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Science, Health and Technology
6:35 pm
Thu May 31, 2012

Robots on the farm

There’s always work to be done on the farm, but often it’s the same work day, after day, after day. Parts of the job must feel a bit like an assembly line.

While it’s impossible to automate farming like many manufacturers have automated their assembly lines, using robotic technology on the farm might not be so far off.

Farm robots in the classroom

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Business Beat
1:51 pm
Wed May 2, 2012

Rural commodities brokers still dealing with MF Global fallout

Credit Jeremy Bernfeld / Harvest Public Media
Rural commodities broker Tom Leffler checks the markets and speaks to a client on the phone.

This week: Harvest Public Media takes an in depth look into rural commodity brokers, and the tug of war battle between MF Global and rural farmers, and a look back on the store Cool Stuff.

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Business
1:35 pm
Wed May 2, 2012

Rural brokers pick up pieces after MF Global crisis

Credit Jeremy Bernfeld / Harvest Public Media
Rural commodities broker Tom Leffler checks the markets and speaks to a client on the phone.

When futures trading firm MF Global went bankrupt at the end of October, regulators discovered $1.6 billion in customer funds missing, much of it belonging to Midwest farmers and ranchers. But MF Global clients aren’t the only ones hurting in farm country.

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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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