Right-click on the audio player below to download audio.While it didn't result in a GOP victory, Iowa Ag Secretary Bill Northey thinks Republicans did a better job courting rural voters in 2012 than in...
Audio: Did Republicans Engage Ag?
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Audio: Have Republicans Motivated Rural Iowans?
Right-click on the audio player below to download audio.Voter apathy is widespread in rural communities. Republican Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley shares his thoughts on whether or not his party has successfully inspired rural Iowans to vote...
Audio: Aflatoxin Hits Grain Market
Audio courtesy of Gary Crawford with USDA.Right-click on the audio player below to download audio.USDA Grains Analyst Jerry Norton explains how the corn movement patterns this season are unusual, in part due to the presence of aflatoxin in some of the...
Audio: All the small things
Audio courtesy of Gary Crawford with USDAPutting the presidential campaign and politics aside, Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack offers a moving comment on the personal tragedy caused by Hurricane Sandy on the East...
Audio: Sandy wreaks havoc on dairy industry
Image credit: Inness, George. Landscape (Cattle In Storm). 1886.Audio courtesy of Susan Carter with USDA.Broadcaster Dave Williams of Pennsylvania Farm Country Radio Network ruminates on the ways in which Hurricane Sandy has impacted the dairy industry in his part of...
Audio: Soil Conservation, Meet Yields
Dan Towery is the President of the Soil & Water Conservation Society. In the audio clip below, he explains how farmers can employ smart soil conservation techniques while at the same time making their...
Audio: Hurricane Sandy Damages Crops
Above: President Obama receives updates on Hurricane Sandy.While news coverage has focused on the immediate effects of Hurricane Sandy in urban areas like Manhattan and Atlantic City, producers in that part of the country are feeling the hurricane's wrath in their...
Audio: Could the election affect land prices?
Steve Bruere is president and owner of land management firm Peoples Company, which specializes in Midwest and Iowa land sales.In the clip below, he discusses what might happen to land prices after the...
Audio: Iowa soybeans benefit from Panama FTA
Grant Kimberley is the Director of Marketing Development with the Iowa Soybean Association. With the Panama Free Trade Agreement effective today and duties on soybeans and soybean meal eliminated, Kimberly illustrates the change in trade and benefits for Iowa's...
Audio: Which candidate is most ag-friendly?
It's no secret who Iowa Ag Secretary Bill Northey endorses for president; he's one of six national chairs on the Farmers and Ranchers for Romney coalition. He says Mitt Romney would promote trade agreements abroad and adopt a friendlier approach to the business side...