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Posted on January 17, 2019
Man, that ended badly.
December limped to an ugly conclusion as nearly everyone from Wall Street to Main Street took a year-end pounding not seen in three generations. Pick an investment sector (stocks, bonds, commodities); a nation state (the U.S., China, or the European Union); or a political system (a democratic republic, parliamentary, or single-party rule), […]
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April 24, 2019 at 10:10am
If correct, @ChrisClaytonDTN, did Ernst say why tariffs remain? Their pointing at each as problem allows all to escape reality that tariffs have done nothing to improve trade and have cost billions in lost sales, bailouts & higher prices. Bad ideas breed bad policy. https://t.co/rqgwOKhzoD
If correct, @ChrisClaytonDTN, did Ernst say why tariffs remain? Their pointing at each as problem allows all to escape reality that tariffs have done nothing to improve trade and have cost billions in lost sales, bailouts & higher prices. Bad ideas breed bad policy. https://t.co/rqgwOKhzoD
April 20, 2019 at 10:21am
American ag is commodity-centered because American ag policy is commodity-centered. If we want more farms growing more food, we need a more food-centered farm policy.
American ag is commodity-centered because American ag policy is commodity-centered. If we want more farms growing more food, we need a more food-centered farm policy.
April 20, 2019 at 5:26am
Exactly right @mikeadsit. If Big Ag runs ag policy at every level, no surprise it believes its way is only way. Here’s a different way: cap farm program payments so 75% go to ‘medium’ & ‘small’ farmers, not big boys. https://t.co/3alIxpyTA0
Exactly right @mikeadsit. If Big Ag runs ag policy at every level, no surprise it believes its way is only way. Here’s a different way: cap farm program payments so 75% go to ‘medium’ & ‘small’ farmers, not big boys. https://t.co/3alIxpyTA0
April 19, 2019 at 8:02am
More Trump trade doubletalk: So where are US farmers to turn if Prez’s plan leave WTO out of any China trade deal-& long term, leave WTO altogether-actually happen? https://t.co/9Xjwzgspfz
More Trump trade doubletalk: So where are US farmers to turn if Prez’s plan leave WTO out of any China trade deal-& long term, leave WTO altogether-actually happen? https://t.co/9Xjwzgspfz
April 19, 2019 at 6:39am
When was SecSonny crowned KingSonny? It must have happened because *Perdue told reporters after Tuesday’s hearing he wasn’t sure if the agency needed an appropriation to move ahead with the USDA relocation...* https://t.co/fafaScYsUM
When was SecSonny crowned KingSonny? It must have happened because *Perdue told reporters after Tuesday’s hearing he wasn’t sure if the agency needed an appropriation to move ahead with the USDA relocation...* https://t.co/fafaScYsUM
April 17, 2019 at 9:24am
Another brick in the increasingly fact-free wall that separates political grandstanding from essential legislating. Thanks @ChrisClaytonDTN https://t.co/Yn484NMxxs
Another brick in the increasingly fact-free wall that separates political grandstanding from essential legislating. Thanks @ChrisClaytonDTN https://t.co/Yn484NMxxs