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Missouri Industry Feature: Animal Health & Agribusiness Forbes magazine recently confirmed that Missouri is one of the top states for agribusiness. The magazine recently released its list of America’s Strongest Farming & Agribusiness Regions, and St. Joseph came in No. 4.
Kansas City is also a big player in this industry, with the city recently wooing animal health data and analytics company Rex. After spending three months in the city participating in the local Sprint Accelerator, the company recently announced that it will move its headquarters from Austin, Texas to KC. Rex joins the growing KC Animal Health Corridor, which hosts 75 percent of the world’s industry businesses. To learn more about Rex’s decision to move to the Show-Me State, as well as updates on other Sprint Accelerator companies, please click here to read the full article from the Kansas City Business Journal. To find out more about this Missouri industry, please visit our Bioscience Portal. Missouri is proud to be the home of this robust, growing industry, which represents a long tradition of bioscience and agriculture excellence in the Show-Me State. This news illustrates the supportive, pro-business environment that Missouri offers to companies of all industries. Are you a growing company looking to expand in the Show-Me state? Check out all of the resources available through the Missouri Department of Economic Development. |
Rachael Herndon was the editor at The Missouri Times and also produced This Week in Missouri Politics, published Missouri Times Magazine, and co-hosted the #MoLeg podcast. She joined The Missouri Times in 2014, returning to political reporting after working as a campaign and legislative staffer.
Rachael studied at the University of Missouri – Columbia. She lives in Jefferson City with her husband, Brandon, and their two children.