2000 Archives
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Election confusion
By Dave Carter
The post-election confusion in November left ranchers and farmers scratching their heads over the future of federal agricultural policies. Agricultural leaders keep searching the shifting election results for hints about the future of a farm bill, international trade, concentration and rural economic development. But at least the election night fiasco in Florida should […]
Cattle producers’ beef
By Dave Carter
Traveling by commercial airline became a major effort this summer.
Flight delays and cancellations stranded thousands of travelers across the country over the past few months. The situation grew so bad that U.S. Sen. Wayne Allard, R-Colo., recommended immediate action to break up the regional monopolies within the airline industry. Sen. Allard noted that […]
“How low can you go?”
By Dave Carter
“How low can you go?”
It seems that many people are chanting this along with the limbo dancers while sipping pina coladas as they cruise the Caribbean on profits reaped from their latest stock investment.
Farmers and ranchers, however, mutter those words each time they check the market prices for their commodities.
Four years ago, Congress […]