century farms

Agriculture isn’t Missouri’s biggest-earning economic sector — but its importance to state history and culture is profound. In southwest Missouri, the Greene County Commissioners Ag Tour celebrates farming each fall.

Along with this morning's segment of KSMU's Sense of Community series on "Entrepreneurship in the Rural Ozarks," in this episode you'll learn about small business life, values and culture through the Christian County town of Ozark. We begin at the century farm of Arianna Russell and her family.

Committed to preserving the state’s agricultural history, the University of Missouri Extension each year honors farms that have been in the same family…

Beginning in 1976, the University of Missouri Extension has been recognizing a history in agriculture by honoring the state’s longtime family farms called…