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Secretary of Education Arne Duncan prioritizes the role of agricultural teaching. USDA Secretary Vilsack visits Market to Market to offer his outlook for the rural economy. And the University of Iowa revisits a play from the 1980s and uses football to help farmers. Market analysis with Darin Newsom. (27:45)
In the News
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North Dakota bridles at neighbor's Capitol insult
(Apr 20, 2012) North Dakota's governor has bridled at a Minnesota lawmaker's scathing assessment of the state's austere, Depression-era Capitol, saying the critic knows little about architecture.
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FDA outlines rules for nanotechnology in food
(Apr 20, 2012) Regulators are proposing that food companies that want to use tiny engineered particles in their packaging will have to provide extra testing data to show the products are safe.
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Survey: Higher Fuel and Energy Slowing Midwest Economic Growth
(Apr 20, 2012) Economic growth appears to be slowing in rural areas of 10 Midwest and Plains states because of higher fuel and energy prices, according to a new monthly survey released Thursday.
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Bats rebound in NY caves first hit by white-nose
(Apr 20, 2012) There are more bats in caves first struck by white-nose syndrome, giving researchers a glimmer of hope in the scourge that has killed millions of bats in North America.
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Eagles count key for proposed wind farm
(Apr 20, 2012) The number of eagles inhabiting a proposed wind farm in Goodhue County may be crucial to the project's future.
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Howard Buffett helps start rural feeding program
(Apr 20, 2012) Farmer and philanthropist Howard G. Buffett, son of billionaire investor Warren Buffett, wants to enlist fellow food producers in a new campaign to fight hunger in rural America.
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EPA to slash air pollution from natural gas wells
(Apr 20, 2012) The Obama administration, for the first time, is issuing standards to control air pollution from gas wells that are drilled using the method known as fracking.
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TransCanada submits new route for oil pipeline
(Apr 20, 2012) The company planning the disputed Keystone XL oil pipeline has proposed a new route through Nebraska that avoids the state's environmentally sensitive Sandhills region.
