Description: An Ohio farmer is also one of the country's top drag car racers. His funny car runs on ethanol. Farmer/driver Mark Thomas says all drivers can benefit from using the renewable fuel, while protecting the environment and lessening U.S. dependence on foreign oil.
Upper Mississippi River System may get needed facelift Running Time: 2:05
Description: Locks and Dams built in the 1930s on the Upper Mississippi River system are crumbling and threatening the flow of America's farm exports to the Gulf. The outdated locks also are too short for today's longer barge tows. Proposals to fix the locks and improve the river ecosystem are gaining momentum.
Milk Prices Easing at Dairy Case Running Time: 2:08
Description: Milk prices eased off a bit in the second quarter of the year according to the American Farm Bureau market basket survey of food prices. Dairy farmers say the higher prices weren't unexpected because of a variety of cost of production factors.
