posted on October 12, 2012 at 7:11 PM
Full Program: The Agriculture Department increases previous estimates on U.S. crop production. The rhetoric gets heated as candidates debate everything from trade policy to a lack of progress on the next Farm Bill. Market analysis with Mark Gold.
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posted on October 5, 2012 at 4:56 PM
Full Program: Presidential candidates exchange jabs on the economy in the first of three debates. Midwest business conditions improve modestly, but the outlook is anything but optimistic.Market analysis with Sue Martin.
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posted on May 25, 2012 at 5:04 PM
President Barack Obama returned to a familiar rural location this week to press for a key renewable energy tax credit. Speaking at TPI Composites, a wind turbine blade manufacturer in Newton, Iowa, the President hailed an extension of the wind...
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posted on August 26, 2011 at 2:55 PM
For the first time in nearly a decade, a major grain processor refuses to take a GE grain. Industry leader Bunge has told its customers it will not take Syngenta's Agrisure Viptera until it is approved for export in China.
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posted on August 19, 2011 at 7:42 PM
Full Program: President Obama tours the Midwest to outline his plans to rejuvenate the rural economy. Lawmakers eye looming appropriation battles as the next vehicle to attack ethanol. Texas farmers and ranchers cope with a drought of epic proportions. Market...
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posted on August 19, 2011 at 2:54 PM
Barnstorming the Midwest much like an election-year campaign cycle, President Barack Obama doubled-down hard on the themes of job creation and the resilience of rural America.
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posted on August 12, 2011 at 1:21 PM
The debate over taxes, entitlement spending, and a congressional “super” committee spilled into the Heartland this week as top presidential candidates pressed the flesh at the Iowa State Fair.
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posted on May 27, 2011 at 4:05 PM
Pawlenty called for the demise of a litany of federal subsidies -- including those supporting production of renewable fuels. Acknowledging the political liability of that position in Iowa -- which leads the nation in both corn and ethanol...
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posted on November 7, 2008 at 8:11 PM
The old adage "to the victor go the spoils" may take on an all-new meaning for President-Elect Barack Obama, whose historic victory this week earned him the "prize" of an economy on life support.
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posted on October 31, 2008 at 8:10 PM
Senators Barack Obama and John McCain outline their views on government farm programs.
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posted on October 24, 2008 at 8:10 PM
Barack Obama and John McCain outline their views on renewable sources of energy like wind power.
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posted on October 10, 2008 at 8:10 PM
Barack Obama and John McCain differ greatly on biofuels.
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posted on September 5, 2008 at 8:09 PM
Hurricane Gustav's assault on the Gulf Coast this week threatened key oil drilling and refining operations, but delivered only a glancing blow to New Orleans.
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posted on August 29, 2008 at 8:08 PM
Government reports released this week revealed better-than-expected assessments of the U.S economy.
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posted on August 8, 2008 at 8:08 PM
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — Democrat Barack Obama blamed Republican energy policies for some of the nation's economic woes Tuesday as his GOP rival John McCain advocated a large expansion of nuclear power.
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