Thank you for visiting the Missouri Department of Agriculture. The department works to promote and protect Missouri’s multi-billion dollar agriculture industry by marketing Missouri agricultural products in the State, nation and abroad. Through its divisions, the Department of Agriculture administers programs that protect Missouri’s producers, processors, distributors and consumers of food, fuel and fiber, while enforcing State laws that regulate and market the industry across the State.
Director’s Column![Director Steen](images/steen.jpg)
December 2008
The Holidays have Arrived
As families scurry to find a Missouri Christmas tree, farmers across the state are offering up their farms as perfect places to take their family to find the perfect tree for their homes. There are approximately 25-30 million real trees sold in the U.S. every year. Missouri produces over 92,000 Christmas trees each year on nearly 3800 acres of farmland and 310 farms. Most people in Missouri know that there is a Christmas tree farm near them but don’t realize the capacity and importance of the added-value that this commodity adds to an existing farm. (more)
Jan. 16-17, 2009
Helping farm families transition to the next generation
License Spay & Neuter Grant