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  • Mar. 20, 2012
    Article

    Is Rick Santorum A Closet Animal Rights Activist? 3

    The question posed by this headline is buzzing in blogs in the agricultural industry and sportsmen’s rights groups. The anxiety stems from Santorum’s backing (and, when in the U.S. Senate, sponsoring) bills animal-rights groups are advocating, but that agricultural groups and sportsmen’s organizations oppose....More
  • Feb. 15, 2012
    Article

    Obama Reiterates Call For Farm Subsidy Cuts 2

    President Barack Obama proposed slashing subsidies to the booming agriculture sector by $32 billion over the next decade, just as Congress begins the lengthy process of overhauling the expiring U.S. farm law....More
  • Feb. 14, 2012
    Article

    Proposed Obama Budget Is Bad For Farm Families

    President Barack Obama on Monday, Feb. 13, proposed a multi-trillion-dollar budget. The president said the budget is designed to spur job creation and impose higher taxes on the rich. However, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association President J.D. Alexander, a farmer-feeder from Pilger, NE, says the president’s take on the estate tax threatens job creation and punishes the producers of food and fiber....More
  • Jan. 19, 2012
    Article

    Don't Hold Your Breath For Farm Bill In 2012

    Chuck Conner predicts little hope for a Farm Bill to be passed this year. The former Under Secretary of Agriculture and now head of the National Association of Farm Coops says, with the current atmosphere in Washington, there is little chance a Farm Bill will be adopted this year, “With Congress not working well together, I feel it will be very difficult to get any work done on the Farm Bill this year.”  He said, unless a bill can be crafted by Memorial Day, it will have no chance of being passed until after the election....More
  • Apr. 22, 2011
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    What Is the Industry's Role In 2012?

    The industry’s role in the 2012 national election will be critically important. All we have to do is look at history....More
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