EconomyCommentary
Deja Vu All Over Again? Kamala McGovern
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of the accompanying video from professor Peter St. Onge. From taxes to spending, Democratic presidential nominee Kamala… Read More
EconomyCommentary
High Prices Brought to Us by Biden-Harris Admin’s Economic Policies
Watching Vice President Kamala Harris propose her “federal ban on corporate price gouging” in the food and grocery industry reminded me of an arsonist who… Read More
PoliticsNews
Report Challenges Harris’ Assertion Higher Food Prices Equal Corporate Greed
THE CENTER SQUARE—Rising grocery store prices over the last few years aren’t the fault of farmers or “greedy” corporations, a conservative North Carolina research organization… Read More
SecurityNews
EXCLUSIVE: New Platform Aims to Halt CCP Influence on States
There’s a new tool available for lawmakers and American citizens to combat the threat of the Chinese Communist Party. Today, Heritage Action for America launched… Read More
EnergyCommentary
While Europeans Vacation, Denmark Attacks Livestock Farmers With Cow Tax
As Europeans generate greenhouse gas emissions by driving or flying off on their long summer holidays, Denmark is trying to lower those emissions by taxing… Read More
SecurityCommentary
China’s Land Purchases in US Spark Outcry for Federal Solution
Over the past two years, nearly half the states in America acted to scrutinize purchases of land linked to China and other foreign adversaries. Concerns… Read More
SocietyAnalysis
EXCLUSIVE: Federal Farm Credit Agency Plows Ahead With DEI, ‘Queer’ Farming
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A regulatory agency established during the Great Depression to help farmers financially recover from the Dust Bowl is now pushing diversity,… Read More
SocietyCommentary
A Story of the Soil and the Soul
Hard work, passion, virtue, and true grit earmark the American heartland. Anecdotes, generation-spanning farm families, and crop innovations speak volumes. They are all children of… Read More
InternationalNews
China’s Military Could Be Reaping the Benefits of Takeover of US Ag Giant
America’s largest pork producer was exporting massive quantities of pork to its Chinese “sister company” as it stockpiled food for the Chinese military, according to… Read More
InternationalCommentary
EU Climate, Cattle Flatulence Rules Threatening European Farmers’ Livelihoods, Driving Up Food Prices
Through the European Green Deal, European bureaucrats are ignoring citizen opposition in deindustrializing Western Europe and reducing its agricultural production. They’re using climate laws to… Read More
PoliticsNews
USDA Colludes With Left-Wing Group to Turn Out Voters Under Biden Order, Documents Reveal
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is working with a left-wing advocacy group to boost voter turnout as part of President Joe Biden’s executive order directing… Read More
PoliticsNews
EXCLUSIVE: Biden Admin Adds LGBTQ Strings to Foreign Agriculture Grants
The U.S. Department of Agriculture intends to cultivate the transgender ideology on a global scale using international farm-aid programs. That could mean attaching strings to… Read More
LawCommentary
Supreme Court Case Has Democrats Salivating at Possibility of Green Light for Wealth Taxes
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in a little case with potentially huge implications. The high court’s eventual decision in Moore v. USA could… Read More
SocietyCommentary
It May Not Be a SNAP, but Congress Should Promote Work for Food Stamps
The farm bill is up for reauthorization this year. But despite its name, the vast majority of spending in the farm bill goes to the… Read More
EconomyNews
Congress Weighs Changes That Could Seriously Impact Farmers, Hidden in Funding Bill
Congress is debating an expansion of a migrant-worker visa program. Tucked within the Department of Homeland Security’s $91.5 billion spending bill for fiscal year… Read More
PoliticsNews
Biden’s ‘Equity’ Panel Pushes Woke Farm Policy
The Agriculture Department’s new Equity Commission is seeking the public’s comments after its interim report called for more diversity on related county boards as part… Read More
PoliticsNews
Gov. DeSantis Takes Action Against US’ ‘Greatest Geopolitical Threat’
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, signed three bills into law on Monday aimed at combating “the malign influence of the Chinese Communist Party” in… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Rising Meat Prices Are Result of Stew of Market Forces
Last year, during the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic, there were reasonable concerns regarding higher-than-normal meat prices, including poultry. There was nothing nefarious about… Read More
LawCommentary
Supreme Court Protects Property Rights Against Union Trespass
The Supreme Court on Wednesday held that a state law permitting labor union organizers to enter farmland without permission to try to organize workers was… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Tariffs on Canadian Softwood Lumber Hitting US Homebuyers Hard
Lumber prices have gone through the roof over the past year—up 370%. The lumber needed to build a new home now costs nearly $36,000 more… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Even in a Pandemic, Welfare for the Rich Thrives
Congress passed the $2.2 trillion HEROES Act. House Democrats said it gives money to “governments who desperately need funds.” But it also gives lots of… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Devil’s in Details in Biden’s ‘30×30’ Conservation Plan
The Biden administration on Thursday released its preliminary report on the president’s so-called 30 by 30 conservation initiative. Initiated in Executive Order 14008, President Joe… Read More
LawNews
5 White Farmers Sue Over Loan Forgiveness Only for Blacks, Other Minorities
MADISON, Wis.—Christopher Baird owns a dairy farm near Ferryville in southwest Wisconsin, not far from the Mississippi River. He milks about 50 cows and farms… Read More
EconomyCommentary
‘Fertilizer Taxes’ Will Hurt Farmers and Likely Drive Up Food Prices
If the existing trade disputes with China were not bad enough for American farmers, now another trade action could hurt them. It will also likely… Read More
EconomyCommentary
5 Things to Know About Agriculture Amnesty Bill
The House of Representatives is expected this week to take up one of the most egregious immigration amnesty bills in recent memory, the Farm Workforce… Read More
EconomyCommentary
No, We Don’t Need to Transform the American Food System
The American food system is a global leader when it comes to productivity, resiliency, and innovation. It provides an abundance of safe and affordable food… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Look to Native Americans’ Forest Management for Better Wildfire Abatement
This has been a trying year for millions of Americans as a pandemic continues to threaten people’s lives and livelihoods, and a devastating wildfire season… Read More
EconomyCommentary
USDA and HHS Should Reject Flawed Dietary Recommendations
The 2020 federal Dietary Guidelines for Americans is coming, and this development is more important than many people might think. Developed every five years by… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Expect US Agriculture Exports to China to Increase in Coming Months
Since the signing of the U.S.-China trade deal in January, much media focus has been on China’s agreement to buy over $142 billion worth of… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Why China’s Food Crisis Could Get Worse Amid Pests, Pestilence
For the past 18 months, China’s farm and agriculture sectors have been pummeled by two different infestations. African swine flu has killed millions of… Read More
