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USDA Expects Larger Food Price Increases Panorama. Supermarket aisle with empty green shopping cart
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USDA Expects Larger Food Price Increases

Food prices, like the prices of so many things, rise each year.  The US Department of Agriculture says on average the increase for most food is 2%.  USDA Economist Carolyn […]

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Americans Use Too Much Salt Salt
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Americans Use Too Much Salt

New Government Dietary Guidelines suggest limiting our salt intake.  Sandy Proctor, Kansas State University extension nutrition expert says currently most of us consume too much salt. Proctor says the current […]

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July 4th Picnic Foods Cheeseburgers, hamburgers and hotdogs being grilled
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July 4th Picnic Foods

As many food prices seem to be climbing, the US Department of Agriculture says the July 4th Picnic could cost less this year. USDA Livestock analyst Shale Shagman says last […]

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USDA Funding For Rural Water Projects
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USDA Funding For Rural Water Projects

In honor of Earth Day 2021, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Missouri Acting State Director D Clark Thomas announced the agency is investing $35,046,000 in critical infrastructure that […]

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New Crop Quality Loss Program
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New Crop Quality Loss Program

The USDA introduced a new Crop Quality Loss Program.  Farm Service Agency Administrator Richard Fordyce says the program is to protect crop quality from loss due to natural disasters.  Fordyce […]

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More Funding for East Locust Reservoir
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More Funding for East Locust Reservoir

USDA made an additional $25 million investment was in the East Locust Creek Reservoir Project.  US Senator Roy Blunt, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced: “This investment in […]

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