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Friday, July 30th, 2004Dennis Avery
One of America’s biggest federal farm credit institutions may be sold to a private Dutch bank. Rabobank, already one of the world’s largest banks and probably its biggest agricultural lender, has made an offer for Farm Credit Services of America in Omaha, Nebraska.
Is privatizing U.S. farm credit a good idea for rural America? The […]
Is High-Yield Farming Worth Saving?
Monday, July 26th, 2004Presentation to the Illinois Farm Bureau Commodity Conference: Is High-Yield Farming Worth Saving?
Dennis Avery
. . . farms obliterate empty places, ploughed fields vanquish forests, herds drive out wild beasts. . . and there are such great cities where formerly hardly a hut . . . everywhere there is a dwelling,
everywhere a multitude. . . . […]
A New American Medical Malpractice Celebrity?
Wednesday, July 14th, 2004Dennis Avery
As John Edwards, medical malpractice millionaire, runs for Vice President, America is welcoming another medical malpractice celebrity. Dr. Andrew Wakefield is being run out of Britain after claiming-without evidence-that the standard measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine causes autism in kids.
In Britain, largely due to his claims and the widespread media coverage they’ve gotten, the […]
Are Bleached Corals Dying, Or Restocking Their Pantries?
Monday, July 12th, 2004Dennis Avery
Woeful cries have arisen from the environmental community over bleaching coral reefs around the world. The eco-activists say they’re dying, due to global warming and higher sea temperatures. And it’s true that corals bleach when the water temperature goes up.
A Greenpeace website says, “Corals will inevitably be among the first organisms to show the […]
Does the National Geographic Want Low-Yield Farming or Wildlife?
Wednesday, July 7th, 2004Dennis Avery
The National Geographic has a love affair with low-yield farming. Granted, primitive farming tends to be much more picturesque than tractors or galvanized-metal grain bins. However, one of the Geographic’s recent articles even praises a U.S. Midwestern farmer who can’t yet grow successful crops.
Wes Jackson, founder of the Land Institute in Kansas is trying […]
Fund Disease Control and High-Yield Farming, Not Global Warming Fears
Wednesday, June 30th, 2004Dennis Avery
A panel of world-famous economists just announced how they would spend $50 billion to make the world a better place. They say they’d use the cash to prevent the spread of diseases such as AIDS and malaria, and to reduce malnutrition through better crop research and cheap little iron tablets.
Using the money to try […]
New Research Links “Natural” Corn To Fatal Birth Defects
Monday, June 21st, 2004Dennis Avery
Newly published research indicates that fumonisin, a natural fungal toxin that grows on corn, can cause fatal human birth defects and miscarriages. The fungal toxin may explain a cluster of neural tube defects-including spina bifida deformations and dead babies with undeveloped brains-in South Texas more than a dozen years ago. Their Hispanic mothers ate […]
Secret French “Mad Cow” Epidemic Affirms U.S. Beef Safety
Friday, June 18th, 2004Dennis Avery
Want to feel safer about ‘mad cow’ and the U.S. beef supply? Just look at the latest headlines from France.
A shocking new report from French government researchers reveals that France had a
secret epidemic of more than 300,000 ‘mad cows’ before 2000. The official French line told the world that the country had only 103 […]
Why Is Earth’s Atmosphere Defying Global Warming?
Thursday, June 17th, 2004Dennis Avery
Why isn’t the Earth’s atmosphere getting hot?
The biggest failure of the Global Warming Theory is found in the world’s most accurate temperature records - the microwave sensors on space satellites and high-altitude weather balloons.
The theory says that if humans emit more CO2 into the air, the extra greenhouse gas will trap more heat, and […]
Should U.S. Trade Officials Try to Derail The World Trade Organization’s Pending Decision Against U.S. Cotton Subsidies?
Monday, June 14th, 2004Pro
BRAZILIANS BARK UP WRONG TREE BY SEEKING TO TWIST MEANING OF CURRENT TRADE RULES
BY: REP. RANDY NEUGEBAUER
While the preliminary ruling in Brazil’s World Trade Organization case against U.S. cotton has not been released, reports indicate the three-person panel favored more of Brazil’s arguments. Rightly so, our trade officials plan to appeal if this is the […]