Access to rural health care is in the news again here in Missouri. With rural hospitals closing across the state and country, communities are putting the future…
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Missouri farmers continue to face strong headwinds from international market forces and poor growing conditions. The Chinese Commerce Ministry announced August 6 that China will…
Late summer and fall are the prime seasons for one of agriculture’s fastest-growing segments, agritourism. Rural Missouri is full of opportunities for agritourism, which is…
Like many of my fellow citizens in Southeast Missouri, I am proud to be an American. As a Conservative, I believe what makes America great…
The final week of July, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the details of its 2019 Market Facilitation Program (MFP). This is the second edition…
It has been said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. That saying certainly…
Aesop vividly illustrated the foolishness of killing the goose that lays golden eggs. Some of us feel we are observing the modern-day version of that…
Home ownership has been a hallmark of the American dream for decades. It is a sad fact that for many, the dream of owning a…
On June 26, 2007, then 3-month-old Nathan Blecha was being cared for in a child care home near Arnold when it was time for his…
Have you noticed that DirecTV and satellite TV customers in some parts of my district can’t get access to our local TV channels and instead…