Cookout Cheaper in Missouri

Missouri’s Fourth of July cookout events will be cheaper than any of the nation’s four largest regions, according to the state’s largest general farm organization. Missouri Farm Bureau says the average cost of a Fourth of July cookout for ten people in Missouri will be about 57 dollars, a cost of fewer than six dollars per person. Farm Bureau President Garrett Hawkins farms in western Missouri’s Appleton City:

The menu that Hawkins is referring to includes cheeseburgers, pork chops, chicken breasts, potato salad, pork and beans, and lemonade.