Year: 2025

MFA Oil Company, a farmer-owned energy supply cooperative, is expanding its footprint with the opening of a new office in Big Rock, Tennessee. The location, set to begin operations on April 21, 2025, will offer propane delivery services to homeowners, farmers, and businesses in Stewart County and the surrounding area. […]

Spring fieldwork and planting have begun in many areas, which means farm equipment is on the move. During this time of year, both motorists and farmers should be extra cautious on rural roads. Modern farm machinery is safer and more visible than in the past, but it’s also larger and […]

Change isn’t always easy—especially when it involves something as familiar as the magazine you’ve been receiving in the mail for years. I get it. But as we launch this first digital edition, I want to take a moment to explain why we’ve made this transition and why I believe it’s […]

Hello, I’m Adam Buckallew. If you are a frequent reader of Momentum magazine, you’ve likely seen my name many times before. I helped launch Momentum for MFA Oil in 2015 and have served as the magazine’s editor ever since. One of the things I enjoy most is meeting our farmers […]

Southwest Missouri Cattleman Honors His Grandfather’s Legacy While Taking the Family Herd to the Next Level Building a solid reputation doesn’t happen overnight—especially in the registered cattle business. Yet over the course of more than six decades, Leon Kleeman developed bulls that earned the respect of Angus breeders well past […]

MFA Oil Highlights Major Investment, Announces $14.1 Million in Cash for Members at Annual Meeting For nearly a century, MFA Oil has stood strong, guided by its mission of service to its member-owners. As the cooperative celebrated its 95th anniversary, more than 300 delegates from 80 locations convened in Columbia, […]

More than 45 young farmers and ranchers from Missouri, Arkansas and Kansas gathered at Camden on the Lake Resort in Lake Ozark, Mo., for the fourth Emerging Leaders in Agriculture Conference. The two-and-a-half-day event in January, hosted jointly by MFA Oil and MFA Incorporated, brought together the next generation of […]

Most diesel fuels just keep your engine running. BOSS Performance Diesel takes it further—boosting horsepower, improving fuel economy and protecting critical components so your equipment lasts longer and performs better. That’s because BOSS is more than just another fuel option. It is a carefully formulated solution designed to maximize power […]

At the time of this publication, we are about one month into the new Trump administration. So far, not much has changed in the big picture of the energy markets. Prices in the crude oil, gasoline and ULSD markets have continued to congest in ranges that have been in place […]

University of Missouri Extension agronomist Wayne Flanary says 2025 likely will be a year when corn producers need to batten down the hatches to offset low sale prices and high input costs. MU Extension ag business economist Ben Brown and others predict that corn prices will fall below the $4.30 […]

I once had the difficult task of sitting by the hospital bed of a farmer in his early 80s to discuss his estate plan. This man, who was suffering from the late stages of cancer, had two children. One child had farmed with his father all his life, and one […]

According to a recent report from CoBank, U.S. poultry and egg producers face unprecedented challenges as highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) continues to threaten production. The egg industry has 8% fewer laying hens than three years ago, with over 100 million table-egg-laying hens affected through January 2025. In just the […]