COLUMBIA, Missouri, June 25 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Missouri Field Office issued the following news release: Missouri inventory of all hogs and pigs on June 1, 2021 was 3.40 million head, down 3 percent from March 1, 2021 and down 11 percent from last year. Breeding inventory, at 425,000 head, was down 5,000 from the previous quarter and down 50,000 from last year. Market hog inventory, at 2.98 million head, was down 3 percent from last  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following news release on June 24, 2021: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $3 million grant to the city of Branson, Missouri, to construct a floodwall needed to protect infrastructure vital to the business community from flooding. The EDA grant will be matched with $6.6 million in state funds. "  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following news release on June 24, 2021: The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $500,000 CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to Technology Entrepreneur Center, Inc. (T-REX), St. Louis, Missouri, to establish an Extended Reality and Simulation Lab that will address the pressing challenges of working, educating, and meeting remotely by leveragi  more