Unseriousness of Campaign Promises If the polls are correct, Joe Biden is elected president tomorrow and the question is what changes besides civility? Looking at his campaign promises potentially impacting agriculture there is a lot of repetition from the past, a past that was mostly different at the margins. Here are just a few of the more cynical items in the candidate’s quiver:
Regional Food Systems: Mr. Biden’s support for small, local food supply chains is a rehash of the locavore movement during the Obama-Biden era. The number of small farms has increased, there are more so-called farmers’ markets and CSA’s, but Big Ag still dominates the supply chain. In the larger scheme of things, and it is large, sma...
Energy: Risk Over Rules Fighting between the United States and Iran over control of the Strait of Hormuz escalated overnight. Tehran accused U.S. forces of striking a residential area after U.S. Central Command said its second round of attacks in three days targeted Iranian radar systems and mi...
Key Takeaways: Paraguay typically ranks among the world’s largest soybean exporters, with roughly two-thirds of its production destined for export markets, although most shipments remain within South America. As a landlocked country, Paraguay relies heavily on the Paraguay-Paraná...
