Dear Editor, Who really needs who? One may ask this question. If all the U.S. Senators and Congressmen were to take a one year vacation, what would the consequences be? Some may say that the country may be better off, less damage! Life would go on. What would happen if every Farmer (dairy; grain; li...

Dear Editor, Dairy farmers across the nation are once again left without effective farm bill legislation. Another year of hard work by dairy farm groups to develop and promote their policy ideas has been ignored by Congress. There can be no excuse for the way Congress is treating our nation’s dairy ...

On Thursday, June 20th, the U.S. House of Representatives voted on the House version of the 2013 Farm Bill, HR-1947. It received a solid trouncing, going down in defeat, 195 to 234. Obviously, the House leadership is challenged with a House majority that defies being led, compounded by an inherent i...