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.
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney today responded to a widely circulated Iowa Independent Story on the former Massachusetts governor’s 1994 calls for cuts to farm subsidies and “virtual" elimination of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
“Governor Romney believes that investing in agriculture is key to our economy and families. America’s farmers not only provide food for the dinner table, but they will play a critical role in lessening our reliance on foreign sources of oil,” Tim Albrecht, Romney for President Iowa campaign spokesman, said today. “Governor Romney is strongly committed to family farmers across this nation and is optimistic for the role the agriculture community will play in providing alternative and renewable sources of energy.”
As Romney’s campaign was responding to the story, Michigan Citizens For Tax Reform sent out a news release citing the Iowa Independent article and calling on Romney to “reaffirm his principled opposition to farm subsidies and the Department of Agriculture.”
“While Governor Romney has recently changed his position on a variety of issues, we are hopeful that in this case he will stand firm in support of reducing the size of government,” said former State Rep. Matt Milosch of Michigan Citizens For Tax Reform. “I’m pleased that Governor Romney took this aggressive position in his last campaign and am hopeful that he will maintain his commitment to eliminating the Department of Agriculture.”
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