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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Wednesday, May 08, 2024
By: U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.)
I come from a state where rural communities serve as the bedrock to our culture and economy. A place where the importance of local leaders – school board members, church deacons and hospital board trustees – is recognized and encouraged.
While the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration0s (GIPSA) proposed livestock marketing rule comes with a name like The Farmer Fair Practices Rule, those of us in the cattle industry know better than to trust a gover
From this last election, the country was reminded that rural America has a voice. It is time to make sure the voices of family farmers are heard as well.
By this time next year, I believe we ll reflect back on 2017 as the year that the private sector stepped up to protect our land, water and wildlife for future generations.
Americans consume a lot of ham at Christmas time. In fact, half of U.S. ham consumption takes place over the Christmas and Thanksgiving holidays. And producing those hundreds of millions of pounds of pork generates a lot of greenhouse gas emissions.
Angry Americans from both sides of the aisle came out to vote Nov. 8, shocking the world by catapulting Donald Trump into the White House with an Electoral College victory over Hillary Clinton who won the popular vote.
One generation ago, in 1991, U.S. soybean farmers came together to create an organization to improve our industry. The idea was if soybean farmers focused available resources, we could accomplish great things. This idea Ð thanks to an act of Congress Ð became
For nearly four decades I have worked with Connecticut River Valley farmers to help protect their livelihoods. Over that time, I0ve seen many changes, both in the make-up of farms and the tools farm families have to manage uncontrollable risk.
