Howdy, Former top lobbyist for NCBA, and current VP of government affairs & industry relations at JBS Swift, Chandler Keys offers his view of the beef checkoff: The fork in the road”. What Chandler does not talk about is the “Knife in the back” issue, which is when mandatory non-refundable excise taxes (checkoff dollars) are…
One Little Piggy Had Birth Defects: Is Monsanto’s Roundup to Blame? Friday, 08 August 2014 10:35 By Jeff Ritterman, M.D., Truthout | Op-Ed A pig farm in Denmark. A renewed charge against Monsanto’s Roundup pesticide is being led by a Danish pig farmer who realized the chemical’s effects on his livestock. (Photo: Jan Ingemansen /…
Don’t Let Your Children Grow Up to Be Farmers By BREN SMITHAUG. 9, 2014 From left, Josiah Venter, Noah Patrone-Werdiger and Toby Fischer remove rocks at Ro-Jo Farms in Bethany, Conn. Credit Lili Holzer-Glier for The New York Times NEW HAVEN — AT a farm-to-table dinner recently, I sat huddled in a corner with some…
Dudley Butler worked as the administrator of the Grain Inspection Packers Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) under Secretary Vilsack. Dudley resigned, along with officials from the Justice Department, when it became clear that the administration was reneging on campaign promises to restore market competition in the beef industry. BREAKWATER CATTLE COMPANY 499 Breakwater Drive Benton, MS 39039…
Farmers’ Market Values AUG. 5, 2014 Mark Bittman For most of us, there’s no better place to buy fruits and vegetables than at a farmers’ market. Period. The talk about high prices isn’t entirely unjustified, but it can be countered, and I’ll get to that in a minute. What’s inarguable is that farmers’ markets offer…
Andy Grove on Loss of U.S. Manufacturing Posted on 06 August 2014 by Michael Stumo. Andy Grove, Co-Founder of Intel Former Intel CEO Andy Grove disagrees with the “products of the world” people who say it doesn’t matter where things are made. This is an older article, but he outlines how you have national economic…
Silly things I’ve heard regarding Amendment One; We need it because of liberal California voters. (Its MISSOURI Amendment One) Agriculture is under attack from people like organic farmers. (I know. The sight of a farmer carrying a hoe seems scary, but its nothing personal) EPA rules will destroy agriculture. (We pay our congressman $200,000/yr plus…
Future of Country of Origin Labeling Rule Remains Uncertain Despite Court Validation Roger A. McEowen and Kristine A. Tidgren August 1, 2014 American Meat Institute v. United States Department of Agriculture, No. 13-5281, 2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 14398 (D.C. Cir. Jul. 29, 2014) Overview While the question remains pending before the World Trade Organization (WTO)[i]as…
India Slams US Global Hegemony By Scuttling Global Trade Deal, Puts Future Of WTO In Doubt Submitted by Tyler Durden on 08/01/2014 15:44 -0400 Yesterday we reported that with the Russia-China axis firmly secured, the scramble was on to assure the alliance of that last, and critical, Eurasian powerhouse: India. It was here that Russia…