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[Premiering 7/15, 10:30 AM ET] Fertilizer Policies Could Lead to a Second Dust Bowl: Former USDA Soil Scientist

Policies that restrict the use of chemical fertilizers would likely lead to crop failures and could cause a dust bowl like that seen during the Great Depression. This has become a growing concern as countries including Canada and New Zealand look to adopt such policies. According to Kelly Walker, a former USDA soil scientist, soil…


[Premiering 7/15, 8 PM ET] Fertilizer Policies Could Lead to a Second Dust Bowl: Former USDA Soil Scientist

Policies that restrict the use of chemical fertilizers would likely lead to crop failures and could cause a dust bowl like that seen during the Great Depression. This has become a growing concern as countries including Canada and New Zealand look to adopt such policies. According to Kelly Walker, a former USDA soil scientist, soil…


Poke and Sniff: A Lesson From 1906

Commentary In 1906, Upton Sinclair came out with his book “The Jungle,” and it shocked the nation by documenting the horror of the meat-packing industry. People were being boiled in vats and sent to larders. Rat waste was mixed with meat. And so on. As a result, the Federal Meat Inspection Act passed Congress, and consumers…


‘Tiger King’ Star Doc Antle Charged With Money Laundering

“Tiger King” star Bhagavan “Doc” Antle has been charged with laundering more than half a million dollars, money federal prosecutors said Monday that he believed to be the proceeds of an operation to smuggle people across the Mexican border into the United States. Charges against Antle and Andrew Jon Sawyer, one of Antle’s employees at…


DeSantis Criticizes Biden’s Move to Force Gender Ideology by Cutting Off School Lunch Funding

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has criticized President Joe Biden’s move to seize school lunch program funding to further what DeSantis characterized as “woke gender ideology.” “In Florida, we are fighting against Biden’s intentionally destructive policies like denying school lunches for states that refuse to implement woke gender ideology in the schools,” DeSantis said in a…


Officials Predicting Food Prices Will Continue To Rise In 2022

Consumers can expect food prices to increase by as much as 8 percent in 2022 due to the war in Ukraine, higher interest rates, and avian flu, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s 2022 Food Price Outlook. “All food prices are now predicted to increase between 6.5 and 7.5 percent,” the outlook said. The cost…


USDA Releases Official Forecast for Food Prices—Here’s What to Expect

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has released its 2022 Food Price Outlook, giving Americans insight into how much food prices are expected to rise this year. “All food prices are now predicted to increase between 6.5 and 7.5 percent,” the outlook said. The cost of takeout food and restaurant meals are expected to rise between…


South Dakota Gov Ready to Sue Biden for School Lunch Policy Tie to Transgender Issues

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem announced on June 2 that, to protect fairness in women’s sports, she intends to sue the Biden administration over an overhaul of the federal school lunch program to be more in line with Title IX. The Department of Agriculture (USDA) under the Biden administration announced on May 5 that all…


South Dakota Governor Ready to Sue Biden for School Lunch Policy Tie to Transgender Issues

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem announced on June 2 that, to protect fairness in women’s sports, she intends to sue the Biden administration over an overhaul of the federal school lunch program to be more in line with Title IX. The Department of Agriculture (USDA) under the Biden administration announced on May 5 that all…


Bird Flu Confirmed in Five More States: USDA

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has confirmed cases of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in five more states across the country after officials warned that the recent outbreaks could see Americans paying more for poultry. USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) said in a March 30 news release that the cases have…