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Managing the Missouri River

Rehman Tungekar — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 00:11:36 +0000

This week, we’ll hear about efforts to manage the Missouri River.

Control of Missouri River divides communities

Clay Masters — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 00:06:16 +0000

Along a vast stretch of the Missouri River, the floodwaters that ravished homes, businesses and farms last year are not a distant memory.

Calm before the corn

Clay Masters — Wed, 30 May 2012 22:34:55 +0000

Corn has been good to farmers. Helping fuel a boom in the ag sector. And as this year’s record corn forecast indicates, Midwestern farmers can’t seem to plant enough of the grain. Even with concerns growing about the effectiveness of today’s high-tech genetically engineered seeds, farmers aren’t backing down.

Farmers stick with corn despite challenges

Ryan Famuliner — Wed, 30 May 2012 22:26:27 +0000

This week on the show: Columbia’s City Manager talks about the direction of the local economy. Plus, farmers continue to plant corn despite failing efforts to combat rootworm.

Liberal arts degrees grow jobs at Con Agra

Harvest Public Media — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:12:19 +0000

Technology and hands-on computer skills are important assets for most job seekers in today’s economy.

Business Beat: Liberal arts degrees turning into ag jobs

Nick Adams — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:06:52 +0000

This week: KBIA spoke with a director of the center of Agro Forestry at the University of Missouri on why the state isn't using biomass as a renewable energy source. Plus, one company is hiring people with degrees you wouldn't expect.

Business Beat: FDA challenging the use of antibiotics in animals

Nick Adams — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:18:04 +0000

This week: Harvest Public Media speaks with a University of Nebraska Educator who just returned from Afghanistan where he helped teach Afghanis farming techniques, and the FDA is looking to change the way Cephalosporins are used for animals.

Debugging the Monsanto corn issue

Ryan Famuliner — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 23:41:01 +0000

This week: Rootworm is causing a headache for some farmers who thought they already had a fix for that problem. Plus, a university of Missouri study takes a look at the impact economic strains have on middle class families.

Remaking school lunches

Kyle Deas — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 23:40:12 +0000

This week on the show: your child's school lunches aren't likely to get much healthier anytime soon. Plus: why you should still get the flu vaccine.

Taking the grass-fed road less traveled

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 06:00:00 +0000

Two roads diverge in the U.S. beef industry. Americans are buying more alternatively raised meat — organic, natural, grass-fed and the like – but most large-scale cattle producers in the Midwest are not cashing in on the trend.

By Clay Masters.