by John Klar | Jan 16, 2024 | Articles, Editor's Choice, Good Reads, Opinion, Social Issues
The media are abuzz with billionaire Mark Zuckerberg’s announcement that he is raising gourmet beef from wagyu cows on his Hawaiian “ranch,” feeding them beer and macadamia nuts. This contrasts sharply with fellow billionaire farming-dabbler Bill Gates, who uses...
by John Klar | Oct 4, 2023 | Articles, Editor's Choice, Good Reads, Opinion, Politics
The most recent attacks on farming by the Biden administration unveiled recently are cloaked in wildlife protection regulations. At the end of September, a broad coalition of “farmers, cattle ranchers, hunters, landowners and energy companies,” according to Fox...
by Sarah Cowgill | Jun 26, 2023 | Articles, Good Reads, Social Issues
US farmers are a hardscrabble group – they’ve weathered the Dust Bowl, cyclical economic downturns, farm credit decreases, and government rules and regulations. Family farmers took the brunt of the onslaught and have survived and succeeded despite the odds. But the...
by Andrew Moran | May 18, 2020 | Articles, Economic Affairs News
In the middle of this pandemic, milk is poured down the drain, livestock is euthanized, and vegetables are plowed over. Supermarket shelves are not as well-stocked as they were only a few months ago, while food banks are having difficulty meeting the uptick in demand....
by Andrew Moran | Nov 19, 2019 | Articles, Business News, Economic Affairs News, International, Politics, Trade
A U.S.-China trade deal is imminent. This just in: Talks have fallen through, so it is uncertain as to when an agreement will happen. Officials have restarted negotiations and financial markets are ebullient about the prospect of a new pact that could overhaul...