The American Farm Bureau Federation, supposedly the main lobbyist and support for American farmers, in fact stiffs the farmer in favor of the Big Ag c...
How a mild virus was turned into an existential threat to the egg and dairy industries. Farmers were badly harmed, while major egg companies saw record...
The federal government pays farmers not to farm for several years, entering their land in a conservation program. Then the state decides the farm is not...
A boondoggle for wealthy farmers and insurance companies. Taxpayers spend billions on it, but 47% goes to private insurance companies, and small farmers...
Farmers are more and more indebted. They may be land rich, but they are increasingly cash poor. If they can't find a lender to refinance, they lose their...
The U.S. government pays farmers to grow food depleted of nutrients. There is a great contradiction between U.S. food subsidies and U.S. dietary guide...
The narrative that we must give up meat and dairy to reduce cow burps (and possibly reduce global temperature by 1 degree Centigrade) has gone into high...
Monsanto ghostwrote the "science," leading farmers to ignore safety precautions and consumers to eat much more of the toxic weedkiller glyphosate than...
What will farmers be asked to produce next? Will there be no need for farmers in our ‘Brave New World’? The World Economic Forum, UN and WHO demand the...
Global organizations have been central to creating a narrative about looming disasters allegedly due to releases of methane and nitrogen from rice far...
Federal regulation of pesticides is inadequate and has failed to investigate any hazards of their use in combination. Farmers are at a 50% higher risk...
The federal government fails at encouraging farmers to improve their soil. How federal subsidies can boost soil health for better food and real sustai...
Many farmers followed EPA recommendations and spread sewage sludge on their land as fertilizer. Now their land is contaminated with toxins and may not...
U.S. farmers have had to compete with Mexican-produced fruits and vegetables, despite farmworkers in Mexico earning only about $2/hour. There have been...
Captured by agricultural industries, the USDA no longer helps small family farmers. Its perverse incentives have redirected US agriculture to grow heavily...
