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Missouri-based Health Innovation Company Breaks Ground On Expansion

Centene Corp., a Missouri-based health innovation company, broke ground on its new $770 million expansion in St. Louis, Missouri. The expansion is the first phase of Centene’s plans to expand in ... Read More

Innovative Agtech Communities Are the Answer to Our Future Global Needs

Originally published on Medium.com By Steve Johnson Good news always seems to come with a caveat. Case in point: Studies show both established and developing nations increasing their meat consumption, putting ... Read More

Missouri Food Solutions Company Acquires U.K. Cereal Maker In $1.7 Billion Deal

Missouri-based Post Holdings has acquired U.K. cereal maker Weetabix Food Co. in a $1.77 billion deal. Weetabix is the second-largest cereal maker in the U.K., and its North American brands include ... Read More

Animal Health Company Goes Underground In Missouri

Virbac Corporation, one of the largest independent veterinary pharmaceutical companies in the world, announced plans to consolidate its North American product warehousing and distribution in Kansas City Missouri. Virbac Corporation will ... Read More

Dollar Tree to invest more than $100M and create 375 new jobs in Missouri

Today, the Missouri Department of Economic Development announced that Dollar Tree will invest approximately $110 million to build a 1.2 million square foot distribution facility in Warrensburg, Mo. Dollar Tree expects ... Read More

Advanced Manufacturing Company Expands In Missouri, Adds 105 New Jobs

Altec Industries, a provider of products and services to the electric utility, telecommunications, tree care, lights and signs, and contractor markets, announced plans to expand near St. Joseph, Missouri. The expansion ... Read More

Missouri Zoo Named “Best Zoo In U.S.”

The St. Louis Zoo in St. Louis, Missouri, has been named the 2017 USA Today Readers’ Choice for Best U.S. Zoo, according to a USA Today poll. A panel of zoo ... Read More

Food Solutions Company Expands In Missouri, Adds 70 New Jobs

SugarCreek, a food manufacturing company that provides a wide range of value added raw and fully cooked products for some of the largest brands in the industry, is expanding in Carthage, ... Read More

Missouri Companies May Soon Have Access to Talent 240 Miles Away

Every day across the U.S. employees commute to and from their place of work. In Missouri, that commute could soon be as long 240 miles one way. Does it seem like ... Read More

Forbes: Agtech Leadership; It’s Missouri’s Story

Recently, on Forbes.com, Missouri’s global agtech leadership and our work to promote that to companies around the world was featured by Steve Olenski. Agtech is not necessarily one of those areas ... Read More