Hello everybody out there in farm country. This is Rick Frank sitting in for John Block who is on vacation. This radio commentary is brought to you by the Renewable Fuels Association, Wal-Mart Stores, Monsanto, and John Deere. They are all friends, supporters, and allies of a healthy farm economy and prosperous rural America. Thank you.

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Jack Block is on holiday this week. This is Rick Frank sitting in. Remember, I’m Jack’s moderate Democrat colleague. We support…

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Hello everybody out there in farm country. This is Rick Frank sitting in for John Block who is on vacation. This radio commentary is brought to you by the Renewable Fuels Association, Wal-Mart Stores, Monsanto, and John Deere. They are all friends, supporters, and allies of a healthy farm economy and prosperous rural America. Thank you.

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When my father started farming 75 years ago, one third of our nation’s population were farmers. Today, only three percent are…

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Hello everybody out there in farm country. This is Rick Frank sitting in for John Block who is on vacation. This radio commentary is brought to you by the Renewable Fuels Association, Wal-Mart Stores, Monsanto, and John Deere. They are all friends, supporters, and allies of a healthy farm economy and prosperous rural America. Thank you.

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I was hungry and in a hurry yesterday after a meeting down town. I couldn’t help myself. ducked into McDonald’s and grabbed a…

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Hello everybody out there in farm country. This is Rick Frank sitting in for John Block who is on vacation. This radio commentary is brought to you by the Renewable Fuels Association, Wal-Mart Stores, Monsanto, and John Deere. They are all friends, supporters, and allies of a healthy farm economy and prosperous rural America. Thank you.

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Thank heavens the Iowa Caucus is over. I’m tired of the candidates arguing with each other. On TV all the time. However tiring,…

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Hello everybody out there in farm country. This radio commentary is brought to you by the Renewable Fuels Association, Monsanto, and John Deere. They are all friends, supporters, and allies of a healthy farm economy and prosperous rural America. Thank you.

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With the new year upon us, I want to look back at 2011. I want to categorize it into the good, the bad, and the ugly.

Now for the good –

• From agriculture’s standpoint, there is a lot of good. The farm…

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Hello everybody out there in farm country. This is Rick Frank sitting in for John Block who is on vacation. This radio commentary is brought to you by the Renewable Fuels Association, Wal-Mart Stores, Monsanto, and John Deere. They are all friends, supporters, and allies of a healthy farm economy and prosperous rural America. Thank you.

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It’s Christmas. We have almost made it through year 2011. the world has been in turmoil all year. At long last, there is an…

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Hello everybody out there in farm country. This radio commentary is brought to you by the Renewable Fuels Association, Monsanto, and John Deere. They are all friends, supporters, and allies of a healthy farm economy and prosperous rural America. Thank you.

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We have heard all the talk about Social Security and whether it can survive. We have a growing aging population drawing out more money every year and a shrinking younger work force putting less money in to the…

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Hello everybody out there in farm country. This radio commentary is brought to you by the Renewable Fuels Association, Monsanto, and John Deere. They are all friends, supporters, and allies of a healthy farm economy and prosperous rural America. Thank you.

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I am sometimes asked if I receive any critique on my radio commentaries. The answer is “yes.” The program is aired on more than 500 radio stations in 30 states. Some listeners agree and some disagree. The one…

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Hello everybody out there in farm country. This radio commentary is brought to you by the Renewable Fuels Association, Monsanto, and John Deere. They are all friends, supporters, and allies of a healthy farm economy and prosperous rural America. Thank you.

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The farm programs that farmers rely upon expire at the end of 2012. Every commodity group, every farm association, the whole industry is running in circles, wringing their hands trying to get positioned to…

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Hello everybody out there in farm country. This radio commentary is brought to you by the Renewable Fuels Association, Monsanto, and John Deere. They are all friends, supporters, and allies of a healthy farm economy and prosperous rural America. Thank you.

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There’s good new and bad news. Bad news first. On Monday, the Super Committee failed to cut our debt by 1.2 trillion dollars. I don’t think it was a big surprise. If Republicans refuse to raise taxes and the…

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