In a letter sent yesterday, Senators John Thune and M. Michael Rounds “respectfully request” that Donald Trump “make restoring U.S. soybean market access in China…
Tag: agriculture
More guns also won’t stop more farms from going bankrupt: Eighty-four farms filed for Chapter 12 bankruptcy in Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and…
Climate change is costing us money and lives right now. The humans causing that change need to do something about it right now. Such are…
Consistent with past performance, Donald Trump is failing to live up to promised payments. Before the election, Trump assured farmers he’d dole out $12 billion in…
Wages are up down on the farm! New stats from USDA show hired hands in the Northern Plains Region (ND, SD, NE, KS) made 7%…
Donald Trump’s off-the-cuff, ego-driven trade war with China continues to backfire. Global shipper Maersk says the U.S. is importing more than ever from China: Soren…
Minnesota-based ag co-op CHS is in trouble for fudged figures. Evidently an employee deliberately overstated the value of CHS’s rail freight contracts by maybe $190…
Hey, farmers! Don’t forget to tell the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service how badly Donald Trump screwed you this year! The NASS says it will…
The Agricultural Land Assessment Task Force meets next Tuesday to discuss the absurd, Rube-Goldberg system of taxing South Dakota’s farm and ranch land based on…
My morning paper earns its subscription fee this morning by dedicating a full page to data: The Aberdeen American News heralds tomorrow’s big pheasant opener with historical…