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The past few years have not been very profitable for Corn Belt farmers. In his new “Food For Thought” blog, Big-AgWatch.org columnist Dave Dickey says the outlook doesn’t appear great for 2017 either.
In his latest “Food For Thought” blog, Big-AgWatch.org columnist Dave Dickey examines U.S. plans on the international trade front. What’s going to happen now that the Trans-Pacific Partnership deal is dead?
The ag industry may find itself collateral damage of President Donald Trump’s expanded war on undocumented immigrants, writes Big-AgWatch.org’s Dave Dickey in his latest column. Department of Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly signed a pair of sweeping memos this week that would turbocharge federal authority efforts to round up and deport undocumented immigrants.
Should U.S. farmers worry about President Donald Trump’s agriculture policies? Here’s what Big-AgWatch.org columnist Dave Dickey has to say.
The twisting, corkscrewing legal battle over the Environmental Protection Agency’s Waters of the United States rule, or WOTUS, took another turn last month. Big-AgWatch.org columnist Dave Dickey explains in his latest blog.
“On its way out the door, the Obama administration has put into motion its own little game of chicken with the incoming Trump administration. Over chicken. Specifically, it’s called for changes to U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration, or GIPSA.”
In his latest blog, Big-AgWatch.org columnist Dave Dickey looks back at Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration ceremony and the events that followed.
How will President-elect Donald Trump and his administration choices affect U.S. climate change efforts? Big-AgWatch.org columnist Dave Dickey explores the possibilities.
Big-AgWatch.org columnist Dave Dickey writes about reporting in a ‘post-truth’ world.
In October 2016, The New York Times published “Doubts About the Promised Bounty of GMO Crops.” Big-AgWatch.org columnist Dave Dickey says that the newsroom missed the big picture in its report. Learn why in his latest “Food For Thought” blog here.