Author: Adam Buckallew

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Spring Brings Opportunities to Save on Propane

Through Sept. 15, MFA Oil customers can lock in prices with propane contracts for this coming winter. The MFA Oil Pre-Buy Program allows individuals and businesses to contract a predetermined volume of propane at a set price. Spring and summer are traditionally great times to contract propane. The Pre-Buy Program […]

Missouri Lawmakers Pass First Motor Fuel Tax Increase Since 1996

The Missouri General Assembly has passed a bill that would increase the state’s motor fuel tax rate for the first time in 25 years. The measure, which was sent to Gov. Mike Parson on May 11, would gradually increase the tax on gasoline, diesel and other transportation fuels by 12.5 […]

Federal Government to Mandate Pipeline Companies Disclose Cyber Breaches

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is moving forward with mandatory cybersecurity requirements for pipelines following the May ransomware attack that crippled America’s largest pipeline and left thousands of gas stations in the Southeast without fuel. A directive issued by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), a unit of DHS, will […]

From left to right - Don Smith, MFA Oil director of mergers and acquisitions; Rev. Stephanie Allen, of the St. Paul AME Church in Columbia, Mo.; Emily Fisher, MFA Oil mergers and acquisitions analyst; Rev. Darlene Singer Smith, presiding elder of the AME Church’s St. Louis and Columbia District; and Jon Ihler, MFA Oil president and CEO.

MFA Oil Donates Land for Relocation of Historic Church

The donation of a three-acre parcel of land in Tebbetts, Mo. may help preserve a part of the community’s cultural heritage. On May 5, MFA Oil Company transferred the deed to a strip of property along Missouri Highway 94 to African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church. The land donated by MFA […]

Q&A with Glen Cope, Chairman of the MFA Oil Board of Directors

Glen Cope, a fourth-generation cattle rancher from Aurora, Mo., has served on the MFA Oil Board of Directors since December 2018 and was elected chairman on December 16, 2020. How would you describe yourself and your farming operation? I grew up on my family’s cattle operation in Barry County, which […]

Spring Brings Opportunities to Save with Propane Contracts

Beginning in May, MFA Oil customers will have the opportunity to lock in prices with propane contracts for next winter. The MFA Oil Pre-Buy Program allows individuals and businesses to contract a predetermined volume of propane at a set price. Spring and summer are traditionally great times to contract propane. […]

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Giving Back – Supporting Schools and Students

Donating resources to youth and education are two of the primary ways the MFA Oil Foundation seeks to support the communities where MFA Oil does business. MFA Oil recognizes the important role of public education in building and maintaining healthy communities in the towns and cities it serves. The stronger […]

Introducing Lube Advisor

Finding the right MFA Oil lubricant product for vehicles and equipment can now be accomplished within seconds on the MFA Oil website. Lube Advisor, a digital oil and lubricant recommendation tool, is now available to help customers match the right MFA Oil product to their engine based on the year, […]

Excede is the New Name for MFA Oil’s Passenger Car Motor Oils

The MFA Oil lineup of passenger car motor oil (PCMO) products is receiving a new name and look. Moving forward, these products will be sold under the Excede® brand with the tagline “Give it everything.” “Rebranding gives us a more marketable product and helps to set us apart from our […]

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MU Research Looks at Technology to Kill Weeds

If it’s a weed, spray it. That’s the mindset that most in the agriculture industry held for years. That thinking no longer works as more weeds become resistant to herbicides, says Kevin Bradley, University of Missouri Extension weed scientist. Bradley uses waterhemp as an example. Waterhemp is one of 14 […]

An Extraordinary Year – 91st Annual Delegate Meeting

MFA Oil Announces $10 Million in Cash Returns to Owners In a year often described as unprecedented and bizarre, it was perhaps fitting that MFA Oil Company reported an extraordinary 2020 during its 91st Annual Delegate Meeting, which was held virtually for the first time in the company’s history due […]

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Eye on the Future

MFA Oil is exploring non-traditional business opportunities that could benefit its members in the future. The Earth is indisputably round. But standing on its surface, the curvature is imperceptible. Just as it’s difficult to recognize the planet’s rounded nature, it can be easy to miss gradual changes that lead to […]

Author: Adam Buckallew

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