Mike Duffy spoke with NPR on drought related issues.

Dave Swenson was interviewed by Sue Danielson, assistant news director, WHO Radio in Des Moines, on converting prime farmland to a proposed fertilizer factory in Scott County. Additional contacts:

• Donnelle Eller, a business reporter with The Des Moines Register, who needed assistance on a story interpreting income gains to Iowa households using Department of Revenue tax filings.
• Trent Rice, news director, NewsTalk 1430 KASI-AM in Ames, on his Wednesday “My Turn” show to discuss the economic impact of the drought.
• Guest on Iowa Public Radio’s “River to River” show on the importance of manufacturing to Iowa and to specific Iowa communities.
• Nelson Schwartz, a reporter with The New York Times, on investigating the categories of economic impact in Iowa that would be related to the drought.
• Chris Doering, a reporter with The Des Moines Register, on the impact of food price increases on Iowa
• Wendy Koch, a reporter with USA Today, for a story on local foods and a recent book by  Pierre Desrochers, The Locavore's Dilemma, which takes to task many of the assertions of the local foods movement.
• Clay Masters, a reporter with Iowa Public Radio, for a story on the governor's proposal to get state employees to pay 20 percent of their health insurance costs.