Trump Taps Former Sen. Kelly Loeffler for Secretary of Agriculture While Loeffler’s legislative record on agriculture might not be extensive in terms of bills sponsored, her involvement in key initiatives and support for agricultural research demonstrates her engagement with the industry during her time in the Senate. Former U.S. Senator Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) attends a…
The University of Missouri is conducting focus groups with producers, industry actors, and other stakeholders engaged with or impacted by sectors of the U.S. meatpacking industry. The purpose of this research is to gain insights about current producer engagement with the USDA Packers and Stockyards Division and to better understand the level of satisfaction with…
A Roadmap for the Trump-Vance Administration For too long, dominant corporations have abused their power to steal farmers’ livelihoods and put once-thriving rural communities in decline — but it’s not just rural communities that are suffering under the thumb of the largest corporations in our food and agriculture system. Consumers and their families are paying…
November 16, 2024 By John Ikerd The election was not a landslide victory for Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans but it was a “no-confidence vote” for Democrats and mainstream Republicans. It was also the end of democracy in America as we have known it but not the end of democracy in America as a political…
Farm and Food File for the week beginning Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024 By Alan Guebert Every pre-election poll for the U.S. presidential race saw it as a too-close-to-call nail biter. Not one predicted the sweeping victory posted by former, now President-Elect Donald J. Trump. How did all miss the coming rout? And rout it was….
Hi Mike,As the dust settles from the 2024 election, one thing is clear: the economy isn’t working for the vast majority of Americans, too many of whom continue to struggle to make ends meet. One of the key reasons for that is a financial system that too often fails to support the real productive economy…
Who Will Lead Trump’s USDA? Tom Venesky, tvenesky@lancasterfarming.com Douglas Rissing Donald Trump has been selecting Cabinet appointees for his second term, but as of press time, ag secretary was not one of them. Rep. Glenn Thompson, R-Pa., is among the people being considered to lead USDA, according to Politico. Thompson chairs the House Agriculture Committee…
November 13, 2024 Op-Ed by Gilles Stockton, Montana Cattlemen’s Association Director As long as cattle producers’ demands for the restoration of honest price discovery in the fed cattle market was still just that, a demand, we did not need to come to a consensus about how this could actually be accomplished. In an advanced notice…
Welcome to The Corner. In this issue, we look at the lessons of the U.S. presidential election, and some next steps. We also explore how the EU’s AI strategy might concentrate even more power in the hands of Big Tech. Trump and Monopoly Power — A Note from Barry Lynn Dear Friends, President…
Time to bust the meat trust Grocery shopping in Rosemead, California on April 21, 2022. U.S. inflation reached a four-decade high of 8.5 percent that March and prices continued to rise for staples like meat, bread, and milk. Photo by Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty. Images. By Ted Genoways, October 23, 2024 This article was…