Today ranchers only receive 30% of the market price. No wonder they are doing so badly.
Cheap imported beef and pork has been mislabeled as “Made in USA” for the past ten years, cheating consumers and American farmers.
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 gear in other countries. Will the U.S. be next?
Many small farmers and ranchers have trouble finding an available facility to slaughter and process their livestock and poultry.
Captured by agricultural industries, the USDA no longer helps small family farmers. Its perverse incentives have redirected US agriculture to grow heavily treated corn and soy for ultra-processed foods and industrial purposes, rather than healthier foods.
Farmers should have the right to fix their own tractors (and everything else).
Are military programs interfering with the weather, to the detriment of farmers, ranchers and the rest of us?