Catch of day: Is Iowa poised to be leader in seafood production? BY MICHAEL CRUMB, Senior Staff Writer Wednesday, November 25, 2020 9:50 AM Original Article Left: Joe Sweeney, CEO of Eagle’s Catch in Ellsworth, a farm that grows tilapia for specialty markets across the country. Right: Eagle’s Catch is located...
Credit Union Times: Business CUSO Shows Agility in Pandemic
Business CUSO Shows Agility in Pandemic Greater Commercial Lending of Reno, Nev., pivots to provide PPP and other government loans. By Jim Duplessis | October 12, 2020 at 06:00 PM Original Article A Nevada CUSO dedicated to enhancing businesses in rural and underserved areas has helped resurrect textile jobs in the Mississippi Delta...
Nevada Business: Greater Nevada Credit Union Brokers First Ever USDA CARES Act Loan
Greater Nevada Credit Union Brokers First Ever USDA CARES Act Loan September 9, 2020 By Chrisie Yabu Comments Original Article Touring Eagle’s Catch in Ellsworth, Iowa. Carson-City based lender assists tilapia fish farm in Ellsworth, Iowa (CARSON CITY, Nev.) – The first USDA Business and Industry CARES Act loan, intended to protect America’s...
businesswire: Greater Commercial Lending Brokers First Ever USDA CARES Act Loan
Greater Commercial Lending Brokers First Ever USDA CARES Act Loan Nevada-based lender assists tilapia fish farm in Ellsworth, Iowa September 08, 2020 03:24 PM Eastern Daylight Time Original Article CARSON CITY, Nev.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The first USDA Business and Industry CARES Act loan, intended to protect America’s small farms and businesses amidst the...
Successful Farming: Iowa Fish Farm Hosts U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue
IOWA FISH FARM HOSTS SECRETARY PERDUE By Natalina Sents9/3/2020 Original Article Photo credit: Natalina Sents In a Thursday trip to central Iowa, Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue made a stop at Eagle’s Catch, a 4-million-gallon tilapia farm. The Ellsworth, Iowa, facility employs 30 people and its fish tanks span 3.8 acres inside...
WHO 13 Des Moines: USDA Gives Approval To Help Storm Stricken Iowa Farms
by: Roger Riley Original article Posted: Sep 3, 2020 / 08:14 PM CDT / Updated: Sep 3, 2020 / 08:14 PM CDTjavascript:false ELLSWORTH, Iowa — USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue approved a Secretarial Disaster Designation request from Governor Kim Reynolds on Thursday. It will make loans, emergency loans, and other assistance available through the Farm Service Agency. Governor...
Can the Corn Belt become a seafood powerhouse?
Ellsworth, Iowa - July 15, 2020 By Hannah Pagel Amid the flat plains of Iowa's corn and soybean fields, near the intersection of state Highway 20 and Interstate 35, sits a building that looks like a greenhouse just shy of four acres in size. But inside, you won't find plants or flowers...
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Opportunities in the Seafood Market in the Midwest
Ag News Daily podcast presents: Joe Sweeney, the CEO of Eagle's Catch, sits down to discuss his tilapia farm and how he is finding a way into the seafood market in Iowa. https://globalagnetwork.com/ag-news-daily/podcast/opportunities-in-the-seafood-market-in-the-midwest?fbclid=IwAR203QEoYOh1tl5nXYqI1WKrgkT3gOq1gvwwFb6c3TLrpkIqyTsOQI7f0zA