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Farmview Commentary for June, 2016
Misguided and a Little Uppity Hello there everybody. Well, some extreme environmental groups are at it again. They’re telling anyone who will listen that large corporate farms are depleting natural resources. They claim wasteful and inefficient ag practices are forcing agribusiness to exploit vast stretches of land. These misguided groups are complaining that wildlife habitat…
Farmview Commentary for May, 2016
Farms, Nature, and Mankind Hello there everybody, and welcome to another edition of Farmview. Here in my monthly commentaries I obviously talk about issues that relate to, and affect agriculture. And I come at them from an ag point of view… hence the name of the column, “Farmview”. However, farmers aren’t alone in their battle…
Superstar artist Prince has passed
Farmview Commentary for March, 2016
Stray Cats, Dogs and Animal Rights Activists Welcome to another edition of Farmview. Much of the present day animal rights movement is not exactly what it appears to be. Today’s activists have taken what was once a sensible and noble goal of preventing cruelty to animals and turned it into a movement that puts animals…
Farmview Commentary for February, 2016
The Knights of America’s Highways Hello, and welcome to another edition of Farmview. In this issue I’m going to talk about a group of people, whom without these good folks, farmers and ranchers could simply not survive! Thereby, we ourselves could not survive! And those people are … the knights of America’s highways…truck drivers! These…
The St. Christopher Fund
What Do We Do? The St. Christopher Truckers Development and Relief Fund (SCF) is a 501(c)(3), truck driver charity that helps drivers whose medical problems have led to financial hardship. The SCF is also working to provide programs that will benefit professional drivers and the trucking industry such as pre-physical, in-cab sleep studies, free flu…
Farmview Commentary for January, 2016
The Precautionary Principle Hello, and welcome to another edition of Farmview. Have you ever heard of the “Precautionary Principle”? Well, it’s become a weapon if you will, used by many activist groups against the agricultural industry, and others as well. In some instances, the “Precautionary Principle” has been used in an attempt to drive innovative…
SCF Flu Shot Program
Thanks to donations from the St. Christopher Fund, XPO Logistics (formerly Con-way), OOIDA and The Little Clinics (TLC), we are able to offer vouchers for free flu shots. There are 2 vouchers: one that drivers can use at Walgreen’s and one that drivers can use at TLC. We encourage you to protect yourself, your drivers,…
72 DHS Employees on Terrorist Watch List
Vetting process? 72 DHS Employees on Terrorist Watch List