“Using half-truths and outright lies to belittle the farmers and ranchers who provide us with a reliable and affordable food supply is detrimental to our shared mission to protect the planet. So, let us set the record straight.”
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Rather than build a policy that works on Capitol Hill but not on the farm, 4th generation farmer Mark Isbell recommends that Congress looks to rural America to identify existing opportunities to support agriculture through smart policy. As Isbell describes it, policy ideas such as carbon markets are just “one piece of the puzzle… not the whole puzzle.”
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America’s farmers have found themselves on the front lines of an ongoing trade war, but recent news on three major trade fronts has farmers across the heartland cautiously optimistic.
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Coming off one of the worst years that we’ve ever had, knowing that the farm bill had been passed...
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A host of key points suggest another grim year for the ag economy, combined with few signs of a...
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