JEFFERSON CITY – Last week celebrated Weights & Measures Week! Weights and Measures Week is celebrated every year from March 1 to 7 to commemorate President John Quincy Adams signing the first U.S. weights and measures legislation into law on March 2, 1799. In collaboration with the National Council on Weights and Measures, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institutes of Standards & Technology, Office of Weights & Measures celebrates the 2026 National Weights and Measures Week theme “We Measure What Matters.”
In Missouri, the Weights, Measures & Consumer Protection division works to promote trust and integrity in commercial transactions involving weights, measures and land survey, through the most efficient and effective means possible. All Missourians benefit from their work at gas stations, the grocery store, airports, grain elevators, livestock auctions, when buying land and so much more.
The Weights, Measures & Consumer Protection division includes:
- Fuel Device Safety and Accuracy Program
- Fuel Quality Program
- Device and Commodity Inspection Program
- Land Survey Program
- Metrology & Grain Moisture Meter Program
In 2025, our team completed:
- 178,000 fuel device & safety inspections
- 984 truck & retail propane inspections
- 1,973 fuel stations sampled
- 19,302 small scale inspections
- 5,946 large scale inspections
- 4,486 metrology calibrations
- 383 grain moisture meter tests
- 1,159 land survey corners monumented
From inspecting grocery store scales to fuel pumps and so much more, we’re so proud of the work our team does every day for Missourians! To learn more about the Weights, Measures & Consumer Protection division, visit the Missouri Department of Agriculture website.