Local brief
USDA and SBA leaders hold a rural town hall at Shatto Milk Company near Osborn
USDA Rural Development Missouri says State Director Ben Baker joined SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler for a tour and rural town hall at Shatto Milk Company near Osborn, a dairy that has received more than $650,000 in USDA Value-Added Producer Grants since fiscal year 2014.
USDA Rural Development Missouri reported in its newsletter sent Oct. 14, 2026, that Missouri State Director Ben Baker recently joined Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Kelly Loeffler for a tour of Shatto Milk Company in Osborn.
The town hall. The visit included a rural town hall titled "The Voices that Built America," where leaders from SBA, USDA Rural Development and the Farm Service Agency heard from rural small-business owners, farmers and producers. The agency says the discussion covered barriers facing rural businesses, local opportunities and how federal resources, including USDA Rural Development's more than 60 programs, can support rural economic growth.
The grants. According to USDA Rural Development, Shatto Milk Company has received more than $650,000 through the Value-Added Producer Grant program since fiscal year 2014. The grants helped the company expand processing and marketing of its bottled milk, farmstead cheeses and specialty cheeses.
Location note. The newsletter places the company in Osborn; Missouri Department of Natural Resources permit records place the farm in Clinton County. USDA Rural Development Missouri can be reached at (573) 876-0976.
Original source: USDA Rural Development Missouri Newsletter, Oct. 14, 2026 (https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDARD/bulletins/42e98a3). Notice Nearby wrote this brief in its own words.
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Source: the public notice on this register NN-GOVEMAIL-20261014-MOCLINTONSHATTO · USDA Rural Development Missouri.
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