‘Coincidences’ of the November election
Things that just hapend to — well — happen!
Bring on the winter season
Fall’s first frost — usually a mid-October event in my adopted central Illinois — waited until the last possible monthly moment — deep into Halloween night — to finally show winter’s white face.
Endless politics of GMOs in the USA
It’s tough being a genetically modified organism in election season because no election passes without someone or some state slamming you for being, well, you.
Already unimpressed with farm bill
Plenty to criticize in the new farm bill.
Confused? No, not at all. (I think)
All right, listen up! We’ve got a lot to sort out here and little time to do it.
Want reform? Audit, please
Secretary of Ag Tom Vilsack threatened to impose a second beef checkoff that would double the annual, non-refundable collections of the now-$80 million federal program if members of his reform effort didn't come to an agreement.
$1.2 billion can buy ‘access’ to Congress, but not much else
What did individuals and political action committees believe they were buying when they contributed $755.1 million this election cycle to Republican and Democratic candidates for the U.S. House and $415.2 million to Republican and Democratic candidates to the U.S. Senate?
Who knows … where big money goes?
If only we knew ... where the money went.
Slouching toward Election Day
There are facts on which the world operates and there are facts on which politics operate. Spoiler alert: The two are not the same.
Farm Bureau and big ag misrepresenting EPA water rule
The stark differences between what EPA proposed and what farm and ranch groups believe the proposals mean.
