by O. Kay Henderson | Jul 18, 2023 | News
Republican Senator Chuck Grassley says election year politics could be helpful in getting a bipartisan bill through the U.S. Senate. The bill calls for price disclosure in the cattle market, so people who aren’t selling cattle under a contract with one of the...
by O. Kay Henderson | Jun 30, 2023 | News, Politics & Government
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says as the USDA extends grants and loans for everything from broadband expansion to production of alternative crops, not all that spending has to be tucked into the Farm Bill. “Some of it’s going to be met through...
by O. Kay Henderson | Jun 29, 2023 | News
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says small and mid-sized farms are part of the country’s “muscular core” and specialized farming is how they’re likely to flourish. “The notion of getting big or getting out runs counter, I think, to...
by O. Kay Henderson | Jun 21, 2023 | News, Politics & Government
Iowa Congressman Zach Nunn is hoping to insert guaranteed federal investment in broadband infrastructure in the next Farm Bill. “I don’t need to tell anybody in Iowa who lives here right now that Iowa is 45th in the nation when it comes to broadband...
by O. Kay Henderson | Jun 20, 2023 | News, Politics & Government
Republican Senator Joni Ernst of Iowa says she and the Michigan Democrat who’s chairwoman of the Senate Ag Committee are calling for creation of a public database of U.S. agland owned by foreigners and it would set the stage for forced divestment of real estate...