RFD Communications, Inc., Omaha, NE, and Mediacom Communications Corporation, Middletown, NY, announce a five-year agreement to continue carriage of RFD-TV programming.RFD RFD abbr. rural free delivery Noun 1. RFD - free government delivery of mail in outlying country areas rural free delivery Communications, Inc., Omaha, NE, and Mediacom Communications Corporation, Middletown, NY, announce a five-year agreement to continue carriage of RFD-TV programming on Mediacom's cable systems through Dec. 31, 2010. Mediacom Communications is the nation's eighth-largest cable television company and the leading cable operator focused on serving smaller cities and towns in the U.S., covering 78 percent of Iowa. Also, RFD-TV announces it has begun broadcasting, "America's Heartland," the weekly television series that highlights American agriculture and farm and ranch families. The show is broadcast Wednesdays at 8 p.m., with repeat showings each Thursday at 4 a.m. and noon, Saturdays at 11 a.m. and Sundays at 7:30 p.m. (all times Eastern). "America's Heartland" is made possible through major underwriting Underwriting 1. The process by which investment bankers raise investment capital from investors on behalf of corporations and governments that are issuing securities (both equity and debt). 2. The process of issuing insurance policies. by Monsanto in collaboration with the American Farm Bureau Federation The American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to promoting, protecting, and representing the interests of U.S. farmers. More than five million members in 50 states and Puerto Rico belong to the AFBF, making it the largest U.S. . Additional production and promotion assistance is provided by the American Soybean soybean, soya bean, or soy pea, leguminous plant (Glycine max, G. soja, or Soja max) of the family Leguminosae (pulse family), native to tropical and warm temperate regions of Asia, where it has been Association, National Corn Growers Association The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) is a U.S. national organization founded in 1957, representing more than 33,000 dues-paying corn growers from 48 states and the interests of more than 300,000 farmers who contribute to corn checkoff programs in 20 states. , National Cotton Council, United Soybean Board and U.S. Grains Council. |
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