Agriculture Business Development
abd@mda.mo.gov

Administration

Tony Stafford, Director
(573) 751-5624

Karen Wilde, Division Secretary
(573) 751-4762

AgriMissouri Program
Fax: (573) 751-2868

Tony Stafford, Director
(573) 751-5624

Program Manager
(573) 751-4339

Sarah Shultz Gehring, Member Services Coordinator
Focus areas: Member services, trade shows, business counseling for food products companies
(573) 522-9213

Domestic Marketing Program

Program Manager
Focus areas: livestock, dairy, aquaculture, poultry, and timber project management
(573) 751-2969

Shelley Haslag, Senior Office Support Assistant
(573) 751-4339

Sarah Shultz Gehring, AgriMissouri Member Services Coordinator
Focus areas: business counseling for food, processed products, and meat companies
(573) 522-9213

Bart Hawcroft, Marketing Specialist
Focus areas: aquaculture and aquatic plants, environmental and water quality
(573) 526-6666

Mark Murphy, Marketing Specialist
Focus areas: crops and forages, specialty crops, timber, dairy, and livestock
(573) 751-7213

Lane McConnell, Marketing Specialist
Focus areas: farmers’ markets, agri-tourism, organic, and sustainable
(573) 526-4984

Environmental Program

Tony Stafford, Director
(573) 751-5624

Program Manager
(573) 751-2969

Bart Hawcroft, Business Information Specialist
(573) 526-6666

Wine and Grape Board
(573) 751-3374
(800) 392-WINE
Fax: (573) 751-2868

Jim Anderson, Executive Director
(573) 751-6807

Sue Berendzen, Program Secretary
(573) 751-3374

Danene Beedle, Marketing Specialist
(573) 522-1806

International Marketing Program
(573) 751-4339
Fax: (573) 751-2868

Mark Hitt, Program Manager
(573) 751-3970

Shelley Haslag, Senior Office Support Assistant
(573) 751-4339

Wayne Bill, Marketing Specialist
Focus areas: Meat, poultry, fish, snacks and confections, food, food ingredients healthy/natural/organic products and botanicals, hides and furs
(573) 751-5611

Veronica Nigh, Marketing Specialist
Focus areas: Forestry Products, Identity Preserved Grains, Specialty Grains, Popcorn, and Seeds.
(573) 751-5613

Kelley Taylor, Marketing Specialist
Focus areas: Missouri Branded Beef Initiative and other branding opportunities
(573) 522-1802

Dawn Wall, Marketing Specialist
Focus areas: Livestock, agricultural and food processing equipment, feed and feed ingredients, veterinary pharmaceuticals, pet food and pet food ingredients, and agricultural-related life sciences.
(573) 751-4570

Taiwan Office:

Hank Ma, Director
Phoebe Chen, International Trade Specialist

Market Information & Outreach Program
(573) 751-4561
Fax: (573) 751-2868
mio@mda.mo.gov

Loyd Wilson, Program Manager
(573) 751-4561

Laura Bloch, Senior Office Support Assistant
(573) 751-5618

David Baker, Outreach Specialist
Coordinates BOAC grants, Missouri Agribusiness Academy, and serves as liaison to Missouri commodity organizations.
(573) 522-1542

Mike Davis, Public Information Coordinator
Publishes the Weekly Market Summary and coordinates field market reporters. Conducts daily radio market news broadcasts.
(573) 751-3459

Tracey Switzer, Market Reporter
Responsible for the timber market report and relief reporting.
(573) 522-1534

Tony Hancock, Market Reporter
Reports the Missouri cash grain market, hay market and direct hog trade.
(573) 751-5527

Market Reporters:
Steve Disselhorst: Palmyra, New Cambria, Macon & Green City
Dan Wiley: Maryville
Rick Huffman: Joplin & Springfield (Feeders)
Don Kleiboeker: Joplin & Springfield (Cows)
Richard Kramer: Sedalia, Kingsville & Passaic
Dennis Nagel: Patton Junction & Fruitland
Cindy Palmer: Buffalo, Highlandville & Diamond (Sheep/Goat)
Roger Parker: Mexico (Sheep/Goat), Bowling Green & Kingdom City
Duane Robertson: Cuba & Vienna
Ray Schooley: Norwood & Springfield (Dairy)
David Smith: West Plains

Relief Market Reporters:
Brian Fleischmann
Jim Powell