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Technology, improving the land keep Missouri family farm successful

Benjamin Herrold
Aug 31, 2017
Aug 31, 2017 Updated Sep 2, 2017

Peter Rost — Peter Rost Sr., left, and his son, Peter Rost Jr., farm in New Madrid County. The Rosts say they enjoy being a family-operated farm, and that they have seen a lot of changes in farming equipment and technology.
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NEW MADRID, Mo. — Peter Rost Sr. has grown more than 50 years’ worth of crops in the flat fields of New Madrid County.

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