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.
One of the largest areas of contention surrounding today’s agriculture antitrust workshop series has been the apparent lack of adequate opportunities for live public comment. Although the public has been able to submit written comment to federal officials for some time, many felt there was a need to publicly make comment at the workshop itself where such remarks would be added into the official record and also would have the opportunity of being repeated by media outlets.
In light of the continuing outcry about the need for increased participation, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack just announced that a time previously set aside for lunch would now become an additional time for public comment. Attendees are being asked to pick up a box lunch and return to the main conference area.
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