AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 hours agoLocal Business: Columbia’s Shops at Sharp End is closing after three years, ending a downtown incubator that helped 24 minority entrepreneurs test and grow—though coaching and training will continue through REDI and the Missouri Women’s Business Center. Civic Life: Missouri is observing National 4-H Week (Oct. 4-10), highlighting youth projects from robotics to community gardens and encouraging families to enroll for the new 4-H year. Public Safety & Courts: A federal judge ruled a warrantless Flock automated license plate reader search unconstitutional, throwing out drug evidence in a case tied to travel-history tracking; Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley is pushing new limits on ALPR data use. Consumer Alert: PepsiCo recalled about 122,000 cases of 28-ounce Gatorade in 37 states, including Missouri, due to undeclared Yellow dyes. Agriculture: Time is running to enroll steers for the 2026-27 Missouri Steer Feedout, with entries due Oct. 15 and feeding starting in November. Weather/Outdoors: A Missouri Native Grasslands push is encouraging more farmers to plant native grasses to better handle heat and drought.
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