Tag: government
Truth is constant; beliefs will vary
Farmers are steeped in epistemology because they know that dogma won't raise a crop, wean a calf or repay the banker. That takes knowledge and hard work.
Amid shutdown, what’s still open at USDA?
The partial government shutdown has raised many questions among farmers, and rural America.
USDA services available during a government shutdown
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue provides a list of U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) services available during a government shutdown.
Men in black: Game is unplayable
We are in the middle of an ugly game where long-honored rules of civility, facts, and mutual respect have been overrun by fervor, rancor and lies.
Pa. farmer sues government for $8.1 million
Robert Brace has faced fines from the government for 30 years, and now he's filing his own lawsuit.
Elections come and go; we stay
While elected officials — good and bad — come and go, the people always persevere.
Letter to the editor: Open letter to Senators Portman and Brown
A Farm and Dairy reader writes an open letter to Senators Portman and brown about allowing Government agencies to bully animal owners in Ohio
Government pension funds increase 13.2 percent
WASHINGTON -- The nation's state and local public-employee retirement systems had $3.0 trillion in total cash and investment holdings in 2011, a $351.9 billion...
Reader: Religion and government should be kept separate
Editor: While I have my own personal disputes with Obamacare, I believe it is imperative to keep religion out of government matters ( "Administration...
‘Free markets’ really aren’t free
If there’s no such thing as a free lunch — and there isn’t: even the United States Department of Agriculture’s “free” National School Lunch...
