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Farmview Commentary for July, 2017
Biodiversity Is something new growing in the fields, orchards and vineyards of many American farms? Well, yes and no. What’s growing is biodiversity. But it’s not necessarily new. Farmers were the original environmentalists. However, biodiversity is taking deeper root on many farms, ranches and dairies. An increasing number of farmers are integrating wildlife habitat into…
Farmview Commentary for June, 2017
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, 2017
Quit Blaming America I received an email from Jack who lives in Yuma, Arizona. Jack said he wanted to know my opinion of U.S. ag trade agreements that supposedly harm farmers in under-developed countries. Jack, I am aware that American farmers are constantly ridiculed by under-developed nations for having far too high a level of…
Citizen Driver 2017
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Farmview Commentary for April, 2017
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…
Farmview Commentary for March, 2017
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, 2017
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…
Farmview Commentary for January, 2017
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 and…