Here in the United States, we are witnessing what appears to be a state-by-state effort to dismantle the regulatory protections and support for agriculture that was put in place so many years ago.

Last Friday, Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue hosted a breakfast at the Department of Agriculture’s executive dining room for former Secretaries of Agriculture.

We are more than two months into our new fiscal year and 30% of our federal government agencies have only temporary funding until December 21st.

While some things about farming just don’t change, the fact of the matter is that Mother Nature, our most important business partner, is changing dramatically.

The passing of President George H. W. Bush has brought the whole nation to focus on his life and the contributions that he made to our country.

U.S. soy farmers know that investment in developing economies today builds U.S. soy’s customers for tomorrow.

I think there is a fairly large contingent of journalists covering climate or agriculture or both who think we could stop climate change with a single admission by a major farm organization that the only logical reaction to increasing atmospheric carbon is abject terror.

On Election Day, California’s activist voters passed an extreme animal-rights law, Proposition 12.

Today, I want to talk about South Africa. I have been there, although not recently. It is good farm country.

On this Thanksgiving Day, let’s not fail to appreciate our nation and our people.