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Business Beat
12:18 pm
Wed January 18, 2012

Business Beat: FDA challenging the use of antibiotics in animals

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Sgt. Jay Larrew, with the Nebraska National Guard, works with an Afghan beekeeper to evaluate hive vigor.
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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.  

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Business Beat
5:40 pm
Wed January 11, 2012

Nixon outlines "Missouri Works" in face of job creation criticism

Credit Quint Smith / KBIA file photo
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon tours the Dana Automotive Systems Group’s parts plant in Columbia on June 15, 2010.

This week on the show: farmers in the Midwest still have some of their money in limbo after a huge bankruptcy late last year. Plus, Governor Nixon touts his new plan for job creation in Missouri, just as Republicans question his past efforts.

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Business Beat
4:46 pm
Wed January 4, 2012

Proposed child labor changes questioned on the farm

Credit Peggy Lowe / Harvest Public Media
MacKenzie Lewis, 15, pulls weed-control plastic up from a watermelon field on Julie and Scott Wilber's farm near Boone, Iowa.

This week: Missouri could gain over two hundred thousand jobs by the 2025, and the Department of Labor proposed new regulations on kids working on the farm who are under 16.

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Business Beat
5:41 pm
Wed December 28, 2011

Debugging the Monsanto corn issue

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This picture of severe rootworm damage was taken in September in a corn field in north-central Illinois.

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.

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Business Beat
4:43 pm
Wed December 21, 2011

Digging up controversy

Credit Sydney Miller / KBIA
Barrett Materials' quarry in New Haven, Mo (seen here) is the only one the company owns currently. The company's proposed quarry in Belle, Mo. has prompted local residents to appeal to the Missouri Land Reclamation Commission

This week, our stories have to do with two different controversies surrounding going underground.: a new quarry, and "fracking."

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Business Beat
11:53 am
Thu December 15, 2011

Struggling Infrastructure in the Midwest

Credit Kathleen Masterson / Harvest Public Media
Ron Bartlet feeds the ducks he keeps on his small Iowa farm.

This week: we look at how diversity in Missouri can lead to better business and how struggling Midwest infrastructure can affect you at the grocery store.  

By: Nick Adams 

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Business Beat
4:14 pm
Wed December 7, 2011

Still farming despite disability

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Many farmers find combines like these indispensable. Bill Sandquist's combine is specially outfitted so it's easy for him to use.

Business Beat looks at economic and business news around mid-Missouri. Starting this week, we’re adding another voice into the mix. Business Beat will be a platform for weekly reporting from Harvest Public Media. Harvest is a network of reporters across  five states reporting on the topics of food, fuel and field.

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Arts and Culture
10:24 am
Fri December 2, 2011

Columbia living windows boosts ecnomy

The District hosts its annual Living Windows festival Friday night in Columbia.

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Business Beat
4:18 pm
Wed November 30, 2011

Growing organic is the way to go

KBIA's Ryan Famuliner talks with Columbia Daily Tribune reporter Rudi Keller about the latest in the Mamtek hearing.  Plus, talk about a cash crop.  A recent study suggests organic crops could bring in more money per acre.

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Business
4:23 pm
Wed November 23, 2011

Business Beat: November 23, 2011

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Prescott Frost kneels in a small herd of his cattle near his ranch south of Bassett, Neb.

Demand for ‘alternatively raised meat’ seems like an opportunity for farmers in the Midwest. But it’s not a booming industry in the region just yet. Plus, an update on the effort to bring broadband internet to rural areas of Missouri.

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