A Storm Lake Times Pilot Editorial Art Cullen January 23, 2025 This happened just last week: Cargill agreed to pay $32 million in a settlement over a lawsuit alleging price-fixing on turkey products. In a separate matter, meat processors JBS and Perdue agreed to settle federal investigations into child labor violations for $8 million. These…

Like commodity crop farmers, will the few remaining ranchers be forced to look to government rather than a competitive market for their income? By Gilles Stockton January 18, 2025 Is this what it is coming down to? From here on, will we be “ranching the government?” Grain farmers seem to be totally dependent upon government…

Building a truly permanent and sustainable food system Posted on January 2, 2025 by Mike Callicrate There’s a lot of talk about rebuilding local/regional food systems, sustainability, and regenerative practices, but it’s all talk until we restore farm gate income to a level that allows people to return to the land with a quality of…