right now, ed kordick with the iowa farm bureau says it's down to around $3 to 3.50. that's a pretty low price compared to what farmers have seen the early part of the decade. the farm price boom from early 2010 to 2013 the last few years the price has come down. says iowa farmers are hoping for a big yield this year. >> demand is good and that is good, but we do have some pretty market. certainly this is a supply situation right now and we need to continue exports, continued ethanol and feed demand to eat up this big crop we are harvesting now. alyx: why the low price of corn could impact the state's economy. elizabeth: they are moving on up. eric: the hawkeyes are jumping nikole: debate prep, what the gop hopefuls are doing to get ready for their next match up tomorrow night. elizabeth: swallowed, some incredible video, and new information on how 12 cars ended up like this. shaina: we have no accidents to report, but there will be some extra enforcement so keep that in mind. make sure you are being extra careful out there back. -- out there. on the east side, traffic

the break ... iowa a senitor joni ernst joins me for a discusussion on wotus. we'll explain. >>> and tnks for stataying with us tomorrow. >>>according to the iowa farm bureau, 97% of iowa will be controlled by the environmental protection agency. if an panded definition of the wotus rule isn't scrapped. 29 states including iowa have filed lawsuitsgainst the epa for redefining the "waters of the united states." earlier this month a bill inoduced by iowa senator joni ernst rolling back those wotus rules gained approval in the senate. ernst called it a major victory for communities across iowa and the middle class, earlier this week i had the chance to talk with her via satellite abo her bill and what lies ahead in the debate over water in america. . >>and what do you think ? >> currently the epa, regulates navigable waters, the rule has come out from the environmement protection agency or the epa is an expanded definition of what the federal government would regulate, and to be honest, it's farmers, ranchers, and small busine a midsummer night's dream, all across the united states. it's so ambiguo, no one can describe what waters are included in the expanded

the because agriculture such large part of iowa's economy. corn isn't the only thing that's down. so are soybeans, another major export for the state. kordick says the corn belt is fortunate regarding supply. the iowa farm bureau is hearing of some good yields this season. that will help buffer some of the loss for iowa farmers. however, because the supply has been strong, he doesn't anticipate prices to go back up in the near future. live in studio, alyx sacks, kcci 8 news. eric: thanks, alyx. when farmers wrap up harvest, most can't wait to get out of the tractor and stretch their legs. it goes on for a long time. but this fall, one farmer up in sac county is thrilled to be back in the cab. spent as much time up there as he can. a year ago, rick meister was harvesting when his pant leg got caught in the corn header. i was there as rick got back in the fields, where he lost both legs and almost lost his life. catch my this is iowa report, tonight on kcci 8 news at 6:00. elizabeth: sharing her story. an iowa woman attacked after a party. her warning to other women and why the lessons she learned could save a life. >> there's a lot of statistics about kids that are involved and engaged in things are more succes

the public and there's plenty of businesses.. for iowa.. that means a commodity like pork will get an 80 percent tariff next 11 years. the iowa farm bureau says it's a win.. "18,000 tariff lines will be either eliminated or reduced that includes machinery, autos, appliances, communication products. everything you can think of including agriculture and it's been said that this agreement wasn't drafted specifically for agriculture. but it would never pass if it weren't for agriculture. so, agriculture is very important to this agreement, and i think we come out as a winner." hill says unscientific trade barriers were also addressed in the agreement concerning g-m-o or genetically enhanced commodities that puts rules in place to deal with historical issues like shipments being stopped at port because of g-m-o's. it's not looking good in the livestock sector.. and the grains are still in a sideways market.. "well, i am short the corn market, in the december corn i've been recommending a short position from around the $3.80 level. we're waiting for that u- s-d-a crop report." "the commodity markets are melting. they continue to go lower. i am

and the iowa farm bureau thinks agriculture in particular comes out a winner.... "in the case of pork, for iowa, which is a big elimination in japan over the next 11 years, that's huge, japan is our fourth largest and one of the largest economies in the world. we also have about a 59 percent reduction in machinery in tariff lines." hill says unscientific trade barriers were also addressed in the agreement concerning g-m-o or genetically enhanceddommodities thht puts rules in place to deal with historical issues like shipments being stopped at port because of g-m-o's. ---- late last week.. farmers coooerative company and west central cooperative announced a unanimous vote by its board of directors to go ahead with a merger vote.. iow law requires half of the membership to vote with two thihids in favor. if the membership approves the merger.. the new cooperative will be represented by a new board of nine farmer-owners... member equity will roll into the new cooperative on a one-for-oneebasis. the combined co-op will be headquartered in ames iowa.. and will be led by

, for the past 30 years, the farm bureau conducuc a nationwide survey to determine the cost of the traditional holiday meal for ten people. dave miller serves as the research director for the iowa farm bureau. he says although the price of turkey has risen, due primarily to the avian bird flu, milk prices have fallen which has kept the overall cost of the thanksgiving meal fairly consistent to last year. (as said): "it really has been quite stable for the last five years...just right around $49, and it has f fxuated plus ororinus about twenty-five cents, right aroundndhe 49 and a half dollar cost, for the last four to five years. and the cost was 50.11 (for this year), which was up 70 cents from a year ago. and of that, a $1.39 wathe increase in the cost of the turkey...51 cents lower on the milk, and actually 30 cents lower on the miscellaneous ingredients. everything else was just a little bit up and a little bit down". dennis: jessica, this year's holiday feasasis on average about 70 cents higher than last year. miller says despite the small increase, it is still quite affordable to feed ten people the traditional thanksgiving meal. (as said): "when you think about a thanksg

and the iowa farm bureau thinks agriculture in particular comes out a winner.... "in the case of pork, for iowa, which is a big commodity grown in iowa, we have 80 percent tariff elimination in japan over the next 11 years, that's huge, japan is our fourth largest and one of the largest economies in the world. we also have about a 59 percent reduction in machinery in tariff lines." hill says unscientific trade barriers were also addressed in the agreement concerning g-m-o or genetically enhanced commodities that puts rules in place to deal with historical issues like shipments being stopped at port because of g-m-o's. ---- late last week.. farmers cooperative company and west central cooperative announced a unanimous vote by its board of directors to go ahead with a merger vote.. iowa law requires half of the membership to vote with two thirds in favor. if the membership approves the merger.. the new cooperative will be represented by a new board of nine farmer-owners... member equity will roll into the new cooperative on a one-for-one basis. the combined co-op wil

the u.s." senator joni ernst, of iowa, says the wotus rule represents a "power grab by the federal government". ernst says an iowa farm bureau study warned the bill would give the epa jurisdiction over 97 percent of land in iowa. "the heart of this debate is about how much authority the federal government, and unelected bureacrats, should have when it comes to regulating what is done on private land," said sen. joni ernst, (r) iowa. the legislation heads now to the house of representatives, but still will need a two-thirds majority vote to pass a likely presidential veto. the cooler weather has moved in. but how long will it stick around? chief meteorologis t ron demers joins us now with the first look at our forecast. weather ad-lib it was a day of cooling as some of us saw temps in the 60s early this morning only to see them fall into the upper 40s by late this afternoon. a lot of clouds (but only a few showers) were in the region but we should clear out some tonight and see a chilly night with lows in the 30s. the next couple of days will stay cooler with highs in the low to mid 50s. today is winter weather awareness day

the iowa nutrient reduction strategy. iowa ag secretary bill northey says joining the lawsuit is the right thing to do because wotus creates uncertainty for farmers.. on the national level, the american farm bureau federation is working with more than ten partners in litigation against wotus.. its focus is a two pronged approach.. the first is already in action in the courts.. the second is getting legislators to overturn the rule. even though president obama says he would veto stand alone legislation.. iowa senator joni ernst headed the a joint resolution of disapproval that would end the rule.. that passed in a bipartisan vote in the beginning of november.. "that is the quickest way to resolve the issues with epa if we can get a piece of legislation passed that the president will sign. so that means we will probably have to put a rider on a must pass piece of legislation like the omnibus. the court side, we have been pretty successful so far, the sixth circuit court of appeals has said that, 'yeah the plaintiffs may prevail on their points, they've got some good arguments so we're going to put a temporary injunction in place to keep the epa from stallman says the rule threatens most farmers be

the iowa nutrient reduction strategy. iowa ag secretary bill northey says joining the lawsuit is the right thing to do because wotus creates uncertainty for farmers.. ---- on the national level, the american farm bureau federation is working with more than ten partners in litigation against wotus.. its focus is a two pronged approach.. the first is already in action in the courts.. the second is getting legislators to overturn the rule. "if you do something on a piece of your property that an environmental group doesn't like they can file a citizen suit provision under this law that says, 'okay, epa, they're violating the law.' so, it's sort of a gotcha rule. it's not going to be implemented across the country. the epa's not going to come out to every farm and tell every farmer what they can or can't do. but the threat of litigation, the threat of very significant fines and prosecution exists and so farmers and ranchers are going to be in limbo." iowa senator joni ernst led a joint resolution of disapproval that passed early this month.. but that's likely to be vetoed by president obama. through legislation with riders.. he thinks it may be the best chance in the omnibus bill next year.. ---- a littl

the farm bureau survey has been going on since 1986 when the average cost for the thanksgiving meal was totaled at $28. in iowa, 25 percent of turkey producers lost their birds to the highly pathogenic avian influenza. even though the state is 9th in the nation for turkey production, most are tom barns with birds weighing up to 40 pounds. those go into turkey processing. the thanksgiving turkey is most likely to come from minnesota or missouri and may be more expensive this year. processed turkey, could be a little cheaper despite the virus. gretta irwin the executive director of the iowa turkey federation says the price thanksgiving meal is still good, "the average thanksgiving meal is still an awesome value if you look when they do that market basket survey, i still think it comes out to around five-six dollars per person. i think you're pretty hard stretched to even go to a fast food restaurant and have a meal for that low of a cost." we put stories up every day just go to whotv.com click news then a driver involved in a deadly des moines crash faces several charges... but a legal expert says he stands a go

the farm bureau survey has been going on since 1986.. when the average cost for the thanksgiving meal in iowa.. 25 percent of turkey producers lost their birds to the virus.. but even though the state is 9th in the nation for turkey production.. most are tom barns.. with birds weighing up to 40 pounds.. those go into turkey processing. the thanksgiving turkey is most likely to come from minnesota or missouri. the iowa turkey federation still calls the thanksgiving meal an awesome value.. aside from the more specialized 16 pound bird.. they've found producers were resilient as an entire market. "turkey production is nationwide, it was very isolated here to the midwest and as devastating of a disaster as it was for us. other states were not impacted. so, i'm happy to report that some of the reports that are coming out now from our national reporters that are looking at market prices for turkeys are almost a penny a pound cheaper this year than they even were last year." before the market close today.. for the thanksgiving holiday.. i talked to analyst mike seery to see how week. "the grain mark

the iowa nutrient reduction strategy. lawsuit is the right thing to do because wotus creates uncertainty for farmers.. ---- on the national level, the american farm bureau federation is working with more than ten partners in litigation against wotus.. its focus is a two pronged approach.. the first is already in action in the courts.. the second is getting legislators to overturn the rule. "if you do something on a piece of your property that an environmental group doesn't like they can file a citizen suit provision under this law that says, 'okay, epa, they're violating the law.' so, it's sort of a gotcha rule. it's not going to be implemented across the country. the epa's not going to come out to every farm and tell every farmer what they can or can't do. but the threat of litigation, the threat of very significant fines and prosecution exists and so farmers and ranchers are going to be in limbo." iowa senator joni ernst led a joint resolution of disapproval that passed early this month.. but that's likely to be vetoed by president obama. stallman says the quickest way to end the rule is through legislation with riders.. he thinks it may be the best c

the farm bureau survey has been going on since 1986.. when the average cost for the thanksgiving meal was totaled at 28 dollars. ---- in iowa.. 25 percent of turkey producers lost their birds to the virus.. but even though the state is 9th in the nation for turkey production.. most are tom barns.. with birds weighing up to 40 pounds.. those go into turkey processing. the thanksgiving turkey is most likely to come from minnesota or missouri. the iowa turkey federation says the price of thanksgiving is still good. "the average thanksgiving meal is still an awesome value if you look when they do that market basket survey, i still think it comes out to around five-six dollars per person. i think you're pretty hard stretched to even go to a fast food restaurant and have a meal for that low of a cost." ---- the markets are now closed for the thanksgiving holiday.. but before they closed yesterday.. i talked to analyst mike seery to see what the week looked like.. "the grain markets, i was short corn, soybeans and rough rice, i got out of corn yesterday because i was in the december contract. i probably won't be in corn for a little while..."

the farm bureau survey has been going on since 1986.. when the average cost for the thanksgiving meal was totaled at 28 dollars. ---- in iowa.. 25 percent of turkey producers lost their birds to the virus.. but even though the state is 9th in the nation for turkey production.. most are tom barns.. with bibids weighing up to 40 pounds.. those go into turkey processing. the thanksgiving turkey is most likely to come from minnesota or missouri. the iowa turkey federation says the price of thanksgiving is still good. "the average thanksgiving meal is still an awesome value if you look when they do that market basket survey, i still think it comes out to around five-six dollars per person. i think you're pretty hard stretcheddo even go to aafast food restaurant and have a meal for that low of a cost." ---- the markets are now closed for the thanksgiving holiday.. but before they closed yesterday.. i talked to analyst mike seery to see what the week looked like.. "the grain markets, i was short corn, soybeans and rough rice, i got out of corn yesterday because i was in the december contract. i probably won't be n corn for a little while..." "

last week, the full text was released to the public and there's plenty of bonuses to agriculture businesses according to iowa farm bureau president craig hill. he says, "18,000 tariff lines will be either eliminated or reduced that includes machinery, autos, appliances, communication products. everything you can think of including agriculture and it's been said that this agreement wasn't drafted specifically for agriculture. but it would never pass if it weren't for agriculture. so, agriculture is very important to this agreement, and i think we come out as a winner." specifically iowa pork gets a big bonus. hill says, "in the case of pork, for iowa, which is a big commodity grown in iowa, we have 80 percent tariff imination in japan or the xt 11 years, that's huge, japan is our fourth largest and e of the largest economies e world. we also have about a 59 percent reduction in machinery in tariff lines." the ade deal also looks at netically modified foods, a country will need scientific evidence to reject goods. "well, ere has been some unscientific trade barriers placed on u.s. ods because of thgmo issue because of gen