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My Job Depends On Ag

On the Rise with Ag Dinner

“On the Rise with Ag Dinner” (Submitted by Jan Boling, Event Coordinator) You’ll not want to miss the second annual “On the Rise with Ag

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Cattle & Dairy

We’re Lost – A Dairyman’s Story

Lloyd Tiede never cries. “I have never seen my Dad cry besides when his father passed away,” said Adrianna Tiede, Lloyd’s daughter. But in a phone call with his daughter Thursday, Sept. 13, Tiede, 55, simply couldn’t hold back the tears any longer. And neither could she. “I could tell right when I picked up the phone that it wasn’t good news,” Adrianna said. “I answered and it was quiet on the other end.”

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Farming & Ag News

The Water Grab

Last month farmers, families, and politicians on both sides of the aisle marched on Sacramento to rally against the California Water Resource board and its policies lately that have been negatively affecting the central valley among others.

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Farming & Ag News

Needing A New NAFTA

In this piece I discuss trade wars as they relate to our NAFTA allies, and eventually discuss the real trade enemy – China. Perhaps we are not focusing in the right direction with some of these trade actions. 

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Cattle & Dairy

Dairies Still Hurting

Another month, another quarter, and another 300 dairy farmers call it quits. Its no question that the dairy industry has been hurting that last few years. This year’s trade policies and regulation overloads have done little to help the fledgling industry.

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Cattle & Dairy

COOL or Uncool? Looking into specialized food labeling.

COOL stands for Country of Origin Labeling. This is a law in place that requires retailers, such as grocery stores and supermarkets, to label certain foods with what country they originate from. Let’s explore some of the pros and cons of this labeling, and how it affected certain industries. The US and Canadian trade relationship had at one time been particularly disrupted.

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Cattle & Dairy

Dairies in Decay Across the US

Its no secret that California dairies are in a state of trouble. In the last 6 months alone we have seen smaller operations go out of business and even the closing of larger processing plants for the industry. But what are some of our neighboring dairy states doing to correct the problems for themselves, and can we learn something from them?

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