Category: Farm Policy
A Short History and Summary of the Farm Bill – Farm Policy Facts
Source: https://www.farmpolicyfacts.org/farm-policy-history/ The Agriculture Committees of Congress are among the oldest; established in 1820 in the House and 1825 in the Senate. Today, the marquee le... Read More
Rep. Cramer: How Critics of U.S. Farm Policy Have It Wrong – Farm Policy Facts
Source: https://www.farmpolicyfacts.org/2016/11/rep-cramer-critics-u-s-farm-policy-wrong/ Editor’s Note: Farm Policy Facts is pleased to publish a guest editorial from Congressman Kevin Cramer of No... Read More
This much is certain: For farmers, crop insurance is essential
Source: http://www.cropinsuranceinamerica.org/icymi-this-much-is-certain-for-farmers-crop-insurance-is-essential/#.WGXafX2zC4M Craig Hill, Iowa 6:04 p.m. CDT October 4, 2016 There are a number of cert... Read More
EWG Stoops to New Low, Resorts to Pure Fiction in Latest Attack – Farm Policy Facts
With crop insurance’s popularity rising in rural America and on Capitol Hill, and with the policy’s budget outlays falling, we’re guessing one of its harshest critics, the Environmental Working ... Read More
Food does not come from a grocery store – Merced Sun-Star
BY JIM COSTA Whiskey is for drinking. Water is for fighting over. In the Valley, we all know the phrase, coined by Mark Twain more than a century ago. It is tired, overused and just as accurate as eve... Read More
Farmer’s Daughter: Nostalgia is no reason to put legal limits on farms – AGDAILY.COM
By Amanda Zaluckyj, The Farmer’s Daughter USA Once I started law school, there were a few changes I urged my parents to make to our farming operation. They needed to have written lease agreements, w... Read More
Heritage Industries Creative Destruction Truth By Stephen L. Wilmeth
When truth in science is acknowledged, Allan Savory suggests we won’t have enough cattle to manage our grasslands. If that is a premise this morning, our world must change before we commence large s... Read More
Are Consumer Demands Being Met?
Consumers have a right to choose, a right to be picky and a right to know where their food is coming from. The U.S. beef industry recognizes this and is fully aware of the importance of consumer conce... Read More