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Friday, July 7th, 2000Dennis T. Avery and Richard A. Halpern
The EPA’s Attempt to Impose Rules Without First Collecting Relevant Data Has Cost It Credibility In Congress and The Courts
CHURCHVILLE, Va.-The U.S. Congress has given sudden and dramatic notice it will not allow environmental regulators to arbitrarily shut down economic activities without evidence of harm to the environment.
A bipartisan […]
EPA Mulls Fate of an Eco-Friendly Weedkiller
Friday, June 30th, 2000Dennis T. Avery
The Pesticide Atrazine Helps Combat Erosion and Improve Yields.
So Why is the EPA Gunning for it?
CHURCHVILLE, Va. - The most important farm chemical hearing in 30 years is under way. The Environmental Protection Agency is conducting a “special review” to decide whether the most widely used of modern weedkillers, atrazine, is safe enough […]
The World Really Needs High-Yield Ag: It Just Doesn’t Know it Yet!
Monday, June 26th, 2000Alex A. Avery
The Rev. Thomas Malthus’ famous question about whether humanity can continue to feed all the people was posed exactly 200 years ago.
It has taken us nearly all of that 200 years to be sure of an affirmative answer. Only recently have we been certain that the opening of the 21st century should see […]
Big Agriculture Isn’t What’s Ailing Farmers Today
Friday, June 23rd, 2000Dennis T. Avery
Antitrust Lawsuits Against Agribusiness Conglomerates Will Only Hurt Farm Exports, and Won’t Help Small Farmers
CHURCHVILLE, Va.-Kathleen Kelly, a ranch wife from Colorado, launched an eloquent attack against agribusiness monopolies at a recent U.S. conference on farm market structure held in Kansas City, Mo. Kelly was supposed to talk for 10 minutes. Instead she […]
What Are We Paying These Guys For? (Regulation Magazine)
Wednesday, June 21st, 2000Alex Avery and Richard Halpern
June 21, 2000
Would you go to a doctor who prescribed major surgery before taking your medical history or even examining you? Of course not. You would be subjecting yourself to unnecessary pain, risking your life, and probably wasting your money on needless treatment. Unfortunately, though, that is just what our government […]
A Good Day For Termites
Friday, June 16th, 2000Dennis T. Avery
In Order to Scuttle Dursban, EPA Had To Throw Out The Key Evidence Of Its Safety:
Three Different Tests With Human Volunteers
CHURCHVILLE, Va. - The Environmental Protection Agency is forcing a termite pesticide called Dursban off the market “to protect our kids.” Unfortunately, EPA has gotten so carried away with the imagined dangers of […]
A Road Map For European Agriculture
Friday, June 9th, 2000Dennis T. Avery
A German Agriculture Expert Warns That The “European Model” of High Subsidies and Stringent Regulation Is No Longer Workable
CHURCHVILLE, Va. - A front-ranking German agricultural expert recently recommended a total redesign of the European Union’s agricultural policy, to allow European farmers to be more competitive in world markets, and help meet the Third […]
New Organic Food Standards Could Use Warning Labels
Friday, June 2nd, 2000Dennis T. Avery
Despite What The Organic Lobby Would Have You Believe, Organic Product Is Not Necessarily Tastier, Healthier Or Pesticide-Free
CHURCHVILLE, Va.-Watch out: The U.S. government is about to issue official standards for organic food.
A consumer survey, conducted for the National Center for Public Policy Research, a Washington foundation, finds two-thirds of the public could be […]
Plague of Frogs: The Horrifying True Story, by William Souder
Thursday, June 1st, 2000Reviewed by Dennis T. Avery
A Book Review of A Plague of Frogs: The Horrifying True Story by William Souder
I don’t know when I’ve read a sillier book than A Plague of Frogs: The Horrifying True Story, a new book by William Souder about the apparent rash of frog deformities and amphibian population declines. Despite this, […]
Milking of the US Taxpayer Continues
Wednesday, May 31st, 2000Dave Juday
BERRYVILLE, Va. — If cats have nine lives, federal dairy programs have proven themselves the felines of the agricultural policy kingdom. Consider the death-defying history of the dairy price-support program.
As part of the 1996 farm bill, the U.S. Congress included a plan to phase down the level of support provided by the program […]