The Trenton Post Office reports it collected about 4,400 pounds of non-perishable items during the National Association of Letter Carriers’ Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive Saturday. A spokesperson says the items the Trenton Post Office collected were from the Trenton, Jamesport, and Gilman City area. The food was to be donated to the Community Food […]
Hunters and anglers can add fresh wild game and fish to their Memorial Day menus. The Missouri Department of Conservation reminds Missourians that squirrel and black bass seasons open May 25, the Saturday before Memorial Day. SQUIRRELS The open season on eastern gray and fox squirrels runs from May 25 through Feb. 15, 2020. Allowed […]
The National Association of Letter Carriers will hold its 27th Annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive Saturday, May 11th to help area residents who may not have enough to eat. Non-perishable food donations can be placed in the plastic bags provided by mail carriers and placed by mailboxes early Saturday. Only non-perishable items will be […]
Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation shows that turkey hunters checked 36,231 birds during Missouri’s 2019 regular spring turkey season, April 15 through May 5. Top harvest counties were Franklin with 785 birds checked, Texas with 729, and Callaway with 672. Young turkey hunters harvested 2,546 birds during the 2019 spring youth season, […]
Today, May 6, 2019, is opening day for the National Corn Growers Association’s National Corn Yield Contest (NCYC). Baseball and growing record corn yields may have little in common on the surface, but both feature intense competition, months of preparation and good old-fashioned hard work. Farmers have from today, May 6, through Sunday, July 31, […]
The wet and cold start to this year’s corn planting season bodes poorly for yields, based on research from the University of Missouri Extension. But MU Extension agronomist Bill Wiebold says farmers should not switch from corn to other crops or early maturing corn varieties because of rain-delayed planting. There is still time to get […]
Feeding America’s Map the Meal Gap study shows the food insecurity rate for Grundy County is 14.7%. The childhood food insecurity rate is 20.4%, which is the highest of the 15 Northwest Missouri counties. The study by the country’s largest hunger relief organization also shows 46,910 individuals are food insecure in the 19-county service area […]
USDA extended the deadline to May 17 from May 1 for agricultural producers to certify 2018 crop production for payments through the Market Facilitation Program (MFP), which helps producers who have been significantly affected by foreign tariffs, resulting in the loss of traditional exports. USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) extended the deadline because heavy rainfall […]
Walmart has launched the sixth year of the Fight Hunger, Spark Change campaign to assist with the fight to end hunger. The campaign to benefit local food banks runs through May 20th. Each participating item purchased at Walmart or Sam’s Club will unlock a donation equivalent to one meal, secured by Feeding America on behalf […]
Missouri Senator Dan Hegeman of Cosby has joined the Farmers State Bank Board of Directors as an advisory member. Hegeman says he looks forward to assisting Farmers State Bank in continuing its “outreach efforts and being a positive financial force in Northwest Missouri.” He has served as the president of the Second Harvest Food Bank […]
The Missouri Department of Conservation reports 41 new positive test results for chronic wasting disease (CWD) have been confirmed following its sampling and testing of more than 32,000 free-ranging Missouri deer during its 2018-2019 disease-surveillance efforts. The 41 new positive test results bring Missouri’s total CWD detections to 116 since 2012. The new positives were […]
Smithfield Foods, Inc. and Roeslein Alternative Energy (RAE) have formed a joint venture called Monarch Bioenergy to produce renewable natural gas (RNG) across Smithfield’s hog farms in Missouri. This partnership converts manure collected from Smithfield farms into RNG, while simultaneously delivering ecological services and developing wildlife habitat. Once complete, all Smithfield company-owned finishing farms in […]
