THANK YOU FOR
JOINING US
TONIGHT I'M TIM
SEAMAN.
IT'S OFTEN SAID
THAT, AS
AGRICULTURES
GOES.... SO GOES
IOWA'S ECONOMY.
WITH THAT IN MIND,
THE NEAR FUTURE
ISN'T LOOKING VERY
GOOD.
IT'S ESTIMATED
THAT IOWA
FARMERS WILL
LOSE BETWEEN 5
AND 10 BILLION
DOLLARS TO THE
CORONAVIRUS
PANDEMIC... AND
THAT ESTIMATE
COMES EVEN AS
IOWA GRAIN AND
LIVESTOCK
PRODUCERS
RECIEVE MILLIONS
IN FEDERAL AID.
KCAU 9 REPORTER
JESSICA WATSON
TAKES A CLOSER
LOOK A NEW U-S-D-
A REPORT,
RELEASED TODAY...
IN OUR TOP STORY
AT 10.
PKG
" "
I TOTALED UP THE
NUMBERS FROM
TODAYS REPORT
AND MORE THAN
400 MILLION OF THE
4 BILLON DOLLARS,
ALREADY
DISTRIBUTED, HAS
GONE TO FARMERS
IN IOWA...
THAT'S MORE THAN
AN OTHER SINGLE
STATE... TO HELP
KEEP IOWA
FARMERS AFLOAT.
"
WE KINDA ARE JUST
IN A WAIT AND SEE
MODE THIS WHOLE
COVID THING HAS
REALLY PUT
EVERYONE IN LIMBO
NOBODY REALLY
KNOWS HOW IT WILL
TURN OUT OR WHEN
THINGS WILL
RESUME BACK TO
NORMAL SO
EVERYBODY IS
KINDA JUST TAKING
THEIR PAYMENT
MONEY FROM THE
GOVERNMENT AND
JUST HOPING FOR
THE BEST TO SEE
WHAT IS GOING TO
COME OUT OF IT
THIS YEAR,"
CHRIS TEN NAPEL
IRETON FARMER
WHILE SIOUXLAND
FARMERS SAY
THEY'RE HAVING
THE BEST CROPS
THEY'VE E SEEN IN
YEARS...WHAT THEY
EXPECT TO GET
OUT OF IT IS
DIFFERENT...
"
INDIRECTLY CATTLE
HOGS CHICKENS
THEY EAT AND AS A
RESULT OF SOME
OF THE CHANGES
THAT HAD TO BE
MADE ON THE
LIVESTOCK SIDE
THAT DID ALTER
WHAT RATIONS
WERE DOING WHAT
FARMERS WERE
FEEDING THEM
WHICH THEN AGAIN
IS INDIRECTLY
IMPACTING BOTH
THE PROTEIN SIDE
SOYBEANS AND THE
CORN SIDE," -GARY
WRIGHT/ IOWA
STATE UNIVERSITY
EXTENSION
"A LOT OF THAT IS
DUE TO THE
DEMAND
DESTRUCTION WE
HAD WITH THE
COVID YOU KNOW
OUR ETHANOL
GRIND IS WAY
DOWN FROM WHAT
IT HAS BEEN -
BASICALLY WE ARE
GROWING A REALLY
GOOD CROP THIS
YEAR AND WE ARE
NOT GETTING RID
OF WHATS ON HAND
SO THAT'S KINDA
THE ANCHOR ON
OUR PRICES RIGHT
NOW," TEN NAPLE
MORE THAN 37
THOUSAND IOWANS
ARE RECIEVING
FUNDS FROM THE
CORONAVIRUS
FOOD ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM..
.
"PRODUCERS
WOULD SAY THEY
WOULD MUCH
RATHER BE MAKING
A LIVING DOING
WHAT THEY DO
WELL BUT AT THE
SAME TIME THIS
THE SUBSITIES
THAT ARE OUT
THERE THE HELPS
GUYS POSSIBLY
FARM ANOTHER
YEAR," WRIGHT
"THEY BASICALLY
ARE HELPING WITH
OUR CASH FLOW
CAUSE RIGHT NOW
IF WE SELL SOME
OF OUR CORN AND
BEANS WE ARE NOT
MAKING A LOT OF
MONEY BUT THE
EXTRA PAYMENTS
THAT WE ARE
GETTING WE ARE
ABLE TO KEEP
PAYING OUR BILLS,"
TEN NAPLE
PRODUCERS HAVE
UNTIL AUGUST 28TH
TO APPLY FOR A
PORTION OF THE 16
BILLION DOLLARS
ALLOCATED FOR
RELIEF
JESSICA WATSON
KCAU 9 NEWS
TIM: GLASS
TYSON FOODS IS
LOOKING INTO
REPORTS THAT
CHINA HAS
SUSPENDED
POULTRY IMPORTS
FROM A TYSON
