New coalition promoting Missouri ag

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP)--Missouri agriculture has some new cheerleaders.

A group calling itself the Missouri Farm Family Agriculture Alliance is launching an effort to promote Missouri crops, livestock and agribusinesses.

Group spokeswoman Sharon Oetting says farmers are under pressure not only from the economy, but from animal rights activists, environmentalists and attorneys. Oetting is a row crop and hog farmer from near Concordia.

She says the group plans to promote its pro-agriculture message through such things as letters-to-the-editor, bumper stickers and speeches to community groups.

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