Wednesday was a difficult day for The American Independent News Network, which is the larger entity that operates The Iowa Independent. Our chief executive and founder announced two of our sister sites would close and their content would be moved to The American Independent.
A recently introduced bill could have far-reaching impact on the U.S. sugar industry, including American Crystal Sugar, a farmer-owned cooperative that locked out 1,300 Midwest workers on Aug. 1.
The chairman for Herman Cain’s Iowa effort says the campaign “relied more on the word of farmers than Washington regulators” in deciding to run an ad containing claims the Environmental Protection Agency says are false.
The Iowa Senate will remain under the control of a slim 26-25 Democratic majority when it reconvenes in January 2012.
Although Secretary of State nominee Hillary Clinton’s confirmation has been put on hold, several lower-profile cabinet nominees were confirmed by a single voice vote amid all of today’s hoopla in Washington, DC. Among them, former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack was officially confirmed as the new Secretary of Agriculture.
Vilsack has said that his first task at the helm of USDA will be to implement the 2008 Farm Bill.
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