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By Richard Oswald

Ag and Trade | Politics and Government
Letter From Langdon: Lobbyist — and Patriot — for a Day
09/23/2007
National Farmers Union displayThe U.S. Constitution gives citizens the right to petition their government. Every once in a while, it's good to do that...in person.
Politics and Government
Letter from Langdon: A Bluish Tinge
09/14/2007
Truman and state fair mulesMissourians have grown accustomed to voting Republican in recent years, but with Democrat Claire McCaskill's straight-talking campaign, rural voters are listening closely to what the blue mules have to say.
Ag and Trade | Main Street Economics
Letter From Langdon: Trimming the Trumpet Vine
09/12/2007
FFA kidFederal farm policy has been so good to agribusiness that it is crowding younger people off the land. The average age of a U.S. farmer is 57 â€" and rising.
Health
Letter From Langdon: Health Care System Not Built for Rural America
08/26/2007
us medically underserved areasHealth care system of haves and have-nots is particularly hard on rural hospitals, small town businesses and farmers.
Ag and Trade | BioFuels and Energy | Growth and Development
Letter From Langdon: The Home of Renewal
08/20/2007
Windmills in MissouriJust when you think everything is lost, rural America gives you hope. All around Langdon, Missouri, author and farmer Richard Oswald sees ways his hometown is building a future producing energy.
Ag and Trade | Growth and Development | Main Street Economics
Letter From Langdon: Waiting for Rural America's New Deal
08/13/2007
Cafe, McKinney, TexasAs the farm bill waits attention from the U.S. Senate, Missouri farmer Richard Oswald proposes that now would be a good time to consider a "new deal" for rural America.
Food | Main Street Economics | Media
Letter From Langdon: Know the Source of Food and News
08/08/2007

The Desert Trail mural, 29 Palms, CalifornniaLand is being bought up, consolidated. Ted Turner owns a good chunk of Nebraska. Newspapers, too, are being gobbled by ever larger chains of ownership, from the local weekly to The Wall Street Journal. Now we don't know where our food or our news is coming from.

Ag and Trade
Letter From Langdon: In Omaha, a Call for Fair Trade That Would Save Both Agriculture and Industry
08/06/2007
Paul Revere, BostonCorrespondent Richard Oswald travels to Omaha to learn about trade, agriculture and industry. He hears a call to arms from leaders of American manufacturing.
Politics and Government | Racing For '08/Archive
Letter from Langdon: Which Party Can Grow Hope?
08/02/2007
Roosevelt and Truman buttonDemocratic presidents once spoke to rural America and rural Americans spoke back, with praise. Richard Oswald wants a leader in either party to find a rural vision and plow toward it.
Ag and Trade | Politics and Government
Congress and Consolidation: Inside the Farm Bill
07/26/2007
ccc loans of 2002With all the talk about subsidies, people may have missed the revolution in national farming attitude and allegiances that's taken place below all the skirmishes on the surface.
Daily Yonder | Keep It Rural
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