Everyone for joining us for our first Small Business committee during a 2020. I want to especially thank the witnesses for taking the time to travel across the country to take time away from their businesses in some instance you have this important discussion. As is the case with these hearings, there will be members coming and going forward, or overlapping hearings and other committees so you will see some folks come and go through out and ask questions, so we just ask for your patients in bearing with that as well for. Farming and agricultural are at the heart of strong economies around the country. Investing in agriculture is crucial to ensure that our communities will thrive. Coming from colorado, i understand the importance that farming and agriculture have on our states way of life and economic wellbeing. Nearly half of colorado 66 million acres are dedicated to over 30,000 farms and ranches. Many of these are small, locally owned operations. Colorado is a leading producer of cat
Some instance you have this important discussion. As is the case with these hearings, there will be members coming and going forward, or overlapping hearings and other committees so you will see some folks come and go through out and ask questions, so we just ask for your patients in bearing with that as well for. Farming and agricultural are at the heart of strong economies around the country. Investing in agriculture is crucial to ensure that our communities will thrive. Coming from colorado, i understand the importance that farming and agriculture have on our states way of life and economic wellbeing. Nearly half of colorado 66 million acres are dedicated to over 30,000 farms and ranches. Many of these are small, locally owned operations. Colorado is a leading producer of cattle, corn, wheat and dairy, and the small farms for everything from bison to auspice and growing grapes and mushrooms, to name a few. In the 24 Century Technology innovation or changing everyday life. Its a drin
Were going to go into closed session. We need a motion to do that and ill ask for Public Comment after that. I move we go into closed session. Moved and seconded. Is there any Public Comment . When we come back into to Public Session ill review the Public Comment rules. All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed first item is to report out of closed session. We need a motion. I make a motion. Second. Is there Public Comment . All those in favor say aye. Aye. Rules of Public Comment are the standard rules. Well limit testimony to three minutes on any item people may want to talk about. Please read the rules that are posted with the agenda in case you are not familiar. To start with Public Comment i will recognize mr. Winier. He called me wiener. My apologized. I wish to mention the passing of peter ash, who was the former commissioner on this board. In honor of his memory in the marine core Heritage Museum because of the service in the United States army. I simply was to mention his memory. I t
Sector of the year and the decade the Investment Committee is ready to go, Halftime Report starts right now welcome, good to have you with us on this friday our Investment Committee today, joe, jack, steve and liz, director of Market Strategy and margaret reed, senior Portfolio Manager with union bank. Lets begin with the jobs blowout, the reaction in the stock market perhaps the belief is that we can have the yearend rally after all. This says to me phase one. You just need the economy to keep humming. If we can have it, we are having it. And i think like the biggest lesson of 2019 is the industrial data is just so misleading and so unimportant for people to obsess over. But a lot of the Economic Data points that we traditionally Pay Attention to, they come from the 1950s, the 60s, the 70s. The economy has changed and its become more globalized and consumer centric i cannot stress enough how important it is to look at price versus listen to economic opinions if you listen to opinions
Google doesnt want employees talking about politics, but federal regulators that you can prevent that. , we talked to two innovators changing the fertility and baby tech industries. But first, our top story. The Trump Administration is considering a new tactic in its trade war with china that would be a limited trade deal. On the u. S. Side, that would be delaying or rolling back tariffs, and in return, commitments from beijing on ip and agricultural purchases. ,o discuss, is Sarah Mcgregor covering all things trade war for us. The markets on thursday seem to like the idea of a limited trade deal. What does it involve . Mark one of the biggest breakthroughs in the impasse since may when the two sides had a deal in the u. S. Accused china that reneging on those agreements. The u. S. Would stop the escalation or rollback tariffs if china agrees to some fundamental reforms on ip, buying more u. S. Farming goods. ,his could meet chinas needs because their number one demand is the u. S. Rol