Author: Adam Buckallew

MFA Oil Company, a farmer-owned energy supply cooperative, has acquired the refined fuel operations of Rock Port Oil Company, an independent retailer based in Rock Port, Mo. The acquisition closed on August 8.

MFA Oil Company, a farmer-owned energy supply cooperative, has acquired the propane and farm fuel operations of Frazier Oil & LP Gas Company, Inc., an independent retailer based in Gower, Mo. The acquisition became official on August 2.

MFA Oil Company, a farmer-owned energy supply cooperative, has purchased the propane operations of farm input supply cooperative Rolla Farmer’s Exchange of Rolla, Mo.

Frank Yiannas walked into his staff meeting with a package of sliced mangoes. As he set it down on the table, he looked at his team of Walmart colleagues and said, “The traceback study starts right now. Hit the clock.” Yiannas wanted to know from which country the mangoes came […]

When Missouri soybean farmers began investing their checkoff dollars into biodiesel research in 1991, they set the wheels in motion for the development of a renewable fuel that would drive demand for their crop and provide a clean-burning alternative to petroleum diesel. “Biodiesel started out as an idea—an opportunity to […]

As the summer temperatures rise, the crisp winds of fall and winter can seem impossibly far away. In the heat of the summer, it can be easy to put winter to-do’s, such as filling up your propane tank, on the back burner. But filling tanks now, rather than waiting until […]

Fields of corn and soybean are common sights on the short drive from Interstate 29 to Jowler Creek Road in rural Platte County, Mo. A different kind of crop grown in rows soon comes into view as tires crunch the gravel of the road. An unpaved driveway leads the way […]

How would you describe yourself and your farming operation? I was born and raised in northwest Missouri and have been farming here my entire life. I represent the fifth generation of my family to do so. My wife, Nancy, and I raise corn, soybeans and cattle with our two sons […]

On June 5, Mark Fenner, president and CEO of MFA Oil, was awarded the Outstanding CEO Communicator award by the Cooperative Communicators Association (CCA) in Fort Worth, Texas. Fenner was presented the award at the CCA annual institute. A panel of judges from the association reviewed each nominee and their […]

MFA Oil congratulates Richard Fordyce, a longtime member of the cooperative, for his appointment to serve as the administrator of USDA’s Farm Services Agency by the Trump administration. Fordyce will oversee the agency’s effort to support agricultural production across the country through a network of 2,100 county and 50 state […]

For nearly 90 years, MFA Oil has built a reputation of conducting its business with steadfast financial integrity. The foundation of this commitment is rooted in the cooperative’s principles, which calls for fiscal responsibility and to do the right thing, ethically and morally, at all times. These sentiments, which have […]

The Fourth Annual MFA Oil Charity Golf Scramble and Concert raised $135,000 for Operation Homefront, a national nonprofit organization that provides emergency and financial assistance to the families of U.S. military service members and veterans. The event was held June 4 at The Club at Old Hawthorne in Columbia and […]