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LETTER: Country needs farmers who milk cows, not taxpayers
The "farm bill," as quoted by Farm and Dairy editor Susan Crowell, is 75 percent not directed to the "farm." May I venture to say that another 20 percent of that remains is welfare for bankers, lawyers, politicians and multinational corporations. That leaves less than 10 billion dollars to benefit farmers.
Auld Lang sighs as 2012 begins
Before this 2012 thing gets too far down the road, let's take a sober second or two to review some of the more inventive ideas from 2011 and see if we can't make them work in the coming 12 months of political and economic stalemate.
A dozen disasters: 12 things to trip you up in 2012
Recognizing risk is the first step to keeping agriculture profitable. Here's our list of 12 things that could trip you up in 2012. It's up to you to do something about it.
Farm and Food File: Readers respond in year-end column
As we slip into the sweet week between Christmas and New Year's there's only one task to complete before clearing the desk and brain of all things 2011: readers having the last word in the last column of the year.
University of Kentucky to host wheat update
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Specialists with the University of Kentucky Wheat Science Group will present timely information related to the 2012 wheat production year during their winter meeting Jan. 10 at the James E. Bruce Convention Center in Hopkinsville.
GIPSA finalizes rule designed to protect pork and poultry producers
GIPSA finalized a rule implementing the 2008 farm bill provisions to better protect livestock producers and poultry growers.
Food or fuel: What do you believe in?
According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, the world has never produced more food, fed more people and, simultaneously, never had so many hungry people.
Ag machinery growth predicted to taper off, export sales the strongest
MILWAUKEE -- Agricultural machinery manufacturers expect overall 2011 business to the U.S., Canada and worldwide to grow in the 6- to 7-percent range by year-end but then taper off 2012 through 2014, with exports sales anticipated to increase the most, according to the annual business "outlook" survey of the Association of Equipment Manufacturers.
Farm and Food File: Listen up, hired hands in Congress
How do you explain Congress' public approval rating of only 9 percent and still not one hint of any change in the collective behavior that has made the institution and its members as popular as chickenpox?
LETTER: Dairy act has drawbacks
Editor:
Taxpayers on the hook for $3 billion to push small dairy farms out of business?
The proposed cure is worse than the disease. The...
