10/10/2008
Julie Harker
Brownfield: Biodiesel
Grassley and Durbin on presidential candidates' ag policy teams
The presidential candidates’ messages about agriculture policy in these final weeks before the election are getting a closer look.
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10/09/2008
Julie Harker
Brownfield: Biodiesel
Agribusinessman new chairman of American Trucking Associations
An agri-businessman is the new chairman of the board of the American Trucking
Associations, Inc. He's Charles "Shorty" Whittington, president of Grammar Industries in Grammar, Indiana.
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10/07/2008
Julie Harker
Brownfield: Biodiesel
Grassley a co-chair of McCain-Palin farm & ranch team
Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley is one of nine co-chairman on the newly announced
McCain-Palin Farm & Ranch Team.
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10/03/2008
Julie Harker
Brownfield: Biodiesel
Economist says ag bankers might become more "tight-fisted"
Loans to farmers for spring planting should not be too difficult to come by,
according to Cornell University ag economist Brent Gloy. The effects of the $700 billion dollar bailout package passed by Congress today and signed by Persident Bush are not yet known.
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10/02/2008
Julie Harker
Brownfield: Biodiesel
American Farm Bureau says immediate bailout necessary
As work continues on Capitol Hill, the American Farm Bureau Federation says a federal
financial rescue package is needed immediately to “help restore confidence in the markets and free up credit flows for agriculture and all Americans.
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10/01/2008
Julie Harker
Brownfield: Biodiesel
Missouri pilot program to offer more ethanol blends at pumps
The state has started a pilot program that allows the sale of additional ethanol
blends, between 10 and 85 percent. The Missouri Department of Agriculture’s weights and measures division and the Missouri Corn Growers Association will approve all pilot locations. The goal is to expand the blender fuel program statewide.
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