News Mentions

Supporting Documents for Farm and Food File, Week of May 13, 2018

Background information for “The Winning Losers”
Farm and Food File column for the week beginning Sunday, May 13, 2018
Six strikes against the House Farm Bill, Scott Faber of Environmental Working Group, April 30, 2018
Farm Bill favors status quo, Daren Bakst of Heritage Foundation, May 7, 2018
Planting for Washington, Ag entitlements in Farm Bill out of control, […]

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Supporting Documents for Farm and Food File, Week of May 6, 2018

Background information for “What’s the Matter with Kansas?”
Farm and Food File column for the week beginning Sunday, May 6, 2018
Rural Kansas is Dying, New Food Economy, April 26, 2018
What’s the Matter with Kansas?, William Allen White, 1896
What’s the Matter with Kansas?, Thomas Frank
“What’s the matter with Kansas?” aptly describes the 2016 election, Vox, December 1, […]

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Supporting Documents for Farm and Food File, Week of April 22, 2018

Background information for “Might Over Right”
Farm and Food File column for the week beginning Sunday, April 22, 2018
GOP sees path out of poverty; others see scam, Food and Environment Reporting Network (FERN), April 18, 2018
Ranking Member Collin Peterson’s opening statement for bill mark-up hearing, April 18, 2018
Senate leaders commit to bipartisan farm bill, April 12, […]

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Supporting Documents for Farm and Food File, Week of April 15, 2018

Background information for “Wisdom Should Come With Age”
Farm and Food File column for the week beginning Sunday, April 15, 2018
Nicolaus Copernicus, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2017
Discussing climate change without saying “climate change,” New York Times, January 28, 2017
Federal budget deficit set to soar past $1 trillion, New York Times, April 9, 2018

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Supporting Documents for Farm and Food File, Week of April 8, 2018

Background information for “The Long, Sustainable View”
Farm and Food File for the week beginning Sunday, April 8, 2018
Darrin Qualman home page and blog index
Agribusiness takes all, Qualman blog, February 28, 2017
The Jevons Paradox, Qualman blog, August 24, 2017
The 100th Anniversary of High-Input agriculture, Qualman blog, January 9, 2018
Earth’s dominant bird, Qualman blog, January 24, 2018

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Supporting Documents for Farm and Food File, Week of April 1, 2018

Background information for “Plowshares Into Swords”
Farm and Food File column for the week beginning Sunday, April 1, 2018
Democrats put hold on Farm Bill, Roll Call, March 19, 2018
Conaway: I’ll pass Farm Bill without Democratic help, FERN News, (full article behind paywall) March 22, 2018
U.S. Farm Income, USDA, February 28, 2018
World Wheat, World Markets, and Trade, […]

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Supporting Documents for Farm and Food File, Week of March 18, 2018

Background information for “The Terrible What Ifs”
Farm and Food File column for the week beginning Sunday, March 18, 2018
Asia Pacific nations sign trade deal without the U.S., Reuters, March 8, 2018
Top U.S. ag export destinations, calendar years 2013-2016, USDA (third link from bottom)
Steel tariffs bring vindication for Trump’s feisty trade rep, Los Angeles Times, March […]

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Supporting Documents for Farm and Food File, Week of March 4, 2018

Background information for “Faking It”
Farm and Food File column for the week beginning Sunday, March 4, 2018
Farmers and Families First website
Farmers and Families announce advisory panel members, AgriMarketing
A Bayer-Monsanto Merger, White Paper, Farmers and Families First, December 2017
Is China behind this campaign against the Monsanto merger?, Washington Examiner, February 19, 2018
DDC Public Affairs website
Syngenta is playing […]

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Supporting Documents for Farm and Food File, Week of February 25, 2018

Background information for “Slouching toward 2014”
Farm and Food File column for the week beginning Sunday, February 25, 2018
Farm sector income forecast, USDA, February 9, 2018
Feedgrain yearbook tables, USDA, February 13, 2018
Crop Production, 2017 Summary, USDA, January 12, 2018
Dairy insurance program not saving Wisconsin farmers, La Crosse Tribune, February 20, 2018

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Supporting Documents for Farm and Food File, Week of February 18, 2018

Background information for “A Time to Choose”
Farm and Food File column for the week beginning Sunday, February 18, 2018
The White House’s proposed budget by government agency, The Washington Post, February 12, 2018
White House proposes $4.4 trillion budget, The New York Times, February 12, 2018
U.S. debt by president by dollar and percent via The Balance
Trump signs […]

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