and agriculture secretary tom vilsack pays a visit to cuba... as the u-s and the communist nation look to expand farm trade. ktiv would like to send out anniversary and birthday wishes to our viewers. edie small of akron, iowa celebrated her 80th birthday on friday november 13th. jim and edie small of akron, iowa celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on friday november 13th. dorothy lane of meckling, south dakota celebrated her 93rd birthday on sunday november 15th. if you or someone you know is having a birthday of 80 years or more or an anniversary of 50 years or more, please send in their name (and correct pron), address and telephone number along with their pictures to ktiv. please make sure to have all the information printed and sent in at least two weeks in advance. if you would like your picture returned please include a self addressed stamped envelope. happy birthday and happy anniversary the sioux city city council votes tonight whether to get behind a proposed agriculture exposition and learning center on the site of the former jo

agriculture secretary, tom vilsack in tokyo stressing importance of the agreement, but said there isstill room to grow. >> translator: our countries need to take the initiative to further expand the tpp. >> vilsack said american farmers like their japanese counterparts are concerned about the changes the tpp will bring. >> it will require both of us to ensure that our peoples understand the beauty and responsibility of tpp. >> both agree to work closely together to put the deal into effect. >>> it's time to check on the markets. tokyo shares edged up friday with the nikkei scaled to another three month high. before the details, we go to our business reporter at the tokyo stock exchange. >> japanese exporters lost ground after the dollar dipped below 123 in tokyo trading hours, but markets wipe out earlier losses after headlines raced for a corporate tax cut here in japan. let's look at the closing levels friday, november 20th. markets choppy, but managed to stay in thezv positive for four days in a row. the nikkei closed at a fresh three month high at 19879, and topix popped positive

agriculture secretary tom vilsack today released a statement advocating the passage of the deal. he says that will expand u-s ag exports and generate more rural economic activity.. and that the u-s cannot afford to let this opportunity slip away. with the passage of trade promotion authority earlier in the year.. congress cannot amend the t-p-p.. only vote up or down on it.. they are expected to take a vote early next year... if you want to haul grain in iowa.. you can put 90 thousand pounds on a semi- truck as long as you add a sixth axel.. if you put a seventh axle.. you can haul 96 thousand pounds.. but.. you can only drive that on local roads and iowa highways.. it's off limits to get onto the interstate system or to cross over state lines.. an amendment that would have changed that.. failed in the house on tuesday.. it was a part of the highway bill.. and was shot down in a 187 to 236 vote.. it would have let semis travel the interstate system with 91 thousand pounds.. on a sixth axel.. right now 80 thousand pounds on five axels is allowed.. as a reminder an axel is four tir

agriculture secretary tom vilsack released a statement advocating the passage of the deal. he says it is a high-standard agreement that will expand u-s ag exports and generate more rural economic activity.. and that the u-s cannot afford to let this opportunity slip away. with the passage of trade promotion authority earlier in the year.. congress cannot amend the t-p-p.. only vote up or down on it.. they are expected to take a vote early next year... ---- a lot of red in yesterday's markets.. i spoke to analyst dan hueber about it yesterday morning.. "really very quiet, very flat. you know, not that we aren't seeing a little bit of pressure here today. but i mean, it's really been up one day, down the next and you know.." "..markets are searching for something fresh. wheat actually doing the best of any market here right now, which is interesting, i guess when you look at the overall wheat picture right now they've probably got the worst fundamentals of the month but even that said we haven't really gone very far, we're just kind of towards the higher range of where we've

to determine the strength of the tornado secretary of agriculture...and former iowa governor...tom vilsack becomes the third member of president obama's cabinet to visit cuba. many in the agricultural sector are frustrated by trade restrictions that affect the market in cuba. in july, cuba and the u-s formally reestablished diplomatic relations after they were broken half a century ago. however, an embargo remains in place. agriculture generally in the u-s is supportive of trade as a general proposition and supportive of expanded trade opportunities." while obama has loosened some trade and travel restrictions, most of the embargo remains in place and can only be ended by congress. now a warning from pediatricians about the overuse of antibiotics in food-producing animals. acccording to a new report from the american academy of pediatrics, adding antibiotics to the feed of healthy livestock to stimulate growth -- may leave these drugs ineffective when they're needed to treat infections in people. and that poses the greatest danger to children -- who have the highest rates of drug-resistant

agriculture secretary tom vilsack released a statement advocating the passage of the deal. he says it is a high-standard agreement that will expand u-s ag exports and generate more rural economic activity.. and that the u-s cannot afford to let this opportunity slip away. with the passage of trade promotion authority earlier in the year.. congress cannot amend the t-p-p.. only vote up or down on it.. they are expected to take a vote early next year... ---- a lot of red in yesterday's markets.. i spoke to analyst dan hueber about it yesterday morning.. "really very quiet, very flat. you know, not that we aren't seeing a little bit of pressure here today. but i mean, it's really been up one day, down the next and you know.." "..markets are searching for something fresh. wheat actually doing the best of any market here right now, which is interesting, i guess when you look at the overall wheat picture right now they've probably got the worst fundamentals of the month but even that said we haven't really gone very far, we're just kind of towards the higher range of where we've

agsecretary tom vilsack says the chinese government is movingquickly to finish reviews of biotech crops. after meeting inchina for bilateral talks, vilsack says the chinese arecurrently 'reviewing eleven agricultural bio-tech eventspending approval and they're also continuing a dialogue onaccess for u.s. beef.' the beef market has been closed to theu.s. since 2003. vilsack says he hopes for action over the next30 to 60 days. usda rolling out the october cattle on feednumbers. the number of cattle and calves on feed climbed twopercent from a year ago, coming in ten-point-eight million head. however, placements into feedlots last month droppingfour percent--as owners either refuse or are unwilling to paycurrent prices. the sterling profit trackers says last weekfeed yards were losing an average of 542 dollars per head.and cattle moving out of the over year to lowest point in 19years. the latest crop progress report indicating most of themajor crops are out of the field. cotton harvest remainssluggish with only 70 percent harvested nationwide. and while96 percent of winter wheat is in the

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website on c-span.org >>> news from capitol hill capitol hill committee agricultural secretary tom vilsackrip to cuba beginning today through saturday with democrat senator jeff merkley of oregon and representative terry of alabama and washington and kirk schrader of oregon former president george w. bush delivered opening remarks in june at a conference focused on helping veterans find jobs. the hiring heroes program run by the chamber of commerce was launched in 2011 and according to the organization has helped more than 25,000 veterans find jobs. this begins with remarks by the chamber's margaret who served as education secretary during the bush administration. next you will hear you'll hear from the labor secretary tom perez together our organization [inaudible] but purposes of retiring our heroes program joined together today to address the critical issues around employment but first i want to thank all of you that are currently serving or have served in our military. thank you for volunteering to wear our country's uniform and to protect the freedoms that make our country so great. a