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Why Democrats Lost in Rural America. Again.

Iowa Farmer Barb Kalbach on elections and more.

Could the House or Senate Majorities Be Determined by Rural Voters?

Packers and Stockyards Act In-Depth

In Memoriam: Bill Heffernan

Frackalachia.

"Better Listening"--USDA Grilled Over Failures in Tribal Food Assistance Programs.

September Deadline Season Is Back!

The Cocklebur Wants to Hear From You.

Rural Issues Featured in the Democratic Party Platform.

Goodbye to "America The Beautiful." Hello to "Drill Baby Drill."

He's Rural. He's Progressive. He's Minnesota Nice.

House Republican Farm Bill Draft is a Budget Buster.

Biden-Harris Administration Pays Farmers Who Experienced Discrimination $2.2 Billion.

Project 2025—The Conservative Policy Playbook on USDA and Farm Bill Programs.

Throwback--Democrats Have Issues that Rural Voters Love. Maybe They Should Talk about Them.

J.D. Vance’s Populist Charade.

USDA Announces New Rule to Protect Farmers and Ranchers from Meatpackers.

Will Senate Democrats Defend Child Labor Protections in the Farm Bill?

Farm Bill Update--Senate Republicans Weigh In.

SNAP Advocates Prefer Senate Approach over House Farm Bill.

With the Coal Industry Already in Decline, Rural Organizers Win Campaign to End Coal Leasing on Federal Land.

Austerity Budgets, SNAP Cuts, Fuzzy Math, and Nostalgia for “Bipartisanship.”

House Republicans Mark Up and Pass Farm Bill Through Agriculture Committee.

What's In and What's Out of the House Republican Farm Bill Draft.

House Republican Farm Bill Draft Would Boost Farm Subsidies by $47.3 Billion.

Monopoly Farmers and the Farm Bill.

The Farm Bill Debate Kicks Into High Gear This Week. Finally.

Big News--Biden Administration Cancels Future Coal Leases in Powder River Basin.

Partisan Clash or ‘Grand Bargain’? Dueling Proposals Set the Stage for the Farm Bill’s Uncertain Future.

Warmer Winters = Changing Maps for Gardeners.

Biden Administration Facing Difficulties Getting Money Out the Door.

Cultivating Control: Corporate Lobbying on the Food and Farm Bill

Iowa CCI Files Ethics Complaint Against State Representative Dean Fisher.

Closing the Disconnect Between Voter Attitudes and Public Lands Conservation in the West.

Spring's Boom of Wild Edibles.

Recycled Content--2020 in hindsight.

Agriculture Data and Statistics, Nerds, UNITE!

Republicans Are the Farm Bill Roadblock.