Voters in the key US farm state of Iowa overwhelmingly reject efforts to weaken state animal welfare laws, according to a new poll gauging sentiment on a key nationwide farm […]
1540 KXEL Radio hosted Iowa farmer John Gilbert to discuss a new poll showing Iowans reject the Save Our Bacon Act for putting China-owned meatpackers interests ahead of independent family […]
MA EXCLUSIVE PART 2: A July poll out of Iowa found that nearly twice as many voters oppose the Save Our Bacon Act as support it. The poll of 625 registered Iowa voters […]
Since the 1980s, Congress has been required to pass a new farm bill, the omnibus package that funds hundreds of billions of dollars in agricultural and nutrition assistance programs throughout […]
Nolan and Trisha Zachman raise pigs without gestation crates at Feathered Acres Learning Farm and Inn in Belgrade, Minnesota. They farm within the Niman Ranch network, which Trisha Zachman described as more […]
Proposition 12 continues to be controversial among pork producers. It prohibits the sale of pork in California from breeding pigs housed in conditions considered “cruel”. The U.S. Supreme court upheld prop 12 […]
Scott Thomsen is a fourth-generation Nebraska farmer and three-time voter for President Donald Trump. For years, he voted Republican, drawn to the party’s message of fiscal restraint. Not anymore. “I’m […]
Rural advocacy groups have launched an initiative to raise awareness of rural issues and support producers who grow healthy food in Nebraska. The effort is part of a broader strategy […]
The primary driver of inflation in the U.S. economy—the forever war in Iran—has not yet taken full effect. Now we’ve found an entirely new driver. Last week, the flesh-eating parasite known […]
What’s a screwworm? Bad news. The invasive species of parasitic fly larvae was reported in Texas this week 60 years after it was largely eradicated in the U.S. Screwworms can burrow in […]
