Why Farmers Aren’t Going To Abandon Trump Over The Trade War
The popular narrative goes that because President Trump launched a trade war against China, China has retaliated by tariffing agriculture products from red states that voted for Trump. False.
ICE Workplace Raids Unmask Our Broken Immigration System
Immigration hardliners need to confront an awkward reality: mass illegal immigration is driven by big business, and it indirectly benefits us all.
We Don’t Need To Ban Pesticides To Save Bees
The irony is that if passed, the Saving America’s Pollinators Act would actually be detrimental to bees and other pollinating species, while harming America’s farmers.
Here’s What You Need To Know About Trump’s Proposed Trade Deal With Mexico
Free trade supporters will be disappointed in clauses such as the minimum wage requirement and recognition of bargaining rights. But such clauses appeal to union voters, who like Trump.
Donald Trump’s Trade War Is Proving The Free Traders Right
It seems almost embarrassing to have to rehearse the case for free trade, but Donald Trump is determined to make us learn it all over again, the hard way.
This Professor Thinks Hunter-Gatherers Were Unfairly Oppressed By Elitist Grain-Growers
Anthropology professor James C. Scott’s book, ‘Against the Grain,’ offers an interesting, but ultimately unconvincing, revisionist historical analysis that discounts the role of farming in creating society as we know it.
How Big Business Uses Big Government To Ruin Small Fishermen Like Me
Ensnared in an international trade dispute between Vietnam and very large U.S. catfish farms are hundreds of small wild-caught catfish producers throughout the United States.
If The European Union Bans Roundup, It Could Lead To A Global Food Crisis
If the EU bans glyphosate, it will set the stage to enact the same regulations here, which could be a devastating blow to American farmers who grow the world’s most abundant supply of grains.
‘This Blessed Earth’ Considers The Fraught Future Of Family Farming
A journalist chronicles the experiences of one Nebraska farmer and his daughter, as they seek to keep their six-generation family farm alive.
Wrong, Politico: Today’s Farmers Are Obsessed With Healthy Soil
If the reporter had spent a little more time researching the topic or speaking to more than one farmer, she’d realize soil health has long been a focus — even an obsession — among farmers.
Here’s What You Need To Know About The Estate Tax and Family Farmers
Only a tiny fraction of the nation’s family farmers are eligible for the federal estate tax—but that doesn’t mean it’s a popular or profitable tax.
Today’s Farmers Are Trying To Achieve ‘Sustainability,’ But It’s Easier Said Than Done
A new agricultural sustainability program seeks to offer a ‘cleaner’ version of current farming methods. But is that really going to be enough?
Why More Young People Should Get Summer Jobs On The Farm
And more U.S. universities and colleges should offer them internship credit for it.
New Minnesota Law Seeks To Help Aspiring Farmers Get Started
The law provides a 5 percent tax credit to older farmers who sell their land to beginning farmers, thus incentivizing the continued legacy of U.S. farms.
The Foodies Are Back To Fight For Counterproductive, Porky Ag Policies
Tom Colicchio is rounding up his foodie friends, who were pals with the Obamas but now marginalized by the GOP, to fight Congress over the 2018 Farm Bill,
Victor Davis Hanson On Comey, Foreign Policy, And Life On A California Farm
Victor Davis Hanson joins the Federalist Radio with Ben Domenech. They discuss Trump’s approach to North Korea, Mexico, and whether he’s changed American foreign policy.
Meet Your New Secretary Of Agriculture, America
Sonny Perdue was raised on a farm in the deep south, rose to power in Georgia politics, and is no stranger to powerful agribusinesses.
Wisconsin Says You Can’t Buy Kerrygold Butter Until A Bureaucrat Tastes It For You
It may well be the Platonic Ideal of Butter. But folks in Wisconsin will never know because some apparatchik on the sixth floor of the Department of Agriculture has not yet spoken.
Oregon Seeks To Regulate ‘Dangerous, Preventable’ Cow Farts
It all just goes to show how government regulation can be silent, but deadly.
USDA Threatens To Shut Down Farm For Conservative Article In Break Room
Obama-era rules empower meat inspectors to become speech inspectors, and that’s created a crazy situation at one farm in Michigan.
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