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Category Archives: Farming
Meaty Issues In Late Stage Republicanism
Another week and Republican state legislators stuck in my craw. Why do they hate plant-based food? In the end, all our food is based on plant life, including beef, hogs, and sheep which all eat plants. Ty Rushing of Iowa … Continue reading
Posted in Farming
Tagged climate crisis, Deforestation, farming, GOP Culture wars, land use, livestock, meat industry
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Hinson Steps In It Big Time
It has seemed since day one both Ashley Hinson and Marriannette Miller-Meeks have both essentially been sleep walking through their respective terms in congress. Apparently both are relying on an Iowa press that seldom bothers to dig into questions and … Continue reading
Some Things That Confused Me Last Week
30 seconds Call me confused. Here we go again. Iowa is sending National Guard troops to the Texas borderline this summer. Is this a really good use of Iowa’s tax payer money and manpower? I guess it depends on what … Continue reading
Posted in Farming, Immigration, Kim Reynolds
Tagged Art Cullen, Chik-fil-A, DEI, immigrants on Iowa farms, Iowa troops to the border
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Update on Iowa CO2 Pipelines
While driving to the Democratic office in North Liberty after a shift of door knocking, I passed a seemingly endless line of black tank cars waiting to be loaded with ethanol or corn syrup in Cedar Rapids. That Iowa’s vast … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Farming
Tagged carbon capture and sequestration, CCS, climate change, CO2 pipelines, environment, farming
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Killing The “Public” Entity
“Never let a good crisis go to waste” the old political saying goes. Lord knows we have a huge crisis in front of us. Had we had any kind of even substandard leadership, the US may have been able to … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2020 election campaign, Blog for Iowa, Farming, Joni Ernst, Medicare, Obamacare, Social Security
Tagged medicaid, public education, public housing, USPS
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Cattle Markets – What Side Are You On?
It seems crazy that cattle producer margins are constantly being squeezed by meat packers as the herd goes to market during the pandemic. “Between April and May, producers saw their cattle prices plummet,” wrote Jessica Fu in The Counter. “Meanwhile … Continue reading
Posted in 2020 election campaign, Farming
Tagged #IA04, Cattle Markets, farming, JD Scholten
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Bayer Settles On Roundup Lawsuits
With all the literally life threatening news that is coming out from Washington DC and our various state capitols this little item nearly slipped through unnoticed Late Wednesday night / early Thursday morning. From the Guardian: Bayer agrees to $10.9bn … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, Blog for Iowa, Farming
Tagged Bayer, farm chemicals, lawsuits, merger, Monsanto
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Farm Bankruptcies Hit An Eight Year High
Late last week as the political news was hitting a near fever pitch with the rigged impeachment trial coming to a peak and the first presidential contest in the Iowa caucuses but a few days away, much news that was … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2020 election campaign, Blog for Iowa, Farming
Tagged Farm bankruptcies, milk industry
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From The JD Scholten Campaign
(Ed. note: Sorry no quiz this week) Did you see our email last week about farm bankruptcies? Things are only getting worse. Ethanol plants are shutting down or going idle, families are forced to rent out their century farms, and … Continue reading
Posted in 2020 election campaign, Blog for Iowa, Farming
Tagged Farm bankruptcies, JD Scholten
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Climate Change About To Get Very Real
Hopefully, folks are paying attention to news beyond the impeachment, even though impeachment seems to be all many news organizations seem to be concerned about. If there is one sector of the news that should be mandatory for people to … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2020 election campaign, Blog for Iowa, Climate Action, Climate Change, Farming, food
Tagged Green New Deal, human population growth
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