Home Economics

Your home-canned products will be only as good as the fresh foods you start with. For high-quality, safe, home-canned foods, select the freshest foods...

  After a relatively calm 2017, stock market investors had to buckle their seat belts this year.  Since the end of January, the S&P 500,...

  Need to replace your lost or misplaced Social Security card? If you live in a qualifying state, our online application makes getting a replacement...

Margaret Allyn Greene Best announces publication of debut book, ‘Unsung Hero’ ORLANDO, Fla. – Margaret Allyn Greene Best’s new book, “Unsung Hero’” (published by Lulu),...

Investors hear so much conflicting information and advice in the media these days that it’s perhaps easier than ever to become confused and make...

The fair weather of autumn offers the best time to get outside and inspect our homes and businesses for gaps and cracks that can...

Linda S. Rellergert, MS, former Nutrition and Health Education Specialist, University of Missouri Extension Parents play an important role in helping their children develop good health...

The catastrophic flooding in Texas underlines the need for families to prepare for disaster, says a University of Missouri Extension human development specialist. Hurricanes and tropical storms...

Tall fescue lawns that have become thin over the summer can be thickened up by overseeding during September. Start by mowing the grass short...

Hectic schedules and hurried breakfasts don’t have to be part of the morning routine when students start back to school, according to Renette Wardlow,...