Drought-hit farmers in US heartland hope Mississippi 'comes back'
Jonathan Driver, an Arkansas farmer with blackened hands and a thick southern drawl, doesn't have a minute to spare.Plus, local farmers feel a real attachment to the Mississippi.
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Jonathan Driver, an Arkansas farmer with blackened hands and a thick southern drawl, doesn't have a minute to spare.Plus, local farmers feel a real attachment to the Mississippi.
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Long road in which they have a direct relationship with the likes of brazil. meanwhile, back here at home i can't tell you the number of conversations that we've had in the last year from the potato fields to lobster shores, over to soybean fields in which folks are struggling to pass it on to the next generation. we're talking about young folks in high school and college in their 20s and 30s. they don't see an agricultural industry worth jumping into. one combine costs $600,000. an acre of land is not cheap. when you don't have a reliable industry going forward, why invest in that. when you s...
Commerce secretary wilbur ross heads to beijing saturday. now that trip could be in jeopardy. the white house will release a full list of tariffs by june 15th. they will go into effect shortly thereafter. i was in the midwest this weekend where, i'm going to tell you, soybean farmers are concerned. they would like to have some clarity and resolution to all of this. a china -- china buys south american soybeans in the spring, north american soybeans in the fall. men and women ready to plant soybean fields, not knowing what the situation's going to be with china this fall. >> also interesting, c...
I recognize i have a family out there that really needs me. they've spent a lot of time away from me and say i've always been the best for them. their lives would have probably been a lot better without me in them. >> this facility is isolated among corn fields and soybean fields in southwestern, indiana. some of the state's most violent inmates are housed here. and they've been known to hurt each other. james stone has been in prison for the past 25 years for attempted mushed. and he's had more than a few scrapes in that time. while some inmates have been known to create knives out of toothbr...