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President Biden, don’t make the same mistakes in rural America
A farmer harvests corn near Slater, Iowa. on Oct. 17, 2020 (Perry Beeman/Iowa Capital Dispatch).On Feb. 23, Tom Vilsack was confirmed as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, again. In 2011, I helped write an...
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Will Joe Biden’s executive order spark real change in food production? | Opinion
A farmer plants corn into a cover crop of barley (Photo courtesy of U.S. Natural Resources Conservation Service). President Joe Biden recently signed an executive order aimed at increasing competition...
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Corporate meat lobby claims they’re the scapegoat when they’re really the...
Butchers at Old Fashion Country Butcher process meat as they work to meet increased demand due to COVID-19 related shortages on May 21, 2020 in Santa Paula, Calif. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty...
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Although forever optimists, family farmers are fighting for a future | Opinion
Hogs are raised on the farm of Gordon and Jeanine Lockie April 28, 2009, in Elma, Iowa (Scott Olson/Getty Images).Even though the cards are often stacked against us, farmers are the ultimate optimists....
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The elephant in the room is destroying family farms, rural communities and...
A food system controlled by us, farmers and consumers, would not be putting multinational corporate profits over people, the environment and our national security (Photo by Perry Beeman/Iowa Capital...
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Just four meatpackers control 85% of the market. Missouri cattlemen like me...
An Iowa meatpacking plant had plastic dividers installed separating workers on the production line (Photo provided by Tyson Fresh Meats).In the last two decades, hundreds of thousands of U.S. cattle...
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Hyper concentration in food markets is harmful to consumers and producers alike
An Iowa meatpacking plant had plastic dividers installed separating workers on the production line (Photo provided by Tyson Fresh Meats).In 2022, the United States imported 3.4 billion pounds of boxed...
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