Business Brief

This week's episode of the Business Brief podcast takes a look at Amendment 7, a ballot measure that would create a state investment fund meant to one day replace state taxes. Then, it examines how rising costs are putting the squeeze on school lunch programs.

This week's episode of the Business Brief podcast examines how Missouri’s outdoor recreational areas are generating economic activity and supporting jobs in the state. Then, it takes a look at a new twist on an old classic as one Midwest company created a natural version of American cheese.

This week's episode of the Business Brief podcast takes a look at the concentration of wealth in older households, which is causing some communities to court retirees as they relocate. Then, as developers gobble up farmland, some farmers are turning to easements to preserve agricultural operations on their land.

This week's episode of the Business Brief podcast examines how farmers are faring with record high diesel prices driving up input costs in the agriculture industry. Then, interest is growing in sorghum, a drought-tolerant grain, but experts are waiting to see if it will be embraced by American palates.

This week's episode of the Business Brief podcast takes a look at what a proposed federal rollback of forest protections could mean for Missouri's Mark Twain National Forest. Then, it examines how states are stepping in to create a corridor for monarch butterflies to travel south as work on the multi-state Monarch Highway remains stalled.