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.
There may finally be a deal to break the impasse on the farm bill.
Farm bill conferees have reportedly solved most of their differences and can now move forward and finish the bill. A Reuters article published Friday afternoon reported that Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, said a tentative agreement on the farm bill was in reach now that funding sources have been identified to pay for a $10 billion increase in agricultural programs.
Part of the deal reportedly involves a cut in the current ethanol tax credit. The plan would reduce the tax credit from 51 cents per gallon to 45 cents. A new tax credit would be created as an incentive for cellulosic ethanol production, which would support the creation of fuels from grasses, wood and crop residues.
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