A Smithfield Foods subsidiary on Monday announced a $100 million joint venture to turn hog manure into energy at its farms in northern Missouri.
Murphy-Brown of Missouri, formerly called Premium Standards Farms, is providing the manure to produce biogas, a fuel similar to natural gas. Roeslein Alternative Energy is providing the management and has engaged an investment banking firm to underwrite the project’s financing.
The Danforth Plant Science Center announced Wednesday a $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Departments of Energy and Agriculture to map the genes that control drought response in grasses used as ... Read More
The Missouri Department of Economic Development (DED) today announced that FoodServiceWarehouse.com (FSW), a leading e-commerce company focused on high-quality restaurant equipment and supplies, has selected Kansas City as the location for ... Read More
Two Missouri BBQ restaurants were recently named on Zagat’s list of the top 15 great newcomers to the BBQ scene: Q39 in Kansas City was ranked No. 7 and Spare No ... Read More
Gov. Jay Nixon today announced that ECCO Select, a Kansas City-based consulting firm, will invest more than $1 million to expand its headquarters, creating 96 new information technology jobs. The expansion ... Read More
Hospitals and Health Networks have named nine Missouri hospitals among the “most wired” health systems in the country. The annual list includes: Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City; Citizens Memorial Hospital ... Read More
Southeast Missouri Regional Port is on tracks to even greater success. A grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony for Semo Port’s 2014 North Tracks was celebrated Tuesday at the Port. John ... Read More
Chesterfield, Missouri-based Customer Direct (parent of Guest Directsm), North America’s leader in contact center services, today announced plans to open a second operations facility in Arnold, MO. Customer Direct’s bilingual agents ... Read More
When we think about American finance, the default image is of a pinstriped banker on Wall Street. But increasingly financial services is shifting away from the traditional bastions of money. In ... Read More
Eight states are tackling a growing disconnect between the nation’s education system and its economy by exposing more middle-school and high-school students to jobs, making education relevant to careers, and beefing ... Read More
Boise Cascade Co. is expanding in the Kansas City metro area. The Idaho-based company is opening a distribution center in Lee’s Summit at 221 N.W. Chipman Road. The 25,000-square-foot warehouse sits ... Read More