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| Better Late Than Never WASHINGTON (June 18, 2010)—Sometimes, it's better to get something right late than never at all. In the case of agriculture, the time is now, and one organization is refocusing its attention in the right direction. In a recent meeting, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (a group of 31 wealthy, market-oriented countries) shifted its agricultural focus away from fighting farm policies and towards helping, among other things, global food security and the battle against hunger. View the Full Article >
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  Agricultural Community Offers Advice on TPP Trade DealThe agricultural community gave valuable advice to the Obama Administration last week as it looks to negotiate the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP), a wide-ranging trade deal... More Articles > A Hard Time With ConsistencyBeheading awaited a French Queen in the 1700s when she was reported to have said, "let them eat cake," after learning the peasants had no bread. Yet with more than 1 billion hungry people around the globe today, praise awaits the modern day version of this statement—"let them eat organic." More Articles >
 Cotton Farmers Take on Washington Post AttacksIn their crusade against the cotton industry, Post editors are quick with inflammatory adjectives but short on facts when it comes to agricultural policy and trade disputes. They cite historical spending but decline to note that spending on the price-based provisions involved in the Brazil dispute likely will be zero for the 2010 crop... More Articles > |
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 Farm Bill Statement from the Senate Agriculture Committee Chair I am proud of our farmers and ranchers. They work hard. They put food on our table, clothes on our back, and fuel in our cars and trucks. But, today, our farmers and ranchers not only have to cope with..." More Articles > Grower Spotlight: Beth Clanton (Seminole, TX)I met many wonderful people on my journey through the West Texas farmlands, but few as remarkable as Beth Clanton. Eleven years ago, Clanton was a second grade school teacher in Seminole, Texas. Her husband was a peanut and cotton farmer...  Precisely EfficientForeign AssistanceFounding Fathers Offer Food for ThoughtDefending America's Farmers is a 'Dirty Job,' But Someone Has to Do It Silencing the CriticsCo-ops: Stocking the ShelvesFinding your way on the FarmLend Me Your EarStarving for a Little Common SenseVisit The Hand That Feeds U.S. > |
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