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2004 Agriculture Stories

• 11/18/2004: Newspaper Story - The late warm weather doesn't affect MODOT, crops, deer hunting
• 11/18/2004: Radio Story - State lawmakers say they will not change the testing process for Mad Cow despite a possible new case of the disease.
• 11/18/2004: Radio Story - An already hesitant world market might be scared away from U.S. beef by the latest suspected case of mad cow disease announced by the USDA.
• 10/19/2004: Radio Story - Terrorism Committee Chairman John Griesheimer says his committee will discuss the use of employee background checks. The proposed hiring change is due to the FBI investigation of the Islamic American Relief Agency and its executive director, an employee of the Department of Natural Resources.
• 9/13/2004: Radio Story - The Director of Missouri's Agricultural Statistics Gene Danekas expects record setting corn yields after unexpected weather. Danekas estimates this year's harvest may reach more than 400 billion bushels, a 40 percent increase from last year.
• 9/ 7/2004: Radio Story - The State Health Department says more Missourians have been diagnosed with West Nile Virus than at this point in 2003.
• 6/14/2004: Radio Story - Gubernatorial Candidate Claire McCaskill says rural Missouri has been ignored and proposes an eight-point plan to revamp the area.
• 4/13/2004: Radio Story - Warren County Rep. Mike Sutherland is sponsoring a bill to make large carnivore breeding illegal. Currently there are not laws regulating this.
• 4/ 6/2004: Radio Story - The House voted down an amendment subtracting $2 million from funds set side to repay bind money at the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis.
• 3/15/2004: Radio Story - A bill passes the house to block lawsuits about getting fat. The bill would ban consumers from sueing the food industry because of weight gain.
• 2/18/2004: Radio Story - Missouri has a state flower, a state tree, and could soon have a state grass if legislation is passed.
• 2/17/2004: Radio Story - A Missouri Senate committee was urged to block lawsuits blaming food makers for making one fat.