Jonathan Ahl
Reporter, St. Louis Public RadioI report from Missouri for Harvest Public Media and am also the Rolla Correspondent for St. Louis Public Radio. Before coming to St. Louis Public Radio in November of 2018, I was the general manager for Tri States Public Radio in Macomb, Illinois. I previously was the news director at Iowa Public Radio and before that at WCBU in Peoria, Illinois. I’ve also held reporting positions in central Illinois for public radio stations.
While I’ve lived in very rural areas for most of my adult life, I’m originally from the Chicago area. I have a B.A. in Music Theory and Composition from Western Illinois University and an M.A. in Public Affairs Reporting from the University of Illinois at Springfield. You can reach me at jahl@stlpr.org or through Twitter @jonathanahl.
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The wide ranging plan is entirely voluntary, but leaders say they have buy-in and each of the action items are economically feasible without drastic changes to beef prices or profits for producers, processors and retailers.
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The nine-member Board of Curators has seven graduates from the flagship campus in Columbia and none from UMSL, UMKC and Missouri S&T combined. During a meeting last week in Rolla, the curators made changes to the pension system.
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Looking for ways to fund lobbying and legal efforts to preserve their way of business, pork producers are turning down guaranteed money that could go to advertising and marketing.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency last week reversed a restriction that was intended to help the endangered American Burying Beetle. The agency now says the weedkiller doesn’t pose a risk.
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The University of Missouri’s Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute is projecting a trip to the grocery store will cost 5% more in 2022 compared to last year.
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Russia is a big exporter of fertilizer and its raw ingredients. As economic sanctions cut off that market, Midwestern farmers are feeling the effects.
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Consumers around the world bought more than double the amount of plant-based meat alternatives during the pandemic. That didn’t curb their appetite for the real thing.
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The pandemic introduced virtual options for the farm show. On the heels of declining numbers of farmers and technology improvements, some predict an eventual end to the in-person gatherings.
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Scientists are running tests in fields around the world to see if basalt rock will work to keep the soil healthy, increase yield and reduce agriculture's contribution to greenhouse gas emissions.
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Some Midwestern farmers are involved in a research project to help determine how good some agricultural techniques are for the environment, and it may help them take advantage of new attempts to establish a carbon credit trade market.