We're on the road this week so we've decided to bring you a encore performance of Highway 6 - Your Road to the Country. This is from last month....with Jim Clewell. To Listen Live using your computer: Just Click this Link!
Welcome to Highway 6 - Your Road to the Country this nations only full hour, live talk show dedicated to the rural lifestyle. If you're living in a small town, on an acreage or
small farm...this is the place to be each Sunday morning at 8 Central Time. We broadcast live on the Internet and here in Central Iowa on 98.3 WOW-FM (983wowfm). What that means is you can listen live using your computer...even if you don't live in the eight counties surrounding Des Moines. Pretty cool huh? You can also follow us on Twitter @RuralLifeRadio where you can follow us through the week.
If you missed the show you can listen to this PODCAST whenever you want.
Before we get started, our collective thoughts and prayers go out to our friends in North
Dakota where they are experiencing major flooding along the Red River. (Photo Credit - Huffington Post) We, here in Iowa, remember the support of thousands of folks from around the country during last years 100 Year Flood. Much of what you've read has been about Fargo, a major population center. However there is plenty of suffering going on all along the river in very rural parts of the state. If you are moved to offer a donation to the Red Cross here is that link.
On the show this morning, along with our special guest, Jim Clewell who was here to talk compact tractors, attachments, spring service and what is new in the Kubota line of products we've got some interesting stories that you may not hear anyplace else...
Is PETA running a Dog Slaughter House in Norfolk, VA? That's what we read this 
past week on a blog site for the American Working Terrier Association. They contend that the PETA shelter took in 2,116 animals during 2008 and found homes for only seven (7). That, according to the story, is a "...96% kill rate". PETA may want us to stop eating animals...but killing dogs is OK? We're confused... Read it for yourself, here is the link.
In other "animal rights" news it looks like, from a story in Beef Magazine, that the United States Humane Society has been active in getting country music star and 
supporter of HSUS, Carrie Underwood voted in as the Academy of Country Music"Entertainer of the Year". Underwood is an advocate for HSUS and Beef Magazine received, what they call a "secret" e-mail from Kathy Bauch the HSUS Senior Director for Corporate Relations and Promotions. The e-mail tells supporters of HSUS to vote for Underwood but don't let folks know that, "...HSUS is urging people to vote for her, or it could just breathe life into the opposition". It seems the "opposition" might just be rural folks who love country music, their beef and hunting. Here is the story...again.
In our segment: "Fast Takes on Rural News" - "The fastest 120 seconds of rural news in the nation." We're following these stories:
- Rural Unemployment continues to expand faster than Urban Unemployment;
- A Nebraska Researcher believes rural "self employment" is on the rise;
- Sugar is back as the nation backs away from high-fructose corn syrup;
- What's this? Rural Stocks holding their own? Here is the story;
- Could the "Equine Protection Bill" actually cause more horse suffering?;
- Montana legislature passes a "Horse Slaughter Bill";
There you have it 120 seconds of the fastest Rural News in the Nation.
We'll have an update on the Obama - White House and how taking the lead on "growing your own" might continue to push urban folks toward gardening and away from pouring billions of dollars into chemical lawn care.
Wow...all of that plus free stuff and our Special Guest, Jim Clewell (right). Jim is in studio to talk about Kubota and in particular the compact tractor market. Who is buying them, why buying new makes sense, what kind of features make a compact tractor a smart buy, what attachments are necessary on a small farm or acreage. And we'll talk about spring maintenance work, what every tractor owner should be doing...right now. Jim Clewell from Kubota and Capital City Equipment, our special guest this week on Highway 6 - Your Road to the Country.
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