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Last Friday, Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue hosted a breakfast at the Department of Agriculture’s executive dining room for former Secretaries of Agriculture.  In…

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Last week, I attended the beautiful service at the National Cathedral for our 41^st President George H.W. Bush.  On the radio, I talked about the George Bush that I knew.  This…

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The passing of President George H. W. Bush has brought the whole nation to focus on his life and the contributions that he made to our country.  President Reagan brought the…

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If someone had told me two months ago that forest management would be holding up a new farm bill, I would have just laughed at them.  But since the wild fires in…

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Thank you, God, for all of our blessings.  Look at the turmoil, poverty, and destruction around the world.  On this Thanksgiving Day, let’s not fail to appreciate our nation and…

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Last week was really busy.  Three days at the National Association of Farm Broadcasters Convention in Kansas City.  If you listen to farm radio, your broadcaster was probably…

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Yes, I have something to say about the mid-term elections, and I will get to that in a minute.  But first, we have been worried about the trade disputes with China and how their…

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There has been a lot going on in the last week.  I will focus on some of those topics.

One of the saddest happenings would be the deadly attack on the Tree of Life Synagogue in…

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Some good news – President Trump will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the G20 Summit in Buenos Aires in November. Can they jump start a process to resolve our trade war? We…

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When President Trump announced a new trade agreement with Canada and Mexico, he said: “It is a very big deal for farmers. The new NAFTA, which is USMCA, has a very good ring. The ag…

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