Right-click on the audio player below to download audio.The Senate Ag Committee's farm bill passed with a 15-5 vote. Nebraska Senator Mike Johanns was one of those five Senators who voted against the farm bill.Johanns says that, in 2011, he informed producers in his...
Right click the audio player below to download audio.By a 15-5 vote the Senate Ag Committee voted to approve the 2013 farm bill, authored jointly by Committee Chair Senator Debbie Stabenow, above, and Ranking Member Senator Thad Cochran. The markup lasted about three...
Above: Iowa Farm Bureau President Craig Hill.As the Senate prepares to markup its version of the 2013 farm bill, Iowa Farm Bureau President Craig Hill says IFB's foremost goal is keeping crop insurance supported at the current level. Hill says there's no authorization...
Right-click on the audio player below to download audio.On May 2, Iowa Ag Secretary Bill Northey announced that he would not run for Senator Tom Harkin's open seat in the 2014 midterm elections. Northey says he weighed the decision carefully both politically and with...
Right-click on the audio player below to download audioAt his testimony last week before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, Iowa Ag Secretary Bill Northey characterized the current trade relationship between the two nations as "strong and mutually...
Right-click the audio player below to download audio....the real threat to this year's crops has a better chance of appearing late in the season.Prior to the start of planting, concerns over soil moisture were front and center in many producers' minds. Now, with some...
Right click on the audio players below to download audio....should Chinese investors take the initiative to do what the federal government isn't, their funding could manifest in several ways.The idea that Chinese investors may put their dollars into America's...
Right-click the audio player below to download audio.The year ahead will very different year than 2012 for the corn crop, according to Dr. Charles Hurburgh at Iowa State University.Your browser does not support the audio tag.Hurburgh says the lack of a full soil...
Right-click on audio players below to download audio.Stacked on top of each other, the bales would be about 300 miles high ? high enough to reach the International Space Station in orbit.In the short-term, cellulosic ethanol is the future of biofuel. The biomass of...
Right-click on the audio player below to download audio.A significant portion - nearly 11% - of Iowa State University's 31,000-strong student body is made up of international students. But when they graduate, a good number of them return to other countries, taking...
