Nick Adams

Business Beat: Costly Wind Gusts for Farmers

Nick Adams — Wed, 09 May 2012 19:17:52 +0000

This week: Farmers looking to have a record book corn harvest. Plus, find out how wind gusts can cost farmers a ton of money.

Rural commodities brokers still dealing with MF Global fallout

Nick Adams — Wed, 02 May 2012 18:51:51 +0000

This week: Harvest Public Media takes an in depth look into rural commodity brokers, and the tug of war battle between MF Global and rural farmers, and a look back on the store Cool Stuff.

Business Beat: Columbia's major export to world power is scrap

Nick Adams — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:13:50 +0000

This week: Columbia’s biggest export to China isn’t corn, soybeans, or any manufactured product. It’s scrap metal. In fact trade experts are calling Columbia’s export “waste and scrap.” Plus, find out how one farmer is still shifting through the aftermath after losing hundreds of acres of farmland.

Trying to keep rural towns alive

Nick Adams — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:00:49 +0000

This week on the show, people in rural areas are trying to figure out how to keep youth – and jobs – in their areas. Plus, college graduates could have a better opportunity getting a job than graduates have in the past.

Trying to keep rural towns alive

Nick Adams — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:56:19 +0000

Business Beat: Railroad Looking to Roll Again

Nick Adams — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 19:15:44 +0000

This week: Find out how one community is going back in time to move businesses forward. Plus, what dairy farmers want more protection in the 2012 Farm Bill.

Business Beat: Govenors Back Beef Trimmings

Nick Adams — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 21:28:35 +0000

This week: U.S. farmers made over 98 billion dollars last year, and consumers are upset about "lean beef trimmings," but governors are trying to diffuse the situation.

Business Beat: March 21, 2012

Nick Adams — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 20:31:49 +0000

This week: A Fulton developer plans to break ground on a biodiesel factory this spring. The project’s been in the works for five years, and find out why U.S. farmers are pushing for state sanctioned work programs for illegal immigrants.

Business Beat: Risk of Pathogen Release from N-BAF Very Low

Nick Adams — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 19:55:54 +0000

This week: Another update in the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility, and climate changes doesn't ease troubles for farmers.

Governors Back Beef Trimmings

Nick Adams — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 20:00:00 +0000

By Sandhya Dirks

The consumer uproar over “pink slime” has now got the beef industry roaring back.