Digging In with Missouri Farm Bureau

Listen to our Missouri State Fair Legislative Day Press Conference, featuring MOFB President Garrett Hawkins, Governor Mike Parson, Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler, Congressman Billy Long, Congressman Jason Smith, and Senator Roy Blunt.

Dr. Scott Brown and Ben Brown of the University of Missouri give a livestock and grain market update at the Missouri Farm Bureau 2022 Commodity Conference.

President Hawkins is joined by Spencer Tuma, Director of National Legislative Affairs, and Ben Travlos, Director of State Legislative Affairs, to discuss MOFB's endorsed candidates in the August 2 primary election. For more information visit mofb.org/pac.

Missouri Farm Bureau President Garrett Hawkins was joined by Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler, MOFB's endorsed candidate for US Senate. A lifelong farmer and proud Farm Bureau member, Vicky discussed her current campaign work and her passion for serving the people of Missouri.

Congressmen GT Thompson (R-PA) and Sam Graves (R-MO) held a meeting in Platte County last week to discuss their efforts to fight the Biden Administration's new push to expand the WOTUS rule. Thompson is the top Republican on the House Agriculture Committee and Graves is the same on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. They discussed their plans to combat this rule if and when they shou...

Missouri Farm Bureau President Garrett Hawkins was joined by Kalena Bruce, MOFB's endorsed candidate in the Fourth Congressional District primary. A lifelong farmer and proud Farm Bureau member, Kalena discussed her current campaign work and why she is passionate about serving the Fourth District.

President Hawkins is joined by Senator Josh Hawley to discuss the happenings of Washington D.C. and American energy policy.

Missouri Director of the Office of Broadband BJ Tanksley joins Garrett Hawkins to update us on the progress of the mission of getting broadband access to all Missourians.

President Hawkins welcomes Ben Travlos, new Director of State and Local Legislative Affairs, to discuss his history with Missouri Farm Bureau and the upcoming state legislative session.

New Director of Marketing and Commodities, Davin Althoff, joins President Hawkins to discuss the upcoming Missouri Farm Bureau Agritourism Conference. For more information, please visit mofb.org/event/agritourism-conference/.

President Hawkins and Senior Policy Advisor Emily LeRoy sat down to discuss the finished business related to MOFB's priorities from this Missouri Legislative session. For a look at the finished redistricting map, click here https://www.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills221/maps/Map.5799H.02P.pdf

President Hawkins is joined by Senator Jason Bean to discuss MOFB's legislative priorities as we push through the last two weeks of session.

President Hawkins is joined by Travis Cushman, Senior Counsel for Public Policy for the American Farm Bureau Federation, to discuss the potential effects of California's Prop 12.

President Hawkins is joined by U.S. Representative Jason Smith to discuss the implementation of common-sense tax policy in D.C.

In this episode of Digging In with Missouri Farm Bureau, President Hawkins is joined by Representative Louis Riggs to discuss the legislature's efforts to connect the last acres of Missouri with broadband.

President Hawkins is joined by Representative Mike Haffner to talk about the unfinished business in the Missouri Legislature.

This week is the Missouri Legislature's Spring Break, the unofficial midpoint of the 2022 session. MOFB Senior Advisor Emily LeRoy joins us for an update on the organization's legislative priorities.

Robert Bonnie is the Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm Production and Conservation, and has been leading USDA's efforts on "Climate Smart Agriculture." Garrett sat down with him in Washington DC to discuss how these principles will apply to Missouri farmers and ranchers.

President Hawkins is joined by USACE Kansas City District Commander Travis Rayfield and Dane Morris, Kansas City District Navigation Restoration Progam Manager, to discuss today's Missouri River Navigators meeting held at the MOFB Home Office.

Bob Petersen, Executive Director of the Agricultural Business Council of Kansas City, joins Eric Bohl to talk about the exciting ag innovation happening in the KC region. Visit the Council at http://www.agbizkc.com to become a member or attend one of their upcoming events!

President Hawkins is joined by President and CEO of the Missouri Hospital Association Jon Doolittle to discuss challenges and opportunities in rural healthcare.

New MOFB Senior Policy Advisor Emily LeRoy joins President Garrett Hawkins to discuss the legislature's budget process and MOFB priorities at the state capitol.

President Hawkins is joined by our new Director of Regulatory Affairs, Dan Engemann, to discuss WOTUS. To submit a comment on WOTUS go to mofb.org/action-center. Have questions about regulatory issues or how to get involved? Email Dan at dan.engemann@mofb.org.

President Hawkins is joined by Missouri State Director of Rural Development Kyle Wilkens to discuss how they're working to get all of Missouri connected to high-speed internet and other rural community projects. Visit rd.usda.gov/mo to find out more about the services the Department of Rural Development can offer to your community.

Recorded at the American Farm Bureau Federation National Convention in Atlanta, Georgia, Eric Bohl is joined by Amy Jo Estes, Bryant Kagay, and Spencer Tuma to discuss Missouri's presence at the convention and the grassroots policy process.