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Harvest Public Media is a reporting collaboration focused on issues of food, fuel and field. Based at KCUR in Kansas City, Harvest covers these agriculture-related topics through an expanding network of reporters and partner stations throughout the Midwest.Most Harvest Public Media stories begin with radio- regular reports are aired on member stations in the Midwest. But Harvest also explores issues through online analyses, television documentaries and features, podcasts, photography, video, blogs and social networking. They are committed to the highest journalistic standards. Click here to read their ethics standards.Harvest Public Media was launched in 2010 with the support of a grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Today, the collaboration is supported by CPB, the partner stations, and contributions from underwriters and individuals.Tri States Public Radio is an associate partner of Harvest Public Media. You can play an important role in helping Harvest Public Media and Tri States Public Radio improve our coverage of food, field and fuel issues by joining the Harvest Network.

Ag Show Visitors Worried About Dry Weather

Tri States Public Radio | By Bill Wheelhouse
Published August 28, 2013 at 6:15 PM CDT
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Hot weather is no surprise during the Farm Progress Show in Decatur, Illinois.

But the recent dry spell in the Midwest has some visitors worried.   Pam Johnson, a Northern Iowa farmer and president of the National Corn Growers Association, said the weather is the number one concern she’s hearing this week.

“Is the rest of the growing season going to be favorable with the weather challenges we had this spring? A lot of people are facing drought now, so, I think that is the main thing,” Johnson said.

The Farm Progress Show is one of the country’s largest agriculture trade shows.
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Bill Wheelhouse
Harvest Public Media’s reporter in Springfield, Ill., comes to Harvest with a background of covering state government and rural issues. For the past eight years, Bill was general manager of public radio station WUIS in Springfield. Prior to that, he spent a decade as State Capitol bureau chief for Illinois Public Radio. During his time in the Illinois statehouse Bill won several awards including Best Investigative Reporter from the Associated Press and Best Statehouse Beat Reporting from the Association of Capitol Reporters and Editors in 2004. Bill also spent eight years as News Director at WIUM public radio in Macomb, Ill., and is a past president of the Illinois News Broadcasters Association.
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