AOA Friday 3-31-2023

AOA closed the week by discussing some big changes in Margin Protection insurance from the USDA Risk Management Administration with Marcia Bunger, RMA Administrator. In segment 2, Dr. Derrell Peel, Agribusiness Professor at Oklahoma State University discussed the changing economics in the feedlot and on the ranch. Banking issues were the focus in segment 3, with Anne Balcer, Senior Executive Vice President with the Independent Community Bankers of America and Gus Barker, President and CEO of First Community Bank in Newell, Iowa. The show closed with Norita Taylor, Director of Public Affairs for the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, who are pushing for the passage of the Truck Parking Safety Improvement Act.