Tag: politics
Cost to fight wildfires exceeds $2 billion
Secretary Perdue
renews call for
Congress to fix fire
borrowing problem.
Trump’s policies on current ag issues put to a stormy test
Frustrated that America’s NAFTA partners want to negotiate his proposed changes to the North American free trade deal, Trump took to Twitter.
Bipartisan urban ag bill intended to spur economy
Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur introduced the Urban Agriculture Production Act Sept. 8, a bipartisan bill to bolster nutritional and farmers’ market programs.
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.
Making and breaking the rules
Alan Guebert reflects on recent changes to the USDA budget, and Sam Clovis' nomination to be USDA’s undersecretary of research, education, and economics.
Readers react to the Farm and Food File
Six months may have passed since readers last got their say in this space but nothing during that time has mellowed their views of this effort.
Obamacare overhaul is a failure
Still, the goal now is the same as then: provide the best health care with the most choice to the largest number of Americans at the fairest price.
Turn on your fake news radar
Editor Susan Crowell suggests everyone plays a major role in rejecting fake news.
Testing nerves is part of good commentary and column writing
Many have questioned why newspapers continue to run his columns. Alan Guebert weighs in on the subject.
Remembering Sen. Glenn: Ordinary Americans do extraordinary things
Regardless of his hero status, John Glenn was a soft-spoken Ohio man who cared deeply for his country.
