The Farm Bill, signed into law by President Donald J. Trump on Dec. 20, 2018, died on Oct. 1, but with Congress on its long election break until November 14, it has not yet been buried. When Congress ...
In the early days of the Great Depression, Rep. Willis Hawley, a Republican from Oregon, and Utah Republican Sen. Reed Smoot thought they had landed on a way to protect American farmers and ...
Examining historical economic patterns shows striking similarities between today's agricultural landscape and previous farm crises of the 1980s and 1930s.
Marie Rampulla liked to tell the story about the only time she lied to her mother. She was 13 years old and living on her family’s farm in Bull’s Head. Her mother was planning to prepare a chicken for ...
According to the New York Times, a fight is breaking out in the Democratic Party between supporters of three candidates for secretary of agriculture. Rep. Marcia Fudge of Ohio, Heidi Heitkamp and Tom ...
EDITOR'S NOTE — Pete Letheby, Silver Salute editor, recently uncovered an essay of Great Depression recollections written by his father, Fred Letheby, who grew up in the 1930s in Newman Grove, located ...
California grape grower Jennifer Thomson saw nearly every grape go unsold in 2024. But through grit and determination, she ...