Letter From a Concerned Citizen and Farmer
Dear Farm Policy Facts,
As an active participant in the farm policy debate it would be appropriate to say a few words to the folks on Capitol Hill before they make their final decisions in the farm bill. For months, farmers have gone without a new farm bill and there have been multiple delays in the process. Now that there have been numerous reports in the news...
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Farmers Hopping Mad over Farm Bill Delay this Easter
Easter candy is big business.
Americans are projected to spend $1.9 billion to fill Easter baskets with sweet treats this year, says the National Retail Federation.
A survey conducted by the group estimates that shoppers will fork over, on average, $18.12 for Easter candy—up from $14.40 just five years earlier...
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Stability and Stimulus in Rural America
By: John Thaemert, President, National Association of Wheat Growers
It's been a rough and tumble week for markets around the world and, in Washington, President Bush and Congressional leaders have finally found something they can agree on-the need for an economic stimulus package.
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Congress Should Take Notice as Nation's Farmers Return from La.
Last week, thousands of farmers and ranchers from Hawaii, California, North Dakota, the Carolinas, and everywhere in between boarded planes, trains and buses to make the trip to the American Farm Bureau Federation Annual Meeting in New Orleans. The state's agricultural community gladly welcomed our colleagues, who produce just about everything everyday citizens put in, or wear on, their bodies.
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Importance of a Full Five Year Farm Bill Now
Excerpt from Dec. 3 Speech by Larry Combest to USA Rice Federation
Now, I suppose it is possible, and perhaps it is even probable, that short term extensions of current law may continue to take place until the full five year Farm Bill is completed...
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The Emperor's New Clothes: Subsidy Propaganda Stripped!
By: USA Rice Federation
Every day we see a steady stream of propaganda about U.S. farm subsidies being responsible for the myriad ills associated with world poverty...
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Brazilian Government Suppressed Prices While Arguing Against U.S. Cotton Program
While Brazilian officials were in Geneva arguing that U.S. subsidies were depressing world cotton prices, the Brazilian government was busy selling government-held cotton stocks on the Brazilian market...
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America's Economic Engine
By: Bryan Hest, Steve Williams, Jerry Demmer
Farming does a lot more than just put food in our bellies and clothes on our backs. It literally is an economic engine that drives America....
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A Recipe for Disaster
By: Norm Knochel
I recently saw a clever bumper sticker in farm country that read, "If you like foreign oil, you'll love foreign food."  It's brilliant because it makes you think about something most people take for granted-feeding ourselves...
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New Study: Americans Prefer Home Cooking
A recent New York Times article, "Catfish With a Side of Scombroid," informed readers that: "…the salmonella frequently detected in Asia-farmed fish came from fecal bacteria in the grow-out ponds. The fish, in other words, were bathing in human and animal feces."
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