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CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO. - U.S. Representative Jo Ann Emerson (MO-08) today announced the schedule for her upcoming August Farm Tour of Southern Missouri agricultural producers. The 2006 Farm Tour will begin Monday, August 7 and conclude Friday, August 11.
“I am really looking forward to the 25th annual Emerson Farm Tour. The Farm Tour is a long tradition that has served Missouri’s representatives well by keeping an important dialog open between our producers and their elected representatives. Southern Missouri is home to a wide variety of agricultural producers, and I am proud to represent our hardworking farmers, ranchers, and agriculture businesses,” Emerson said. “The Farm Tour offers a chance for me to see a number of different farm operations and discuss ways to get the most out of our agricultural economy. These discussions are extremely important as the negotiations over the upcoming Farm Bill reauthorization begin.”
Stops on Emerson’s tour include a timber grading course, a visit to a cattle farm, and a review of a grain storage and barge facility.
“It is especially important to me to visit with our producers, researchers, and agri-business leaders one-on-one and see their operations firsthand. Agriculture is vital to our rural economy, and our farms and ranches are a source of great pride,” Emerson said.
Emerson is a member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture in the U.S. House of Representatives.
All times and locations of stops on the 25th Annual Emerson Farm Tour are listed on the following page. For directions to any Farm Tour stop, please contact Leslie Herbst at (573) 335-0101.
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Monday, August 7
New Madrid County
9:30 - 10:30 a.m. Tour Jennings Farm (near Sikeston)
1475 County Road 845
Cape Girardeau County
11:00 - 12:00 p.m. Tour John and Ellen Lorberg’s farm
475 Stone Haven Drive
Gordonville, MO 63701
Bollinger County
1:00 - 2:00 p.m. Tour Hahn’s farm
Millersville, MO 63766
Perry County
2:30 - 3:30 p.m. Open House-Perry County Farm Bureau
21 W. St. Joseph Street
Perryville, MO 63775
Cape County
4:30-5:30 Tour Midwest Grain & Barge
Cape Girardeau, MO 63702-1717
Tuesday, August 8
Cape County
10:00 a.m. Cape Flood Wall Tour
3:30-4:30pm Tour New Courthouse
Wednesday, August 9
Mississippi County
9:30 - 10:30 a.m. Tour MRM Ag. Services with Gary Branum
Hwy. 80 West
East Prairie, MO 63845
Dunklin County
12:00 - 1:00 p.m. Mid-south Ag Luncheon at Strawberries in Holcomb -
dutch treat
Stoddard County
2:00 - 3:00 p.m. Tour Stoddard County Agriculture Complex in Dexter
30371 County Road 731
Dexter, MO 63841
Butler County
4:00 - 5:00 p.m. Agrigro in Poplar Bluff
Ozark Ridge Golf Course
3045 Cravens Road
Poplar Bluff, MO 63901
Thursday, August 10
Howell County
8:00 - 9:00 a.m. Attend Lumber Grading course sponsored by MFPA
at Smith Flooring in Mountain View
9:30 - 10:30 a.m. Tour USDA Office in West Plains
3210 Hoover Drive, West Plains, MO 65775
11:00 - 12:00 p.m Lunch at Hillbilly Junction
Willow Springs
Wright County
12:30 - 1:30 p.m. Tour Hutsell Dairy Farm
4536 Indian Grove Road, Hartville
Texas County
2:45 - 3:30 p.m. Tour Current River Pole in Licking
200 Staples Lane, Licking
Dent County
4:00 - 4:45 p.m. Tour Paul Sims Cattle Farm
HCR 33, Box 183A, Lecoma
Friday, August 11
Phelps County
9:30 - 10:30 a.m. University of Missouri-Rolla – cellulosic ethanol
briefing
Dr. Virgil Flanagan
11:30 - 12:30 Lunch at Meramec Vineyards in St. James
600 State Route B, St. James |
