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Agriculture

2:36 pm

Fri October 12, 2012

Field Notes: Farm bill delay no surprise for former ag secretary

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The Farm Bill is still on the agenda for lawmakers on Capitol Hill.

By Grant Gerlock

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This is the latest installment of Harvest Public Media’s Field Notes, in which reporters talk to newsmakers and experts about important issues related to food production.

For this edition of Field Notes, Harvest Public Media's Grant Gerlock spoke with Clayton Yeutter, a former agriculture secretary, about the difficulty in getting a farm bill passed.

Politics

8:21 am

Wed September 26, 2012

Farm bill remains stalled in the House

By Amy Mayer

The current bill expires at the end of this month and House Speaker John Boehner acknowledged this week that the full House won’t take up the bill recommended by its agriculture committee. That means as farmers work through harvest and begin to think about next year, they don’t know what’s coming. Chris Clayton is an agriculture policy editor for the news service DTN Progressive Farmer.

Agriculture

4:22 pm

Sun August 19, 2012

Elected officials talk farm policy on the campaign trail

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Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill made a campaign stop at a massive granary and fertilizer distributor on the banks of the Missouri River as part of her six-day "Fighting for our Farmers" tour.

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AGRI Services is on Route 24 in Brunswick, Mo.

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Leroy Bedwell, who works for AGRI Services, was at McCaskill's campaign rally. He says the water on the Missouri River is incredibly low.

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Sen. McCaskill talked to farmers about passing the Farm Bill, getting broadband internet access to rural areas, keeping small post offices open and protecting agricultural jobs by preventing federal farm dust regulations from passing.

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AGRI Services gets fertilizer and grain into its facility by barge and train.

By Abbie Fentress Swanson

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Thirty-five farmers and agricultural workers applauded at the site of Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill’s big blue RV pulling up to the back of AGRI Services on Wednesday. The campaign stop at the massive granary and fertilizer distributor on the banks of the Missouri River in Brunswick, Mo. is part of the Democratic incumbent senator’s "Fighting for our Farmers" project.

1:35 pm

Fri August 3, 2012

57 days till the Farm Bill Expires and "The uncertainty is mind boggling."

By Scott Pham

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So says Brent Boydston, vice president of the Colorado Farm Bureau. Congress takes a 5-week break and meanwhile, the clock ticks down on the Farm Bill. It's Day 57 and our colleagues at Harvest Public Media are on the watch:

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The farm bill is stuck. It's set to expire on Sept. 30, but Congress can't get new legislation on track. The U.S. Senate passed its version () of the farm bill in June, but the House has yet to take up the legislation.

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Business Beat

2:15 pm

Wed April 11, 2012

Business Beat: Railroad Looking to Roll Again

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Cows at Terry Van Maanen's farm in Sioux County, Iowa, wait to be milked.

By Nick Adams

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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.

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