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The ax did fall on ag spending in the House.  Another sharp ax fell on ethanol subsidies in the Senate. 

The massive unsustainable debt has Members of Congress doing things they…

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It’s Saturday.  I just went to the mail box and brought the mail into the house.  We’ve always expected mail on Saturday.  But for how long?  The U.S. Postal Service is an…

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I wasn’t even going to mention the name Michael Pollan, professor at Berkeley. Unfortunately, he has a following of people that listen to him and think he knows what he is talking about.

A…

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What do I want to talk about this week? There are so many issues swirling around, it’s hard to decide. I’m just going to go down a list.

Crops – most reports suggest that we have had 3.5…

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U.S. agriculture exports in the first 6 months of this fiscal year have exploded to a new record – 75 billion dollars. That’s a 27% increase over last year. Now that’s something to get excited…

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There are more questions than answers right now. We have tight grain and oil seed supplies, not just in the U.S., but worldwide. We need a big crop this year, but the weather doesn’t seem to be…

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Down on the farm planting corn and soybeans – that’s where I was this week. After a month of rain, it finally dried up, and the corn is in the ground now.

I have farmer friends in the Eastern…

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Hello everybody out there in farm country. This radio commentary is brought to you by the Renewable Fuels Association, Wal-Mart Stores, Monsanto, and John Deere. They are all friends, supporters, and allies of a healthy farm economy and prosperous rural America. Thank you.

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What a difference an election can make! After last November’s election “shellacking,” as president Obama put it, the White House and many members of Congress have changed their tune.

This is…

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Last weekend, with the fields of the Midwest flooded with rain – no hope of planting corn any time soon – my daughter and I went to Montana to participate in a horse round-up. Along with 35…

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