INTRODUCTION The politics of Crop Insurance in the Farm Bill is related to the basic politics of the issue as follows: Republicans…
Problem: Ā The Spreading of Major Myths through Social Media This is a response to a recent blog post by Food Tank, (which…
Crop Insurance has gotten a lot of attention in discussions of the farm bill in both farm and nonfarm circles, both five…
(Note: Ā ZSpace photo albums were taken down in the site upgrade. Ā Most of the charts are currently available to the public on…
Revised (Addendum added) 3/18/13 Farm Bill Debate: Ken Cook Vs Larry Combest Moderators: Daryll Ray & Harwood Schaffer Several years ago,…
“Socrates is a Man. All Men are Mortal. Therefore Socrates is Mortal.” Socrates “Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater.”…
āA little child shall lead them.āĀ Ā Isaiah 11:6d āIn truth I tell you, unless you change and become like little children you…
General Introduction Are Commodity Crops privileged, while Vegetable Crops are penalized by the Farm Bill?Ā Is Corn a Farm Bill āKing,ā while…
This is Part I Part II is here: https://znetwork.org/zblogs/smashing-the-illusion-farmer-clout-part-ii/ A Personal Introduction As a farmer from Iowa, a top corn and soybean…
This is really quite simple but, of course, almost entirely unknown.Ā Food Leaders have done an excellent job of mobilizing people against…
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