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In baseball, if you manage to hit the ball three times out of 10 you are considered an all-star. If you manage to maintain that same average throughout your career, you might even have a shot at the hall of fame. Now imagine you got a hit seven out of […]

Employees are the heart and soul of a business. They are the most valuable assets any company possesses. That’s why the success of a company is often defined by its ability to put the right people in the right positions. The MFA Oil Board of Directors recognizes the important role […]

n early March, wildfires ravaged more than a million acres of land in Oklahoma and Kansas. MFA Oil is working with the Missouri Cattlemen’s Association to help the farmers and ranchers who were devastated by the fires by donating $5,000 in gift cards to reimburse fuel expenses for volunteers who […]

MFA Incorporated, MFA Oil and the MFA Foundation pledged $750,000, payable over four years, to the University of Missouri College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources (CAFNR) in 2015 to establish an endowed professorship that supports education and research. The first professorship role was recently filled. Joe Parcell, professor and […]

MFA Oil congratulates Beverly Twellman, who retired from the company with 44 years of service in 2015, for her induction into the Cooperative Hall of Fame by the Missouri Institute of Cooperatives (MIC). During her time with the company, Twellman worked closely with MFA Oil’s presidents, members of the board […]

Sarah Fuehring planted flowers in her front yard while her three- and five-year-old children played nearby on a peaceful summer’s day. Unbeknown to the her, danger slowly drew near. A drifter had wondered onto their property and leered at the family from the end of their driveway, which was near […]

MFA Oil’s bulk oil drivers travel thousands of miles each month delivering lubricants to customers. The deliveries go to farmers, schools, department of transportation offices, highway patrol outposts, automotive garages, oil change shops, construction companies and trucking firms. The bulk shipments are an ideal way for any customers with a […]

Spring is here and that means driving season is right around the corner. Just as spring cleaning is a good idea for your home, it also makes sense to give your vehicle a seasonal tune-up. “Winter can be hard on automobiles, so now’s the perfect time to perform preventive maintenance […]

The value animal agriculture provides to the state of Missouri extends beyond the raw products leaving the farm gate. The production of livestock, as well as other commodities, causes ripple effects throughout the economy in the form of employment; production in allied industries; taxes paid to local, state and federal […]

When people think of farming or agriculture, they often imagine rows of crops, tractors and hard-working men and women dedicated to feeding the world. While these ideas are mostly accurate, they overlook an important contributor known for its distinct buzzing and honey-making prowess. Bees, though small in size, are agriculture’s […]

Recent environmental and ecological awareness has started a resurgence in cover crop use. Although cover crops have been used for centuries, today’s modern farmer has grown up in a generation which has replaced the use of cover crops with widespread use of fertilizers and herbicides. Now as some farmers are […]

After a wetter than normal summer, construction is well underway on the new shuttle-loader just outside Hamilton, Mo. The grain-handling facility, a joint venture between MFA Incorporated and MFA Oil Company, will consist of 2 million bushels of permanent storage and 1.5 million bushels of temporary storage. The site will […]