Partisan bickering ends in gridlock, paving the way for $85 billion in mandatory spending cuts. A government study reveals fast food accounts for a significant portion of America’s diet. Another massive snowstorm brings much-needed moisture to the southern plains. Market analysis with Don Roose. (24:45)
In the News
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Fewer Cattle Close Feedlots, Meatpackers
(Mar 1, 2013) Years of drought are reshaping the beef industry as feedlots and a major meatpacking plant close because there are too few cattle left to supply them.
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Survey shows China manufacturing at 4-month low
(Mar 1, 2013) A survey shows China's manufacturing activity this month has declined to a four-month low in a reminder of possible threats to its shaky economic recovery.
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Idaho bull sells for $600K, sets world record
(Mar 1, 2013) A Hereford bull from an Idaho breeder has set a new world record, selling for $600,000 at the Bruneau ranch's annual bull sale.
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Poland finds horse meat DNA in beef samples
(Mar 1, 2013) One of Poland's top veterinarians said Thursday that traces of horse-meat DNA have been found in beef samples taken from three meat processors - the first acknowledgement that the country could be a source of the horse meat that fraudulently ended...
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Survey Says: More slow economic growth ahead in Midwest
(Mar 1, 2013) A monthly economic survey index for nine Midwest and Plains states dipped last month, suggesting only slow growth for the region over the next three to six months.
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Iowa Apple Growers Fear Another Year of Drought
(Mar 1, 2013) Iowa's apple growers fear what another year of drought will do to their businesses. Many growers also were clobbered last year by a late freeze.
