Florida's Hurricane Debby Losses and AM Radio for Ever Vehicle Act Passes

Florida's Hurricane Debby Losses and AM Radio for Ever Vehicle Act Passes

Bob Larson
Bob Larson
From the Ag Information Network, this is your Agribusiness Update.

**The University of Florida’s Economic Impact Analysis Program estimates the agricultural production losses Florida experienced during Hurricane Debby at between $93.7 and $263.2 million.

www.morningagclips.com reports, the Category 1 storm made landfall August 5 and affected more than 2.2 million acres of agricultural lands, 68% of it grazing lands.

By comparison, Hurricane Idalia, a Category 3 storm that impacted 3.5 million acres last year, caused ag losses of $276 million.

www.morningagclips.com/hurricane-debby-fla-ag-production-losses-top-93m/

**Efforts to keep AM radio in the dashboards of American-made vehicles have taken a step forward in the House.

The House Energy and Commerce Committee voted 45-2 to send the proposed AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act to the full House for a vote.

If passed, the Act would require the Secretary of

Transportation to issue a rule requiring access to AM radio stations in motor vehicles.

**Growth Energy highlighted many problems currently plaguing the nation’s rail service that’s resulted in delayed shipments, longer wait times, and higher costs for American ethanol producers.

The group’s Senior Vice President, Chris Bliley says with drivers facing high fuel prices and ethanol consistently trading significantly less than unfinished gasoline, the need for timely, efficient rail service for ethanol has never been more important.

Almost 70% of all ethanol produced is shipped by rail.

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