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 Genetically
Engineered Time bomb?
by Todd Leake 8/04
We are eating genetically engineered foods that could do us serious
damage in the long run.
 Fair
Markets For Our Livestock
by Dan Teigen3/04In mid-February, a jury put a price on the amount Tyson/IBP
swindled from ranchers between 1994 and 2002 through a specific
form of market manipulation: $1.28 billion.
 Energy
Bill Bloated With Pork
by Andrea Robinsong 11/03
What do I, post-Thanksgiving,
and the 1,200-page Energy Bill before Congress have in common? Answer:
We are both so bloated, we have had some trouble getting out the
door.
 Ranchers
Celebrate Checkoff Freedom
by Skip Waters 7/02
On this Fourth of July, United States cattle producers
are celebrating a milestone with SD Federal Judge Charles Kornmann
declaring the Beef Checkoff unconstitutional.
 Where's
the Beef From?
by Shane Kolb 4/02
Do you know where the meat you buy comes from?
Or who inspected it? Or if anyone inspected it? Americans are concerned
with their food's safety and quality. Since September 11 it is more
important than ever to have a safe, secure food supply that gives
U.S. families informed choices about what they eat. Since September
11, more U.S. consumers are choosing to buy U.S. produced goods.
 Congress
Mortgages Our Future On Bad Energy Policy
by Terrence Kardong 5/02
The House bill is bad, and the Senate bill is mediocre.
Nothing good can come of the marriage of these two bills, and Congress
would be wise to start over. |
 Tyson/IBP
– Chronic Liars and Addicted to Theft
by Gilles Stockton 4/6
In February, a jury in Alabama found that Tyson/IBP
had manipulated livestock markets and violated the Packers and Stockyards
Act for eight years, chiseling $1.28 billion from America’s
farmers and ranchers along the way. In response, Tyson/IBP whined
that the jury’s verdict will be bad for the handful of cattle
feeders that have a “special” relationship with Tyson/IBP
in their price-fixing scheme.
 America
Deserves a Better Energy Policy
by Joan Kazmerzak 11/03
The Domenici-Tauzin bill plays into American's worries of energy
dependence on the Middle East and future blackouts and hands out
an out an enormous gift to the oil, gas, coal, and nuclear industries.
 Not
So Fast With Fast Track
by Reed Kelley 5/02
President Bush calls Fast Track "Trade Promotion
Authority." Whatever you call it, this legislation does something
we should never allow to happen in our democracy.
 Farm
Policy Must Enhance Homeland Security
by Helen Waller 3/02
National food self-sufficiency is as important
to national security as military power, underscoring the need for
Congress to pass a farm bill that ensures a stable domestic food
production system. Unfortunately, both the House and Senate 2002
farm bill proposals are a continuation of current failed farm programs
that rely on income subsidies.
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