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...
What You Need to Know Today: As was widely expected, the Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 25 basis points to a target range of 3.75–4.00 percent, its first rate increase since 2023, as policymakers respond to persistent inflation pressures. The Fed also signaled that additi...
Key Takeaways: USDA data access is equal; the ability to use it is not. Larger operations can afford experts who turn public reports into business decisions. Analytical capacity is the true advantage. Forecasts matter only when converted into profit, purchasing, and risk-management decisions...
