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MFBF receives Pinnacle Award at American Farm Bureau Convention
The fact that our state captured a Pinnacle Award is real testimony to the hard work and talent exhibited by our volunteers and staff.
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January 27th, 2012: Farm Bureau speaks out against antibiotic legislation
The American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) is urging congressional members to oppose legislation that would restrict the use of antibiotics in livestock and poultry. Pending bills H.R. 965 (House) and S. 1211 (Senate) would remove specific antibiotics and classes of antibiotics that are important for use in animals from the market. In letters to Senate [...] Continue reading . . .
January 26th, 2012: Farmers Get Trendy
By Stewart Truelsen, American Farm Bureau Federation According to Phil Lempert, best known as the Supermarket Guru, “Farmers are becoming the latest food celebrities.” He goes so far as to predict that celebrity chefs are out, celebrity farmers are in. Lempert is an astute food industry observer, journalist and trend watcher. He created a virtual [...] Continue reading . . .
January 24th, 2012: Egg Legislation Replaces Science with Politics
The American Farm Bureau Federation today strongly criticized a bill pushed by the Humane Society of the United States and the United Egg Producers to implement an agreement they reached to replace decades of science-based animal care practices with strict government control. The flawed legislation, H.R. 3798, introduced by Rep. Kurt Schrader (D-Ore.), would set [...] Continue reading . . .
How Dumb Is That?
August 4th, 2011: Lemonade Crackdown
Originally posted on the National Review Online By Iain Murray In the past couple of months, police have put children’s lemonade stands out of business in Texas, Georgia, Wisconsin, Iowa, Pennsylvania, and Maryland. (There’s a great map, with links to the news stories, here.) The kids have been taught a lesson, but it’s one we [...] Continue reading . . .
How Dumb Is That?
June 6th, 2011: You tell me, how dumb is that?
Agriculture is a challenging business. Battling mother nature, predators and rising input costs are challenging enough. Unfortunately it’s becoming more and more common that our biggest challenges are those that we face because of expensive, unnecessary and often down-right dumb regulations coming from a heavy-handed and sometimes far removed bureaucracy. Many examples are humorous. To [...] Continue reading . . .
