For example, the plant uses a specialized yeast. It is expensive and finicky—"sneeze on it and it dies," says the plant manager. You have to keep it within a narrow range of temperature, aldehyde concentration, and sing it soft songs in the moonlight. But boy, can it yeast.
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Events happening far away—oil price shocks in the middle east, hurricanes in Houston—have an immediate effect on Iowa farmers. They also rely heavily on seasonal immigrant labor to get the crop in. And climate change here affects the bottom line.
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I asked the manager of the plant how he saw the future for ethanol. Corn was $7 a pound when he started in the 90s, now it is down to $2. It is not something he thinks about. His mind is on yields, process flow, and the details of this difficult job.
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But this district deserves someone who is willing to look at the big picture. The jobs at this plant are some of the few that pay a good wage, with benefits. For most people growing up in IA-4, there's not much to keep them there. And the face of farming is changing.
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This is the kind of thing JD can speak to. He gets a lot of attention for being an alternative to Steve King, the clownish, bigoted current representative who is an embarrassment to all Iowans. But there are real policy questions in northwest Iowa that need answers.
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And in race after race in rural places, these are the issues that come up. How do you create *real* jobs, and opportunities for young people? How do you face the pressures of a globalized economy? The reality show playing out in the White House is very far away.
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So, I hope you will support
@Scholten4Iowa because he has a real chance of dethroning Steve King, one of the vilest people to serve in Congress. But I also hope you will support him because he genuinely cares about the future of his district. Rural communities are suffering.Show this thread -
The solutions we need in northwest Iowa—a living wage, defense against corporate conglomerates, rural broadband, wind energy—are ones a Democrat can win on. Please help 9 Democrats like this win, each with a comparable story, by donating today:https://secure.actblue.com/donate/great_slate …
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Please tell California techlandia journalists that farmers know more about them than vice versa...urban hicks with keyboards don’t seem to get it. (Side eyeing *you*
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