December 28, 2017 From Agriculture to Zinke: The Biggest Stories of 2017 It’s been a whirlwind year for news related to natural resources policy, rural issues, and the matters that are most important to America’s future….
December 27, 2017 Livestock haulers get brief reprieve from animal-endangering ELD mandate The agency’s decision to grant the compliance extension stems from multiple requests from trade groups representing the ag and livestock businesses, who said the…
December 2, 2017 The wealth-destroying insanity of modern environmentalism The irony and illogic of the Guardians’ nuisance lawsuit defied belief. A group ostensibly dedicated to protecting nature was attacking and disabling a company…
November 27, 2017 Water for food production must be highest priority Another concern that came out of the OSU study was that the region’s growing population will ultimately max out the water supplies of several…
November 13, 2017 Congressional trucking mandates could harm livestock industry Unloading cattle at facilities midway along a long haul has the possibility to cross contaminate with other cattle. This poses a major health risk…
November 4, 2017 Innovative bird conservation program brings economic benefits to ranchers The goal is a profitable program for cattle ranchers, but one that also helps reverse steep population declines during the past half century by…
November 2, 2017 R-CALF calls for restoring free market competition to cattle industry Bullard charged that the industry silently allowed policies that disfavor independent cattle ranchers in the beef supply chain to be established, by not requiring…
October 29, 2017 Enviros use regulations to criminalize ordinary agricultural activities Sometimes those mistakes may be embarrassing, like when EPA threatened Andy Johnson and his family with $20 million in fines based on an errant…
October 25, 2017 Agro-terrorism: The emerging threat to America’s food supply Individual food producers have as much of a responsibility to guard against agro-terrorism as do federal agencies and Congress. Although it’s difficult to fathom,…
October 2, 2017 Will Trump dump pernicious Obama-era EPA regs? Mr. Duarte also has a nursery business near Modesto and employs 600 people every year. He has already paid over $2 million in legal…
