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1996 Agriculture Stories

• 9/20/1996: Radio Story - Proponents of a minimum wage increase file a lawsuit against the state, alleging biased wording on the ballot.
• 9/16/1996: Radio Story - Missouri's Agriculture Department says a bumper crop is expected because of mild weather.
• 9/ 6/1996: Radio Story - Sales tax for soil conservation and parks to appear on the November ballot.
• 7/31/1996: Radio Story - Olympic bombing makes police more vigilant at state fair.
• 7/31/1996: Radio Story - Police say no copy-cat threats made against state fair after Olympic bombing.
• 5/16/1996: Both the Senate and the House passed a bill regulating large hog farm operations.
• 5/15/1996: Senate Devotes Precious Time to Cockfighting
• 5/15/1996: Senators defeat amendment to make raising gamecocks illegal
• 5/14/1996: Senate debates killer roosters while other major issues sit on the sidelines.
• 5/ 9/1996: Non-married, same-sex pigs authorized to carry concealed weapons under legislative staffer's suggested bill.
• 4/18/1996: Hemp-production resolution passes Senate (newspaper story).
• 4/18/1996: The Senate passes a resolution favoring hemp research and production
• 4/ 2/1996: Senator proposes industrial promotion of hemp.
• 3/28/1996: The hog-plant regulation bill wins preliminary House approval.
• 3/ 5/1996: A House committee hears bill to require inmates to garden.
• 2/28/1996: Farmers complain DNR doesn't report all pollution spills that endanger livestock.
• 2/20/1996: Missouri farmers rally for stricter regulations of the hog industry
• 2/ 9/1996: Rural legislators trying again to impose environmental regulations on large livestock plants.
• 2/ 9/1996: Infobox on livestock plant regulation bills that have been filed.
• 1/17/1996: Missouri farmers speak out against hog industry effects on the environment.
• 1/11/1996: Farmers & Sierra Club unite in fighting hog plants.