USDA’s proposed rule change to the Animal Disease Traceability (ADT) framework has given rise to several recurring arguments which offer confusion and distraction.
Do beef producers share in the profits gained through international trade? Let’s examine the data through the eyes of one of the industry’s largest players.
The OFF Act (Opportunities for Fairness in Farming) is promoted as a cure for “swampy secrets” about commodity checkoffs. But the accusations evaporate under a review revealing vast misrepresentations and demagoguery.
Government intervention, or the free market? An esteemed ag economist implored the beef industry long ago not to “block changes that are being prompted by basic rules of economics.”
An Open Letter to Superintendent Rick Nielsen, Nebo School District (Utah): “Utah school gives kids ‘disgusting’ insects to eat in class for climate assignment on cows killing the Earth.”
