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A few months ago, did we ever think that direct talks between President Trump and Kim Jong Un to discuss the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula could ever happen? Of…

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Farmers and ranchers across the U.S. are under a lot of stress as we enter planting season. Farm income has been cut in half and uncertainty fills the air as we move into the…

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Here is what I read in the Wall Street Journal – “Deficit financing has become the mother’s milk of politics. Each party is giving the other its wish list with all the…

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All the time, we hear the loud voices of consumer groups that insist the public must be informed about the food we eat. “Label it organic.” “If it has GMOs, the consumer…

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Pick up a paper or turn on the TV – It’s all about trade.

So that’s the subject I’m going to talk about today. Will there be a trade war? Our agriculture industry that…

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This week, Tuesday March 20, we celebrated National Ag Day. The event was held at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, featuring Vice President Mike Pence as speaker. My focus…

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“Where To From Here?”

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I don’t think we have any idea where the Trump tariffs on steel and aluminum will take us. There is still a lot of concern about how they could…

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Just when I was so comfortable with President Trump’s follow through with so many of his campaign promises - Conservative judges, tax reform, cuts in regulations, and securing…

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If we are anything in this country, we are creative – from the Internet to GPS driving my tractor planting corn.

Did you know that Goodyear Tire Company is now using soybean oil…

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I have been on the farm in Illinois the last few days. As we loaded a semi with market hogs and I walked through the barns with baby pigs, it made me think once again about the…

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