Wednesday was a difficult day for The American Independent News Network, which is the larger entity that operates The Iowa Independent. Our chief executive and founder announced two of our sister sites would close and their content would be moved to The American Independent.
A recently introduced bill could have far-reaching impact on the U.S. sugar industry, including American Crystal Sugar, a farmer-owned cooperative that locked out 1,300 Midwest workers on Aug. 1.
The chairman for Herman Cain’s Iowa effort says the campaign “relied more on the word of farmers than Washington regulators” in deciding to run an ad containing claims the Environmental Protection Agency says are false.
The Iowa Senate will remain under the control of a slim 26-25 Democratic majority when it reconvenes in January 2012.
Roughly 30 minutes after a joint DOJ/USDA agriculture workshop was called to order by federal officials, the editor of AgProfessional is cautioning advocates not to expect much from the proceedings.
In a letter posted on the Cattlemen’s Network at 10 a.m., Richard Keller writes that politicians, even those not in attendance, will be making their voices heard on the issues discussed Friday and questions whether anything good can come of the scheduled agenda.
… Let’s not forget the recent Supreme Court ruling that basically says corporations are not subject to limits in campaign finance. There are some huge ag companies with consumer connections. I think they might have a few bucks to invest in fighting new regulations.
So, I’m not expecting much to really happen that will help the nation’s farmers and ranchers following these hearings. In my opinion, it’s a big to do that will result in nothing.
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