Since the USDA had been the “largest contributor of food” to HKJFP, the cuts will have a real impact. The organization worries that there will be a visible drop in food distribution for the rest of 2025.

Under the new timeline, the excavation start date will be moved up to 2027 instead of the originally proposed 2029 date, according to the EPA.

The bill is known as the Honor Farmer Contracts Act, and would focus on existing contracts with farmers. Duckworth’s office claims that “President Trump’s USDA” has refused to reimbursements on signed contracts without any idea if they will be paid for the agreements.

hen First Alert 4 entered the meeting room in New Athens, Illinois, public folks were already screaming at Representative Mike Bost about a number of recent developments in farming and at the national level.

EPA Lee Zeldin spoke with a number of Show Me State ag workers today, where they had a chance to hear directly from the newly appointed leader of the Agency about his plans for the Environmental Protection Agency and it’s future.

“This meeting will offer a unique opportunity for residents to engage directly with key stakeholders and voice their thoughts on this significant development,” a document from the City of Park Hills states.

The Fertilizer Institute says an executive order could help with dollar impacts of imports in the Western Hemisphere, between tariff concerns with Canada and Mexico.

If you’re wondering how much your income is being impacted by your energy bills, a tool focused on St. Louis and Missouri can help you figure out how to budget, and how to find and energy-cost programs.

As the oldest incorporated Black community in the nation, Brooklyn has many historic aspects. But the cemetery is getting special attention. Vandalism has happened inside the graveyard over time, and in recent years a number of folks have tresed on the land. Now, locals want to partner with Illinois universities, officials and donors to locate each grave, replace the markers and put up an iron fence to protect the site.

Tariffs are now in effect against multiple nations, and concerns are growing in agriculture. Many Missouri exports go to nations now under tariffs.

The story of Coldwater Creek and West Lake Landfill stretches over decades and multiple presidential istrations. Under the current istration, a number of changes have been made to federal departments — including the Environmental Protection Agency — raising questions about how EPA superfund sites in St. Louis could be affected.

Both of the founders know African coffee personally, they grew up around it -- and now, they’re trying to help American coffee drinkers and African coffee roasters connect directly.

Believe it or not, there’s a thriving farming community on TikTok -- but very few were prepared for the millions of views brought to the ag corner of the app -- tied to federal funding freezes under the USDA.

First Alert 4 was able to ask the DNC chair if the party was in the process of doing anything to help farmers and ranchers being impacted by USDA funding changes, and the recent halt of USAID dollars.

First Alert 4 has been reaching out to several groups involved, including the Environmental Protection Agency, about the status of the Clean School Bus Program -- which provides billions of dollars to school districts nationwide to switch from diesel buses to electric-powered vehicles.

For most non-farm folks, technology and farming exist in two separate worlds. But, that’s not the case according to a number of farmers and innovators who spoke with First Alert 4 during a major ag innovation conference in St. Louis this week.

Over 90% of American potash is imported, and almost all of it comes from Canada -- which leaves industry groups hopeful for a good solution in the ongoing trade discussions.

Signed into law Jan. 4, this year’s package includes studies on increased flooding in the upper basin, flood mitigation measures throughout the river system, ecological restoration, and a $6 billion floodwall in Louisiana.

The EPA has been working on contamination plans and the Superfund site for decades. West Lake has ties to the Manhattan Project and the nuclear program of the Second World War.

The monarch butterfly could be in danger of extinction, but the federal government is proposing new protections to help the species continue to survive.