Author: Adam Buckallew

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 […]

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 […]

The MFA Oil Foundation provides cash grants to nonprofit organizations that are working to improve communities where MFA Oil has a significant concentration of members and employees. In October 2024, the foundation approved $155,650 in grants to 94 organizations.

An antique MFA Oil gas pump stands on John A. Busch’s Washington, Mo., farm, with its freshly polished handle gleaming in the sun. This vintage pump, believed to be close to 85 years old, has been a constant presence on the property dispensing nothing but MFA Oil fuel since before […]

The MFA Oil Foundation provides cash grants to non–profit organizations that are working to improve communities where MFA Oil has a significant concentration of members and employees. In January, the foundation approved $120,800 in grants to 54 organizations.

MFA Oil Company announces that three members of its Board of Directors have been re-elected to three-year terms following district delegate meetings in January 2025. The re-elected board members are: The MFA Oil Board of Directors represents the interests of the co-op’s members. The board establishes company policies and operating […]

The application period for the 2025 MFA Foundation Scholarship Program is now open, providing students in MFA’s trade territory with financial assistance to reach their higher education goals. This year, each scholarship is increasing to $2,500, up from the previous amount of $2,000. The MFA Foundation scholarships are intended to help […]

MFA Oil Company marked its 95th Annual Delegate Meeting on December 8-9, 2024, with the announcement of $14.1 million in cash and equity distributions to its member-owners, reflecting a year of strong financial performance. More than 300 farmers representing 80 MFA Oil locations attended the meeting in Columbia, Mo., to […]

MFA Petroleum Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of MFA Oil Company, has opened its newest Break Time convenience store at 2225 N. Stone Creek Drive in Brookline, Mo. The 4,700-square-foot store, which created 16 jobs in the community, began serving customers on November 13. The new Break Time location features […]

Living in rural Missouri has its perks: the fresh air, wide-open spaces, and most importantly, the strong sense of community. However, for a growing number of rural residents, it also comes with a familiar frustration: slower mail delivery. In recent months, concerns about rural mail delivery have intensified, with lawmakers […]

Third-Generation Arkansas Farmer Steps Up for Her Family In the flat, fertile farmland of Greene County, Ark., where the horizon stretches unbroken and the sky can seem endless, Mikka Felty farms the same land her family has cultivated for three generations. Here in the heart of the Arkansas Delta, vast, […]

Lawrence “Junior” Eichler, founder of Do-Rite Construction and Excavating in Lincoln, Mo., built his business from the ground up, quite literally. Since 1982, Do-Rite has grown from humble beginnings into a key player in infrastructure projects across central Missouri. Getting started wasn’t easy. “The first five years were tough,” Junior […]