Tag: politics
Is new ag reform a plan or an obituary?
According to Alan Guebert, the unpublished, unseen USDA reform "plan" looks backward 40 years, not forward even 10.
Negotiating with Mr. Trump
United States President Donald Trump proves to be difficult to negotiate with when it comes to trade deals with neighboring countries.
Taking a knee on farm policy
If the USDA's forecasts are right and the nation's politicians continue their feud, football players won't be the only ones on their knees in protest.
Regular order and the farm bill
Regular order is, in fact, how the House and Senate ag committees are writing the 2018 farm bill.
Cost to fight wildfires exceeds $2 billion
Secretary Perdue
renews call for
Congress to fix fire
borrowing problem.
Trump’s policies on current ag issues put to a stormy test
Frustrated that America’s NAFTA partners want to negotiate his proposed changes to the North American free trade deal, Trump took to Twitter.
Bipartisan urban ag bill intended to spur economy
Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur introduced the Urban Agriculture Production Act Sept. 8, a bipartisan bill to bolster nutritional and farmers’ market programs.
Men in black: Game is unplayable
We are in the middle of an ugly game where long-honored rules of civility, facts, and mutual respect have been overrun by fervor, rancor and lies.
Making and breaking the rules
Alan Guebert reflects on recent changes to the USDA budget, and Sam Clovis' nomination to be USDA’s undersecretary of research, education, and economics.
Readers react to the Farm and Food File
Six months may have passed since readers last got their say in this space but nothing during that time has mellowed their views of this effort.
