The news about the economy continues to dominate many news cycles. President Barack Obama spent time in the midwest this spring looking at success stories and some hardships as well.
We hear stories of economic recovery, but is that the case for you?
How is your situation?
Are you better off than you were a year before? 5 years before? 10 years?
What exactly will help your situation improve?
Share your story here in the comments or send us a question to MarketToMarket@iptv.org.
We’ve talked about the upcoming Rural Economic Summit. What do we need to discuss in the next Summit?
That next summit is fast approaching. We’ll be in Grand Island, Nebraska for the Husker Harvest Days. We will record our program on Wednesday, September 15. We want you to be a part of the Market To Market program.
Drop us an email to MarketToMarket@IPTV.org
The biggest worry in our area is the support for the Ethanol industry. There are new careers in community colleges, good paying jobs for rural communities, and good price competition for farmers. Though basis is still very wide. Government mandating %of ethanol on fuel does affect all these positive areas of Ethanol.
Support to livestock industry, as it creates the opportunity for added value to our products. The United States needs to create industry that provides more opportunities for processing plants of different kinds. More and more it seems we export raw materials and let china, india, process to final product. The midwest is the ideal place for the growth of livestock industry. We need a rural promotor in the White house (we do have an urban affairs czar).