Congress Expected To See New Farm Bill This Week
House and Senate negotiators worked on the legislation over the weekend
Farming
Virginia Bill Would Expand Farm and Food Freedom
Critics may moan about food safety risks, but anyone who's read Joel Salatin's Everything I Want To Do Is Illegal knows that the link between inspection and food safety is tenuous at best.
The New Case for Hunting
Hunters, tree-huggers, and animal welfare advocates should be allies.
Pits Opened in South Dakota to Dispose of Livestock Killed by Storm
Between 10,000 and 20,000 killed by early blizzard
Is Farm Aid Still Relevant?
Farm Aid's original mission is a good one. But some of the policies it supports are less appealing.
US Crop Insurance Fraud Cases Total $100 Million
Many in on the act, including those who were supposed to prevent it
Small Farmers Revolt Over FDA's Proposed Food Safety Rules
Another government failure of big government.
Republicans Retaliate Against Heritage Foundation over Farm Bill Spat
Booted out of planning meetings
FDA Wants to Manage How Free-Range Chickens Are Contained
Regulation could end up hurting large-scale pastures
Why Superman and Wyatt Earp Left Kansas But Still Loved the Place
Q&A with Robert Rebein, author of Dragging Wyatt Earp: A Personal History of Dodge City.
Potato Farmers Accused of Price-Fixing
Isn't price-fixing part of America's agricultural policy?
Monstanto Sued over Genetically Modified Wheat
Claims negligence hurt farmers and drove prices down
Department of Agriculture Eases Licensing Requirements For Roadside Egg Vendors in Missouri
Now only need a $5 retail license
Ag Gag Laws Sputtering
So-called "ag gag" laws unconstitutionally target farm whistleblowers. Two recent decisions have dealt a serious blow to these laws.
USDA Restores Dairy Reports Cut by Sequestration
Other agriculture industries don't get same treatment
What the Super Bowl "God Made a Farmer Ad" Reveals About U.S. Farm Policy
The contradictions of U.S. farm policy are well represented in the hit Super Bowl commercial.
Immigration Rules Leave Apples Rotting on the Trees
Attempting to actually comply with government regulations makes it impossible to make money from orchards
