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Farmers say Title One — a farm bill program that sends money when crop prices or harvests get low enough — isn’t working as a buffer against tough years. Yet others argue the nearly 100-year-old safety net is costing billions of dollars with few strings attached.
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A change in USDA policy will make it easier for schools to offer free meals to all students, but they will still have to pay for part of the cost.
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A slowdown in the agricultural industry is "going to put a strain on farmers." But analysts say the rural economy in the Midwest and Great Plains is still doing well.
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City officials in Carbondale passed a resolution that supports changing Shawnee National Forest into a national park and climate preserve.
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Updated at 6 p.m. June 24 with comments from a USDA local union presidentMore than 1,000 federal jobs will relocate to downtown St. Louis from a north…