicating it with a nonstop route to South America.

The number of Missouri farmers who are pessimistic about the new year is double what it was at the same time in 2019, according to a new survey by the…

Eric Meusch, who farms 240 acres just outside Rolla, didn’t have health insurance for seven years until he recently got another job.“We signed up for a…

It takes a lot of water to grow rice.Farmers in Missouri’s bootheel have plenty from underground aquifers, replenished by the Mississippi River. But in…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, March 22, 2013 - Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon is returning from his weeklong trade trip to Asia with a…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, July 24, 2012 - Rebecca Blank, acting secretary of the Department of Commerce, used part of her…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, June 13, 2012 - Last year, Choi Young-jin found himself under siege as he tried to convince the…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, May 10, 2012 - WASHINGTON – Fending off opposition from some conservatives, the House on Wednesday…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, April 26, 2012 - The chief difference between China and the United States is that one takes the long…