by Matt Kelley | Jan 7, 2020 | News, Politics & Government
Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says “this day is years in the making” as the Senate Finance Committee which he chairs will take up the U.S. Mexico-Canada Agreement this morning. “This is good news for millions of farmers, manufacturers and workers in...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Dec 13, 2019 | Agriculture, News
The president of the Iowa Soybeans Association says he was a little surprised when the announcement was made this week that a deal had been reached on the U.S.-Mexico-Canada-Agreement. Tim Bardole farms near Rippey and says it is good news — but past history...
by Dar Danielson | Dec 12, 2019 | News, Politics & Government
Iowa Senator Joni Ernst says there could be a push for the leader of the Senate to bring up a vote on the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement before the end of the year — but she says the timing doesn’t look good. “The likelihood of that happening is very,...
by Dar Danielson | Dec 3, 2019 | Agriculture, News, Weather
The Iowa Farm Bureau opened it annual meeting today in Des Moines. IFB president Craig Hill, says farmers are looking forward to turning the page on 2019. “We’ve had a difficult year. One, we’ve had to fight Mother Nature a bit to get our seeds...
by Matt Kelley | Dec 3, 2019 | News, Politics & Government
Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley, a Republican, is calling on House Democrats to “be reasonable” and “act quickly” to ratify the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement before the week is out. “The agreement would create hundreds of thousands of...