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It's been one of the more popular snacks for Missouri kids for years yet there's now a major outcry after numerous were discovered to have high levels of heavy metals that have been connected to bone and kidney disease.

There's a new tick alert that directly affects Missouri. It's a vile disease-spreading little critter that's a threat to both humans and animals and there are specific things you need to watch out for thanks to a bulletin from the government.

As the weather warms up, there seems to be an increase of invasive bugs that are causing trouble in both Missouri and Illinois. There's a new alert about a nasty moth that has already been seen in Illinois and it's really bad news for our trees.

Grant money is coming to northeast Missouri for housing rehabilitation.

First it was pork – now it’s produce. The United Way of the Mark Twain Area announced Wednesday it had partnered with the USDA’s Farmers to Families Food Box Program to distribute over 79,000 pounds of fresh produce to non-profit organizations.

A partnership of a number of agencies results in a windfall of produce for users of the Salvation Army Bread Line.

For entrepreneurs in Pike County, Illinois needing assistance with growing their small business, help is on the way.

Farmers in most of northeast Missouri and western Illinois are now eligible for low-interest loans and other federal assistance in light of the rainy summer of 2015.

Officials with the USDA in Illinois say they'll seek a federal disaster declaration to make farmers eligible for assistance with flood-damaged crops.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's chief veterinary officer says the country's poultry industry may have to live with a deadly bird flu strain for several years and it could be devastating.