posted on January 18, 2013 at 5:40 PM
Market Analyst Elaine Kub discusses the volatile commodity markets with host Mike Pearson.
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posted on January 18, 2013 at 5:36 PM
The Mississippi River Basin is the world’s 4th largest watershed and agriculture in the basin has always been a major player in the U.S. economy. Farmers in the basin produce 92 percent of America’s agricultural exports and 78 percent of the...
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posted on January 18, 2013 at 5:35 PM
Analyst Elaine Kub discusses the markets with host Mike Pearson.
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posted on January 18, 2013 at 4:12 PM
2012 is being remembered as one of the driest and hottest years in U.S. history. The year did set a record for the warmest ever in the continental U.S. with an average temperature of 55.3 degrees, a full degree above the previous all-time high...
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posted on January 11, 2013 at 7:33 PM
Market Analyst Don Roose discusses the volatile commodity markets with host Mike Pearson.
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posted on January 11, 2013 at 7:24 PM
Analyst Don Roose discusses the markets with host Mike Pearson.
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posted on January 11, 2013 at 7:22 PM
Full Program: Workers detonate explosives hoping to improve navigation on the Mississippi River. The FDA proposes the most sweeping reforms to food safety rules in more than 70 years. The Agriculture Department releases its latest estimates on global supply and...
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posted on January 11, 2013 at 4:33 PM
U.S. farmers are projected to produce 10.78 billion bushels of corn in 2012. While nearly 13 percent lower than last year, it would still be recorded as the 8th largest corn harvest in U.S. history.
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posted on January 11, 2013 at 4:06 PM
Late last week, the Food and Drug Administration proposed two new food safety rules it hopes will help prevent foodborne illness. The proposed rules implement the landmark Food Safety Modernization Act or FSMA signed into law two years ago by...
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posted on January 11, 2013 at 3:05 PM
Two members of Illinois’ Congressional delegation returned to the “Land of Lincoln” this week hoping to improve navigation on the drought-stricken Mississippi River.
Senator Dick Durbin and Congressman Bill Enyart met with officials from...
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posted on January 4, 2013 at 7:33 PM
Drought conditions could close shipping on the Mississippi River as early as the first next week in January.
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posted on January 4, 2013 at 7:22 PM
Full Program: Wall Street begins 2013 with a rally after lawmakers reach a deal averting the fiscal cliff. The USDA celebrates its sesquicentennial as "The People's Department." Market analysis with Alan Brugler.
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posted on January 4, 2013 at 6:13 PM
Market Analyst Alan Brugler discusses the volatile commodity markets with host Mike Pearson.
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posted on January 4, 2013 at 6:12 PM
Analyst Alan Brugler discusses the markets with host Mike Pearson.
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posted on January 3, 2013 at 12:00 AM
One year into the Civil War, additional Union troops were rushed to Washington D.C. to protect the nation's capitol from rapidly advancing Confederate forces.
With his back against the wall, President Abraham Lincoln struggled to unite a...
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