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It’s a new year with some new challenges, but many of the old challenges are still with us.

We have a farm bill extension to carry us through this year. Milk prices won’t double. It looks like all the work…

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The pig auditors are on the way. Get ready for them. Yes, it’s a fact.

A week ago, I received a letter from Tyson Foods stating that they will be coming to my farm to perform an audit to see how we raise and…

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On Election Day, California voters will decide on another food labeling ballot initiative, one that is being watched intently by the food industry. If it passes,…

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Our farmers, ranchers, and small businesses are about to be drowned in a flood of government regulations. This Administration has put on hold the final rules until after the election. Talk about uncertainty.…

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The farm programs that farmers rely upon expire at the end of 2012. Every commodity group, every farm association, the whole industry is running in circles, wringing their hands trying to get positioned to…

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President Obama, in his speech to the nation last week, seemed almost frantic. “Pass this jobs bill right now.” How many times did he say that?

I do agree that, with unemployment at more than 9%, we have a…

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I am often asked, “What is the next farm bill going to look like?” Sorry, but I don’t have a crystal ball.

Keep in mind that these times are much different from what we’ve known in the past. We…

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I remember as a boy hoeing weeds in our corn fields and pulling weeds in the bean fields. I recall the plant damage that our corn suffered from root worms and corn bore. Along came…

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The election we just had was an unexpected, hard to imagine shock to the ruling Democratic party. In fact, it had to be a surprise to a lot of people, myself included. And yet, when I…

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The voters have spoken loud and clear. Let’s hope our Congress and the Obama Administration were listening.

We have seen big game changing elections before. In 1980, Ronald Reagan swept…

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