Collecting My Thoughts

Sri Lanka used to be a food exporter, had a thriving economy. The government decided they needed to go "green" to save the planet ...

"If you are paying attention, you do not need an army of analysts or a divining rod to find water here. Meat prices at the grocery stor...

I hope that little guy is in the driver's seat just for the photo. Looks about 8 years old. Small family farms, averaging 231 acres,...

I just noticed on TV the online dating service called farmersonly.com. I remember maybe 25 years ago reading the lonely hearts ads in the b...

I was looking for the ratio of USDA employees to farmers, and found a wide variation.  Everything from 9 employees to 1 farmer to 1 employee...

http://modernfarmer.com/2013/10/breathtaking-tribute-fallen-farmer/

Only 11% of funding in the farm bill goes to farm policies.  More than 84% of farm bill-related spending goes to food and nutrition programs...

“Last night Joe Biden held a rally at Rushville Middle School. Only 800 people showed up. But outside was a different story. Local farmers...

In Pigford I settlement the USDA said we had some 18,000 black farmers, and made payments to 14,500 for some loan discrimination. (The origi...

"It killed my Dad that he worked the dirt to pay the taxes to pay the checks of teachers who told his kids that working the dirt wasn’t...

This is rich Obama has noticed the rich farmers getting government subsidies. Duh! Line by line he's going through the budget. Maybe he...

The summer of 1929 The Great Depression is generally dated as beginning with the crash of the stock market in the fall of 1929, but as I...

How many other problems will the greenies compound? Steamier weather in Iowa this summer was attributed to more corn (which is driving up ...