Missouri Governor-elect Mike Kehoe (R) has announced that state Department of Agriculture (MDA) director Chris Chinn will remain as MDA's director in the new administration. Governor-elect Kehoe says Director Chinn knows agriculture and that he's proud to have her on the team. Director Chinn joined us live this morning on 939 the Eagle's "Wake Up Mid-Missouri" to discuss her appointment, the new Trump administration and America's Heartland Packing's $800-million state-of-the-art beef processing facility in eastern Missouri's Warren County, near Wright City. Director Chinn tells listeners that it will be a gamechanger for the beef and dairy industry in the Midwest. She says it will be a beef processing facility for cattle from Missouri and across the Midwest. Director Chinn tells listeners that they'll have 1,200 employees and that those will be good-paying jobs. She also says America's Heartland Packing has already made several donations to the local school district in Wright City and to several businesses in that area. It will be a 775,000 square feet facility. The site is visible from busy I-70:

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