To listen to Brandon's Agribusiness Report on the investments USDA Rural Development has made in Iowa's rural communities, click here.In 2013, USDA Rural Development invested $498 million in rural Iowa - nearly half a billion dollars.Fully 40 different Rural...
Image courtesy David Cappaert ? Michigan State University, Bugwood.orgTo hear Brandon's Money Matters report on the spread of Emerald Ash Borer to south-central Iowa, click here.As Christmas presents go, this one is fairly terrible.It's a billion dollar problem, and...
To hear Ken's report on the alleged agriculture espionage by Chinese nationals, click here.The FBI has filed charges against Chinese national Mo Hailong, known also as Robert Mo, for allegedly conspiring to steal trade secrets in the form of parent lines of high-value...
To listen to Brandon's Money Matters report exploring California's support of advanced biofuels, click here.Last week California Senator Dianne Feinstein (along with Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn) introduced a bill in the Senate that would eliminate the corn ethanol...
To hear Brandon's Agribusiness Report with this week's farm bill updates, click here.On Tuesday, House Speaker John Boehner blasted Senate Democrats for moving slowly on a final farm bill.Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow countered by stating that...
To listen to Ken's Money Matters report on 2014's outlook on swine producer profitability, click here.Hog farmers are making money now, and are projected to do so into 2014, according to President of Paragon Economics in Adel, Dr. Steve Meyer.?They made some money...
To listen to Brandon's Money Matters report on the American Petroleum Institute's reaction to the EPA proposal lowering RFS requirements in 2014, click here.Director of Downstream Operations with the American Petroleum Institute Bob Greco says the EPA proposal to...
To listen to Brandon's World of Agriculture report on the challenges facing the Trans-Pacific Partnership, click here.U.S. negotiators joined the Trans-Pacific Partnership talks in 2008, and the Obama Administration earlier this year signaled its hope for a final...
To hear Ken's Agribusiness Report on House Ag Chair Lucas' call to action on the farm bill, click here.House Agriculture Committee Chairman and leader of the Farm Bill Conference Committee Frank Lucas says farm bill leaders need to have a draft of the farm bill by the...
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