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Forbes calls America’s ag heartland an economy to watch this year

January 5, 2012/in
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Des Moines Register

Forbes contributor Joel Kotkin calls America’s “agricultural heartland” one of the top five regional economies to watch in 2012.

Kotkin says states don’t need “oil or gas to enjoy a strong economy,” and he points to Omaha and Des Moines as two examples.

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