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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.
Ag and Trade | Politics and Government
Letter from Langdon: So You'd Like to Start Farming...
07/24/2007
Oswald family old truckRichard Oswald puts pencil to paper and tallies up the reasons why more and more young people can't afford to farm.
Ag and Trade
Farm Bill Update: Second Day of Meetings Brings More Money For Specialty Crops, but Reform?
07/18/2007
Rep. Collin PetersonThere will be no votes Wednesday on the Farm Bill. The committee chairman presents his compromise, but some groups say reforms are hard to find.
Ag and Trade | Politics and Government
American Farmers, Junkyard Sculptors
07/17/2007
why we need a good farm billWith corn prices higher than normal, is it time to quit supporting the "junkyard sculptors" who've scraped by on the farm? Richard Oswald explains why the artful stewards of the land deserve a strong farm bill.
Ag and Trade
Edwards is Pro-COOL â€" Seeking to Build the 'Foodie'/Rancher Coalition
07/10/2007
Edwards in IowaJohn Edwards Tuesday re-announced his support for 'country of origin labeling' and a whole range of issues dear to both populist ranchers and urban diners.
Ag and Trade | Politics and Government
The Farm Bill: It's Showtime!
07/10/2007
Big Gulp, favored by the Farm BillThe farm bill will come up before the House Agriculture Committee next week. The bill has gained the attention of everyone from organic 'foodies' to minority ranchers to animal rights activists. In this atmosphere, is compromise possible?
Ag and Trade | Growth and Development
A Letter From Langdon: What's At Stake With Farm Bill? The Nation's Future
07/05/2007
Tennessee Drought, 2007Richard Oswald, a Langdon, Missouri, farmer, reminds us that the nation depends on rural communities and that the health of rural communities depends on a wise Farm Bill.
Ag and Trade
What's Cool about COOL? Ranchers, Presidential Candidates, Consumers Argue About Meat
07/02/2007
Fully labeled bufalo meatThe country of origin labeling law has languised since 2002. Now tainted imports have people worried about their dog food and toothpaste — and a new Congress is pushing to force food producers to say where foods originated.
Ag and Trade
A Letter From Ames â€" Trade, Trouble and Turbines at a Conference on Global Trade
06/22/2007
Richard Oswald in Mound CityFarmers, steelmakers and consumers met in Ames, Iowa, last week to talk about global trade and the American economy.
Ag and Trade | Growth and Development
Can You Hear Rural America Now?
05/23/2007
pistol and hog thumbAs Congress writes a new Farm Bill, will rural development get the shaft or a chunk of the whole hog? To get a better bill, it would help if rural America spoke up and with a single voice.
Daily Yonder | Keep It Rural
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