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MRCC and CFFE head to Washington DC

Apr 28, 2023

Last week, MRCC farmer members, Darvin Bentlage and Noah Earle, traveled with other members of the Campaign for Family Farms & the Environment to Washington D.C. to talk to our elected representatives about the situation facing Missourians and our food system, the...

Stopping Corporate Ownership of U.S. Farmland Should Be a Priority for Government

Apr 27, 2023

Rhonda Perry, MRCC Executive Director and 5th generation livestock and grain farmer, tells it like it is in Newsweek: “We deserve robust protections that limit corporate control of our farm and food system and create an open, fair, and competitive market for...

Comment Period Extended! Animal I.D. is back & Why it Matters to All

Apr 7, 2023

*USDA has extended the comment period to let them know what you think about mandatory animal identification to April 19th, 2023. So, If you previously didn’t get around to submitting a comment, NOW’s your time! Tell the USDA to Stop Mandatory Electronic...

Report: Conservation Funding for Smaller Farms Needed in Farm Bill

Mar 15, 2023

MRCC member and livestock and grain farmer from Livingston County, MO gives his insight on the direction and importance of United States Deparment of Agriculture (U.S.D.A) conservation programs: Doug Doughty, a row crop farmer and cattle rancher from Livingston...

Worried About Spying and Tensions with China, Midwest States Want to Limit Who Can Buy Farm Land

Mar 13, 2023

The Missouri Rural Crisis Center has been working on the issue of foreign ownership of farmland for more than a decade and supports completely stopping all foreign purchases. Even before the Smithfield sale, corporate consolidation was pushing local farmers out,...

2000 + Urge Biden to Enforce Exec-Order Antitrust Pledge

Feb 21, 2023

MRCC pointed out the trend toward more centralized, multinational, and often foreign control of our food system removes profits from rural communities, costs consumers more, and pays farmers less. Read More...

MRCC and CFFE head to Washington DC

Stopping Corporate Ownership of U.S. Farmland Should Be a Priority for Government

Comment Period Extended! Animal I.D. is back & Why it Matters to All

Report: Conservation Funding for Smaller Farms Needed in Farm Bill

Worried About Spying and Tensions with China, Midwest States Want to Limit Who Can Buy Farm Land

2000 + Urge Biden to Enforce Exec-Order Antitrust Pledge

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