Previous Weeks
Atlantic Salmon
September 23 2010
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There is a segment of our population and the population in other developed countries that want to turn back the clock. They choose to ignore and question scientific development at…
Mid-Term Elections
September 16 2010
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Rural America has not been happy with the direction our federal government has taken in the last 2 years. Now, we have a mid-term election coming up in less than 50 days that could flip…
Biofuels
September 9 2010
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I believe in and support the agriculture industry from the farms and ranches to the nation’s dinner tables. Rural America is where common sense prevails. I am convinced that this industry…
Labor Day
September 2 2010
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Hard to believe, but summer is over. It’s Labor Day. On that note, I want to say how much respect I have for the hard-working men and women that labor in the trenches. I’m not talking…
Mexican Trade War
August 26 2010
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We have a weak national economy with unemployment approaching ten percent but we don’t seem to take the obvious steps to improve the situation. In fact, we do the opposite. We have…
Germany
August 19 2010
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My family and I just got back from Germany. We bicycled along raging rivers and streams on well-kept bike paths that are very common in much of Europe. On one side would be fields of…
Farming Transformed
August 12 2010
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Last week I was down on the farm in Illinois. I still can’t get out of my mind how different the farming business is today compared with when I was a little boy. At the same time, in some…
Family Farms
August 5 2010
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Here I am on the family farm in Illinois. The weather has been absolutely perfect. Hasn’t been that way most of the year. We still have yellow spots in our corn fields where it has been…
Set the Record Straight
July 29 2010
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For two years now, environmentalists have wanted to pass legislation to cap greenhouse gases. Put a tax on carbon. Don’t touch the rain forests. We want “sustainable” agriculture.
Well,…
The Tea Party Movement
July 22 2010
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How about that Tea Party movement? A year ago, nobody had even heard of them. When they burst upon the scene, all the political power brokers were making fun of them. They were a joke.…