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Podcast: Tractors And Troubadours
Episode: Ep. 39: AEM on building a rural workforce, CHIPS bill seen as boon for trades, soy checkoff projects, Farm Bill safety net, the music of Bobby Mackey
Description: On this episode, presented by Massey Ferguson and Hesston, Julie Davis, Senior Director of Workforce Development for the Association of Equipment Manufacturers discusses the importance of public-private partnerships in developing programs that foster workforce and economic development. Eric Dean, President of the International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers, discusses the impact the CHIPS and Science Bill will have on his members. We also learn about the scope of projects to be funded by the Soy Checkoff program in 2023, and we hear from Kansas farmer Marieta Hauser about the impact the Farm Bill’s safety net ha...