Polk/Dallas Counties U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA)Executive Director Karen Stillings reminds livestock producers who suffered grazing losses thatoccurred in 2022 due … more

The Polk County Woodlawn 4-H Club was one of 73 4-H clubs and FFA chapters who recently received a $500 “Shaping Rural Missouri Grant” to complete a community improvement project in their … more

Raised bed gardens, building picnic tables and benches, creating outdoor classrooms and landscaping main streets are a few of the community projects that 4-H and FFA youth will be doing this spring … more

The next fair board meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 24, at the Polk County Fairgrounds. The board will be finalizing food trucks and making sure everything is planned out for the upcoming … more

It’s almost time for the cows to come home, as the inaugural Missouri Beef Days event is set to kick off  Monday, May 16, and continue through Saturday, May 21, in Bolivar. Find more … more

Next week the Inaugural Missouri Beef Days will kick off starting on May 16, ending on May 21. The event will be filled with farm tours, educational resources from local cattlemen, a shindig serving … more

Preparations for a Missouri celebration years in the making are entering the final stretch, and it’s full steam ahead on Missouri Beef Days, May 16-21 in Bolivar. “You would not … more

In a few weeks Bolivar will celebrate Missouri Beef Days, a celebration of the impact that the beef cattle industry has had on Polk County. Due to the upcoming celebration, I would like to celebrate … more

In reading the Bolivar Herald-Free Press on Wednesday, April 27, I couldn't help but notice the letter to the editor entitled “Beef Day 'education,'” by Zach Stewart. Even though I know … more

If your farm has been in your family since Dec. 31, 1922, it’s not too late to have it recognized as a 2022 Missouri Century Farm. The deadline to apply to the program has been extended to … more