| Oct 14, 2020 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Food / Farming|HP SubfeaturedFor family farmers like Hans Breitenmoser, the odds of catching COVID-19 on the job are slim. Social distancing is not exactly a challenge when you’re farming more than 1,300 acres in rural Wisconsin. But Breitenmoser is one of many Wisconsin farmers who are showing...
| Aug 21, 2019 | Economy / Business|Food / FarmingDonald Trump loves farmers. We know this because he says so. “Farmers, I LOVE YOU!” he declared in December. But he’s been “loving” them to death, with policies that are causing farm prices to tumble, miring our ag economy in the ditch and creating a rising tsunami...
| Aug 14, 2019 | Economy / Business|Food / Farming“MAGA,” blusters Donald Trump — Make America Great Again! America’s ranching families, however, would like Trump to come off his high horse and get serious about a more modest goal, namely: Make America COOL Again. COOL stands for Country-of-Origin-Labeling, a...
| May 28, 2019 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Food / Farming|HP SubfeaturedOver the last year, President Trump has taken farmers on a roller coaster ride that’s finally gone off the rails. Escalating trade fights have kicked farmers, already mired in a five-year slump, in the gut. Now, the administration is working up a new trade aid...