The Missouri Department of Agriculture announced funding for the Farmers’ Market Promotion Matching Grant Program through Missouri Grown. The grant awards up to $1,000 for reimbursement of expenses associated with promoting Missouri’s farmers’ markets.

Rescue N shines in wet years.

Success doesn’t typically happen in an instant.  Role models who offer advice often lean on the word “progress,” indicating that many steps lead to achievement.

Nine Silex FFA members participated in the Area V Fall Public Speaking contests. These speeches were done virtually. 

Up to 200 holiday gift boxes of hand-picked product available

Five finalists have been selected for the prestigious 2020 Missouri Leopold Conservation Award®. Given in honor of renowned conservationist Aldo Leopold, the award recognizes farmers, ranchers and foresters who inspire others with their dedication to land, water and wildlife habitat in their care.

With long lines of patrons forming as school dismissed on Friday, Sept. 18, Eolia students, along with their fellow FFA members, hosted their traditional annual FFA barbeque fundraiser.

AccuWeather forecasters say a massive shift in the weather pattern is on the way for North America next week. Summerlike heat is expected to build over the western United States as a surge of Arctic air is projected to plunge into the eastern half of the nation. Both high and low temperature…

Elsberry Schools has recently received notification by the National Association of Agricultural Educators that the Elsberry’s  Agricultural Education Program  has been chosen as an  Outstanding Program in the Nation.  Elsberry’s Ag program and FFA Chapter is led by educators, Jason Vandivort…

The MFA Charitable Foundation recently donated $2,500 to Elsberry R-II. The donation was part of a series of small grants made to community organizations in MFA’s trade area. This was the second series of donations from the foundation aimed to help address disruptions caused by the COVID-19 …

Hannah Barber has topped off her collegiate journey with being named  the 2020 American Society of Horticultural Science Outstanding Undergraduate Horticulture Student at Southeast Missouri State University (SEMO).  

Larry and Becky Schieffer and family of Elsberry were among the families honored during the 61st annual Farm Family Day, Aug. 12 at the Missouri State Fair.

Sugar Grove Growers of Troy celebrated its 40th birthday on Saturday June 22 with an abundance of activities, classes and downright good old-fashioned fun.

Tara O’BrienElsberry Chapter 2nd Vice President

Tara O’BrienElsberry Chapter2nd Vice President

Tara O’BrienElsberry Chapter2nd Vice President

by Louie Lovelace ElsberryFFA Member

by Bo Young Elsberry FFA Member

USDA Missouri Farm Service Agency (FSA) Executive Director, Mark Cadle, reminds farmers and ranchers that Farm Storage Facility Loans (FSFL) are available through FSA.

2013 soybean yields were good, a testimony to the resilience of the state’s top row crop. Heavy precipitation and isolated flooding in spring delayed planting. Then the spigot dried up during crucial growth periods.

The cool, crisp mornings demanding use of our down-feather jackets have finally arrived and at Forrest Keeling Nursery, plant material is quickly being prepared for the impending winter months.

In the summer of 2002, an exotic beetle was discovered killing trees in the United States. The emerald ash borer, Agrilus planipennis, is native to eastern Asia, but was inadvertently transported in solid wood packing material to Michigan, probably sometime in the 1990’s. While the adults of…

The splitting of the bark, shown above, is indicative of early Chestnut Blight symptoms.This photo was taken on Nov. 1, at Daniel Boone Forest at the Red River Gorge.

Sheyana Curtis

For the first time in Elsberry FFA history, there are now two area five officers. Shown above are Sam Marre and Sheyanna Curtis.

Forrest Keeling Nursery is a well-known name in Elsberry, but it is equally familiar and esteemed in the circles of conservation, landscape and agricultural professionals.

Another National FFA Convention has once again passed and graced the Elsberry members with new knowledge of the agriculture field.

Currently Boedeker’s Dairy Farm has been in Elsberry since 1973 and currently have their milk bottled by Prairie Farms

“My SAE (Supervised Agricultural Experience) is raising Dairy Replacement Heifers. Dairy Replacement Heifers are heifers that will be entering the milking herd within two years of age.

Amanda Jo Talbot