Tuesday, August 16, 2016

Great Insight on Food Policy and Reform

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Jayson Lusk has a very good summary of probably one of the best pieces I have read about the politics of food policy in a long long time. V...
Saturday, August 6, 2016

Summer Roundup....CRISPR, Ford Trucks, and Cliff Bars

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 ICYMI some recent posts from AgEconSense from this summer: Are Farm Subsidies Making Us Fat? How the Left and Right View Food Subsidies ...
Friday, July 29, 2016

Are Farm Subsidies Making us Fat....

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There is a big difference between when those on the left criticize farm subsidies vs those on the right. Coming from the left, its not the s...
Wednesday, July 6, 2016

CRISPR Technology and Agriculture

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A nice article related to CRISPR technology and an application with waxy corn in a recent DTN article: https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture...
Tuesday, June 21, 2016

Freedom is the miles I'm rollin' on.....not if you can't meet GHG standards

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People think about the importance of certain freedoms, like freedom of speech or the right to bear arms. But one freedom we might think les...
Sunday, June 12, 2016

Snake Oil Sustainability-Marketing Agenda Driving People Away from Sustainable Farming Practices

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 In the old west, 'snake oil' salesmen would sell these elixars claiming that they universally will 'cure what ails you.' In...

Farmers and Ranchers May Sue to Stop Clean Water Regulation of Ordinary Farmland

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Its almost folklore, the story about farmers being targeted and sued by Monsanto over trivial cross pollination events. In reality, only the...