Farm spending makes a great target when so much of the U.S. budget is off limits. A recent report from the non-profit Population Reference Bureau....More
As farmers and ranchers across the country struggle this summer to overcome devastating crop, livestock and structural losses from drought, wildfire....More
I’ve written about a lot of droughts in the course of more than 30 years reporting on agriculture.
And I’ve probably written about more droughts in....More
Three Southern Illinois University professors have written a letter to President Obama asking him to leave the Birds Point Levee breach open, turning....More
That’s when we get the law of unintended consequences—like when you bounce a ball against a wall, and it ricochets back and hits you in the eye....More