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Court piles on meatpackers’ power
Killed the Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921. Largely gutted the U.S. Department of Agriculture's mandate to "promote fair and competitive trading practices for the overall benefit of consumers and American agriculture.
What voters want in farm policy
Baseball has its winter hot-stove league when teams and players wheel and deal in hopes of improving their World Series chances.
Pa. finds way to end ag disputes
SALEM, Ohio - The morning after Pennsylvania finalized legislation to work out differences between farmers and their communities, five people called the department of agriculture to protest local ordinances, according to Pennsylvania Agriculture Secretary Dennis Wolff.
Range rovers: Pastured pork niche fits Pennsylvania family
JACKSON CENTER, Pa. - Driving across the country road just east of Jackson Center, Pa., you'll see pigs wallowing in mud pits or litters of piglets trailing their mothers across a pasture before disappearing into a patch of tall grass.
School’s in session across Potomac
If you think schoolchildren dread summer school, consider the eight-week summer session agriculture's friends in Congress face.
Broken promises of rural development
It happened again the other week at a local public forum on agriculture.
The panel of speakers included me, two farmers and a state Farm Bureau economist.
Cotton ruling is blow to exports
You don't own any cattle, so the court-clouded Canadian beef import rule doesn't affect you, right?
Likewise, you don't make fructose, raise sugar beets or grow cotton so all that mumbo-jumbo about NAFTA, CAFTA, TRIPS and the WTO is better left to those smart trade-talkers in Washington, Brussels and Geneva.
CAFTA pivotal to future of U.S. trade agreements
Pennsylvania Farm Bureau carries concerns of agriculture to U.S. capital
WASHINGTON - Nearly 200 farmers from across Pennsylvania were in Washington March 3 and 4 meeting with their congressional representatives during Pennsylvania Farm Bureau's 2005 National Legislative Conference.
Trillion-dollar debt shapes budget, but Washington can’t blot red ink
As the White House and Congress pout, parry and plot over the 2006 federal budget plan of President George W.








