Ava

Joyce L. Johnson, GRI
ERA Landmark, REALTORS
Phone: 800-224-2533
E-mail: jlj002@hotmail.com
Farms, ranches, land, residential in Douglas, Wright, Ozark, Texas, counties & surrounding areas.

Blue Springs

Frank Patrick
Realty Executives Metro One
Phone: 816-224-1000
E-mail: frank@franksellshomes.com
Blue Springs, Lee's Summit, Independence, Grain Valley, Raytown, Kansas City, Greenwood, Oak Grove, Odessa & surrounding area.

Branson

Gerald Brokate
Coldwell Banker Home Team Realty
Phone: 417-239-4873

Branson Real Estate
Search here for Branson real estate. Real estate listings also include Kimberling City, Forsyth, Hollister, Blue Eye, Reeds Spring mo, Ridgedale, Branson West.

Chesterfield

Lisa Loveless
RE/MAX Properties West
Phone: 636-532-5900

Chesterfield Real Estate
Chesterfield Real Estate, Saint Louis Real Estate, St. Louis Real Estate, Specializing in Wildwood, Creve Coeur, West St. Louis, and Saint Louis County.

Doniphan

Ned Collins
Collins & Associates Realty
Phone: (573)996-4600
E-mail: ncollins@clnet.net
Ripley, Butler, Carter and Oregon Counties in Missouri and Randolph and Clay Counties in Arkansas.

Grandview

Lois and Kathy Meyers
Meyers Grandview Real Estate Co.
Phone: 816 761 1212
E-mail: mgrandviewre@kc.rr.com
Misssouri, Grandview, Greater Kansas City, Jackson and Cass Counties.

Jefferson City

Sonya Paddock
Coldwell Banker Gordon Company Realtors
Phone: (573)761-6757
E-mail: donpaddock@sprintmail.com
Support you can Count on. Serving Jefferson City and surrounding areas including Holts Summit, and California. Ask about home videos.

Lake of the Ozarks

John Tilleman
Re/Max Portside Properties John Tilleman
Phone: 800-395-3688
E-mail: remaxjt@lakeozark.net
John Tilleman serving entire Lake of the Ozarks Region, selling all residential and commercial properties. "Work with the best"

Lee's Summit

Deborah Wiseman
Jackson & Cass County Missouri Real Estate
Phone: 816-738-9131

Let us show you how easy buying and selling a home can be! Everything you need to know within one easy to use website. We serve the state of Missouri, Kansas City, Lee s Summit, Blue Springs, Independence, Belton, Harrisonville and the counties of Jackson, Cass and Bates.

Milan

Deanna Eitel
Eitel Realty & Auction Service
Phone: 660-265-4523
E-mail: eitelra@nemr.net
We handle farms, homes, & hunting ground in North Missouri between the Kirksville and Trenton area.

Norwood

Elizabeth Curtner
Curtner Real Estate
Phone: 417-741-6169
E-mail: liz@curtnerrealestate.com
Hartville Mo., Norwood Mo., Mansfield Mo., Mtn. Grove Mo., Wright Co.

O'Fallon

Ashley & Stacey Wallace
Prudential Patterson
Phone: 314-978-7100
E-mail: ashley@pattersonrealtors.com
We service St. Charles and St. Louis County. We specialize in new construction. As a family, we have over 20 years experience.

Perryville

Trish Adkins
American HomesMart
Phone: 573-547-7706
E-mail: americanhomesmart@yahoo.com
Exclusive buyer's agency providing complete services as a mortgage broker and real estate agency. We currently specialize in the SouthEast Missouri region and intend to expand throughout Missouri this year.

Platte City

Bill Brown
Bill Brown Real Estate Co.
Phone: 816-858-2127
E-mail: stonebrick1848@webtv.net
Platte County Missouri 64079. Comnmercial, Farms, Residential. Rental properties, commercial and residential.

St. Charles

Vandalia

Washington

Andy Shelton
RE/MAX First
Phone: 314-239-4742
E-mail: shelton@fidnet.com
Broker/Saleperson serving the cities of Washington, Union, St. Clair and other Franklin County areas plus Warren and Gasconade Counties.

West Plains

Jared Williams
Elite Homes & Ranches Realty
Phone: 417-257-0199
E-mail: elite@townsqr.com
South Central Missouri - Heart of the Ozarks Ranches - Farms - Residents

The Southeastern Lowland is the most productive region of Missouri. All of the state’s cotton and rice and much of its soybeans and wheat come from this area. Many of the farmers in some counties are tenants, and farms tend to be small. The productivity of the land contrasts strikingly with the poverty of many of the people.

The other outstanding agricultural region of the state is the western part of Missouri’s Northern Plains. This belt of river-bordering hills, known as the Loess Hills, parallels the course of the Missouri River from the northwestern corner of the state to the point in central Missouri where the river intersects the Ozark Upland. Despite the rough terrain the loess-derived soils and the adjacent alluvial soils are extremely fertile, and there is more farmed and cultivated land, relative to total area, than in most parts of Missouri. Farms in this area tend to be larger than the state average, and sales and income of the individual farmer also tend to be higher.

Missouri’s two main areas of intermediate agricultural productivity are the Osage Plains and the central and eastern portions of the Northern Plains. In these areas, which are known principally for livestock production, the soils tend to be less suitable for row crops than in the Southeastern Lowlands or in the Loess Hills. Also, parts of the Northern Plains, notably near the Chariton River, are so dissected that the amount of land level enough for cultivation is severely limited. However, such difficulties by no means make these areas unproductive.

Another area that is intermediate in agricultural productivity is the Springfield Plateau in southwestern Missouri. This is the main dairy-farming region of Missouri. Much of Missouri’s dairy production comes from within a 100-km (60-mi) radius of Springfield. Even within this area, however, production of meat animals is almost as important as that of dairy products. The emphasis on dairy farming is a result of the poor soils, which are often better for pasture than for crops. Compared to the meat-producing plains areas, farms on the Springfield Plateau tend to be small, and the average income is lower.

Agricultural productivity is low in the interior of the Ozark Upland. Poor soils are the major handicap, and in some areas steep slopes are another. In most parts of the upland the land is not farmed at all. Where there are farms, only a small proportion of the land is cultivated. Unimproved natural pasture is likely to account for much of the farmland, and woodlands are often used for pasture. Farms in the Ozark Upland are not necessarily small, but production on them is low compared to the areas involved. The main product is feeder cattle, which are sold to farmers for fattening in areas where feed is relatively abundant. Part-time farming is especially common in the Ozarks. The earnings of farmers in the Ozark region are usually meager, although the farms themselves are about average size for the state. In the southern Ozarks large cattle ranches are common. Counties in extreme southwestern Missouri concentrate on poultry, which is even more developed in adjacent northwestern Arkansas.

Missouri is one of the leading states in the production of charcoal, walnut and red cedar logs and lumber, barrel staves, oak flooring, and wooden pallets. In the thinly populated Ozark Upland, wood industries are a major source of employment and income. There, a host of small sawmills and other plants turn out a great variety of products, including hardwood lumber, flooring, railroad ties, pallets, barrel staves, posts, handles, and charcoal. Many farmers in the Ozarks sell their timber to lumber mills and are employed part-time by the mills. The Ozark forests also contribute to the region’s economy by providing an attractive environment for a profitable recreation and tourist industry. The forests are indirectly important economically for watershed management and for preserving and enhancing biological diversity.

Missouri is first in the nation in production of lead. While lead ores are found in scattered locations in the Ozark Upland, the main concentrations and mining areas are in and around the Saint Francois Mountains, near the eastern end of the Ozark crest. The French began producing lead there in the early 1700s, and since the American Civil War (1861-1865) this region has been the foremost center of lead mining in the United States.

Due to its high production of lead, crushed stone, and lime, Missouri ranks among the top ten mining states for nonfuel minerals. Among the minerals quarried or mined in the state is limestone. Quarries in the Ozarks supply commercial lime plants in the southern part of the state as well as cement mills in various areas. In 1997 Missouri ranked first among the states in lime production. Ornamental granite, limestone (marketed under the trade name of marble), and sandstone are quarried in a number of Ozark counties.

Zinc was long mined in the western part of the Ozarks, around the city of Joplin in southwestern Missouri. This region was part of a tri-state mining area that extended into Kansas and Oklahoma. The Missouri section of the area was the first to be exploited on a large scale, and production there has now ceased. However, because zinc is contained in the lead ores mined in the eastern Ozarks, enough zinc is still produced to rank Missouri fourth among the states. Copper and silver are also produced as byproducts of lead smelting.

A number of other minerals also contribute to the Missouri economy. Bituminous coal underlies the Osage Plains and most of the Northern Plains. It is mined at scattered locations, chiefly in the Osage Plains, almost entirely by strip mining coal seams that lie close to the surface. Although reserves are large, thin seams and a high sulfur content have limited production, which has declined significantly since the mid-1980s. Barite, a mineral used in drilling oil and gas wells, is also produced in the state. Although the quantity extracted is relatively small, Missouri was the nation’s third leading barite producer in the late 1990s. Missouri ranks first in the production of refractory, or fire, clays that withstand extremely high temperatures. Small quantities of other minerals, such as common clays and petroleum, are extracted in various parts of the state. Iron-ore deposits are mined in the Ozark Upland. Crushed stone and construction sand and gravel account for the largest share of the value of the mining output.

Missouri is one of the leading manufacturing states west of the Mississippi. Manufacturing is highly diversified. Leading industries are the manufacture of transportation equipment, especially motor vehicles, railroad cars, and aircraft and missiles; the processing of foods, especially malt beverages, soft drinks, meat, poultry and eggs, blended flour, and preserved fruits and vegetables; the production of chemicals, including soaps and detergents, agricultural chemicals, and pharmaceuticals; and printing and publishing. A wide variety of industrial machinery is manufactured in Missouri, including refrigeration and heating equipment, engines, farm machinery, tools and dies, construction machinery, and industrial furnaces. The fabrication of metal into basic parts, especially for construction, occupies many workers.

Manufacturing in Missouri is concentrated in the metropolitan areas centered on St. Louis and Kansas City, although a number of smaller cities have some industry. St. Louis marks the western end of the great manufacturing belt that extends through the Northeastern and North-Central states. St. Louis, together with the part of its metropolitan area that lies in Illinois, accounts for more than half of the total manufacturing employment in the state. This area has long been known for the wide variety of goods it produces. The St. Louis metropolitan area is one of the leading centers for brewing and baking in the country. It is also a leading automobile, aircraft, spacecraft, and missile producing area. Other manufactures are chemicals, primary metals, nonelectrical machinery, fabricated metals, petroleum and coal products, electrical equipment, and stone, clay, and glass products. St. Louis is also a center for the printing and publishing industries. St. Louis is the corporate headquarters of several of the nation’s largest companies.

The Kansas City metropolitan area accounts for more than one-fourth of the state’s industry. Like that of St. Louis, the Kansas City metropolitan area lies in two states. Its industrial structure, although much smaller than that of the St. Louis area, is as diverse. The industries that are important in St. Louis are also significant in Kansas City, with the exception of aircraft manufacturing and petroleum and coal processing. The city is a national center for meat-packing and grain milling, although meat-packing is done largely in the Kansas part of the metropolitan area. Kansas City is one of the national centers for agribusiness.

Of the electricity generated in Missouri in 1999, 86 percent came from steam-driven power plants principally burning coal, 12 percent came from a nuclear power plant, and 2 percent came from hydroelectric power plants. The state’s only nuclear power plant, located near Fulton, began operation in 1984. Among the best known of the hydroelectric plants is Bagnell Dam, built on the Osage River in 1931. It supplies electricity to the St. Louis area. St. Louis also obtains hydroelectric power from the Keokuk, Iowa, and the Taum Sauk dams.

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