In a significant blow to Missouri’s agricultural and economic landscape, Tyson and Smithfield, two of the largest players in the meat processing industry, have announced the closure of several chicken plants and hog farms.
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The Midwest economy is continuing its strong growth and Missouri’s prospects look good as the February Business Conditions Index climbed…. I-70 Community Hospital has been cut off from the federal Medicare program…. And a Missouri man was sentenced to prison for fraud in a $4.7 million investment scheme.
Atchison County to get Ameren wind plant The Missouri Public Service Commission voted unanimously today to grant Ameren Missouri a certificate to acquire, after construction, an up to 157-megawatt wind facility to be located in Atchison County. It is the…
Cleveland developer MCM Company Inc. has closed on the financing for the $68 million West Bottoms development in Kansas City. The project will restore five historic buildings which together comprise nearly an entire city block in the West Bottoms neighborhood.…
Adapt Laser Systems, based in Kansas City, has been acquired by Miami-based Boyne Capital. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. Adapt is the exclusive North American distributor for German-based Clean-Lasersysteme GmbH, which is a manufacturer of laser systems used clean…
Innovations will continue to accelerate the changes in the way farmers plant, Jeremy Williams, senior vice president of plant biotechnology at Bayer Crop Science in St. Louis, told MoBizPulse in an interview.