Momentum

On Feb. 18, 2022, six days before the Russian invasion of Ukraine began, West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil was trading at $91.07 per barrel. Since then, many countries have condemned the Russian aggression and responded to it with sanctions and banning imports of Russian energy products. As of May […]

MFA Petroleum Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of MFA Oil Company, opened its latest Big O Tires store at 5533 N. 22nd Street in Ozark, Mo., this spring. Big O Tires offers tire services and repairs, wheel alignment, batteries, shocks, struts, and a wide range of diagnostic, repair and routine […]

Monte Fisher, who represents District 2 – Northeast on the MFA Oil Board of Directors, was recently awarded certification recognizing his completion of the Advanced Governance Series training program for cooperative board members. The series, which is offered by FCC Services, provides training on the complexity of co-op governance and […]

MFA Oil teamed up with MFA Incorporated to Host the Emerging Leaders in Agriculture Conference in January. Both companies have held similar conferences in the past, but this was the first time we combined our efforts. The two-day event brought together enthusiastic young producers from across our trade areas and […]

Fifth-generation farmer Garrett Riekhof isn’t afraid to try new things on his family’s century farm in Lafayette County, Mo. Whether it’s testing new technology, researching production decisions in test plots, or re-evaluating inputs, Riekhof is looking for any edge he can find. Together with his wife, Cara, who helps co-manage […]

As Missouri’s only commercial grass-based sheep dairy and creamery, Green Dirt Farm creates award-winning artisanal cheeses It’s a little after 5:30 on a Thursday afternoon, and already the “girls” are a bit restless. There is comfort in routine for this mixed flock of Lacaune and East Friesian dairy ewes, and […]

MFA Oil Declares $6.5 Million in Cash Distributions for Member-Owners The Polar Vortex of 2021 plunged nearly every state in the country into a deep freeze with snow, ice storms and record-cold temperatures. The historic, prolonged Arctic blast created energy supply disruptions, the largest surge in propane demand in 17 […]

How would you describe yourself and your farming operation? I always describe myself as a third-generation farmer from Cass County, Mo., but in reality, the Moreland family homesteaded and started farming in Maries County, Mo., in the 1840s. My wife, Heather, and I have been married 37 years and have […]

The bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act passed by federal legislators in November 2021 is set to deliver a $1.2 trillion investment in the nation’s infrastructure over the next five years. The bill represents a historic, once-in-a-generation reinvestment in America’s roads, bridges, water and wastewater networks, ports, electric grid, dams, […]

Young farmers from Missouri, Arkansas and Kansas gathered in Osage Beach, Mo., on Jan. 11-13, 2022, for the inaugural Emerging Leaders in Agriculture Conference cohosted by MFA Oil and MFA Incorporated. The two-day, all-expenses-paid event brought together farmers who will lead the next generation of agricultural production with industry experts […]

The Paris (Mo.) FFA chapter won the National Model of Excellence, the award for the top chapter in the country, at the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis in October 2021. How do you become No. 1 among nearly 9,000 chapters? By going beyond teaching basic ag and science, bake and […]

The trees were gone. Rubble was strewn everywhere. A landscape of catastrophe was all that remained of a majority of Dawson Springs, Ky. A December tornado—one of many that tore through eight states—left many residents of the small town in the western portion of the Bluegrass State homeless. Jeff Spurlin, […]