UN Secretary-General António Guterres is attempting to persuade the European Union to lift sanctions on the Belarusian fertilizer industry but is making little progress, according to Politico. The UN believes removing the export restrictions will help get more agricultural products to Africa. However, the EU claims the sanctions are key to applying pressure on Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.
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Center-left Shit-Lib-ism is a Psychosis
by Scott Horton | Oct 14, 2022 | Blog
Virginia Democrat wants to charge you with a crime and take your children away if you interfere with their government school convincing them to "change" their gender. When the revolution comes, I say we team up with the Communists to lock all the liberals in the...
The Greatest Karl Marx Quote Ever
by Keith Knight | Sep 25, 2022 | Blog
The bourgeoisie, during its rule of scarce one hundred years, has created more massive and more colossal productive forces than have all preceding generations together. Subjection of Nature's forces to man, machinery, application of chemistry to industry and...
Impacts Of Rising Nitrogen Costs
by Steven Woskow | Jan 19, 2022 | Blog
As noted, AFPC’s study shows farmers are currently facing nitrogen costs 80% higher than last year. That’s as Anhydrous Ammonia prices reached 2008 levels in October at over 1,000 dollars per ton. And those prices have been steadily rising ever since. “You're talking...
As Coronavirus Spreads In Meat Plants, Nearly 200 USDA Inspectors Test Positive
by Steven Woskow | May 11, 2020 | Blog
Meat inspectors travel to multiple plants to inspect but what if they are carriers of the virus? From Food Dive "A U.S. Agriculture Department spokesperson told Food Dive that 197 field employees in the Food Safety and Inspection Service are absent from work after...
USDA Joins in on Screwing Americans
by Jordan Gambrell | Apr 24, 2020 | Blog
Why farmers are dumping food as some Americans go hungry - The Washington Post That should be an easy question to answer. Because the US Dept of Agriculture forces farmers to dump milk to maintain prices. The Washington Post is something else. They’re actually going...
Jim Bovard: Why Washington Never Learns
by Scott Horton | Mar 25, 2018 | Blog
The great Jim Bovard gives a speech to the Mises Institute about America's insane regulatory state including agriculture policy, steel tariffs and the FDA. https://youtu.be/GQeK52P11iQ
The South Goes Green: South Carolina Just Legalized Growing Hemp
by James Holbrooks | May 24, 2017 | Blog
Very quietly, South Carolina has just legalized the growth of industrial hemp. House Bill 3559, mixed in among a pile of legislation before the General Assembly, was signed into law in mid-May. Lawmakers approved the pilot program to determine what kind of...
09/21/03 – Albert V. Krebs – The Scott Horton Show
by Scott Horton | Sep 21, 2003 | The Scott Horton Show
Philip Dru interviews Albert V. Krebs about the evils of corporate agriculture. He directs the Corporate Agribusiness Research Project and is the publisher of The AgBiz Tiller , and The Agribusiness Examiner newsletters. He is also the author of the book The Corporate...
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The Capitalist Competition Myth
Capitalism involves far more cooperation than competition—think of the number of mutually beneficial transactions you’ve had today compared to the number of competitions you’ve been in today - Chris Freiman, author of Why It's OK to Ignore Politics Democratic...
Blame Mexico? Blame Neocons! Blame Big Pharma! Blame the USA!
ABC News: If fentanyl is so deadly, why do drug dealers use it to lace illicit drugs? I have an alternative explanation. America has been fighting endless wars almost the entire century. Many have come home from these never-ending wars with injuries and pains. Doctors...
My Testimony Before the Maine State Senate
In support of Ld 1054, Defend the Guard legislation: Thank you all so much for the opportunity to testify before your committee today. Today is the 20th anniversary of the beginning of Iraq War II. The consensus now is that we should not have done it. Iraq was not...
These Iraq War Supporters Are Still in Congress
On March 19, 2003 the United States began its military invasion of Iraq. The Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq passed Congress in October 2002, with 296 congressmen and 77 senators voting in favor of giving President George W. Bush carte blanche...
Laci Green is Wrong: Democratic Competition vs. Free Market Competition
In environments where there's a lot of competition, people tend to lie out their ass and you can apply this to any competitive situation. Take capitalism. As industrialization took full effect, the Federal Government had to interfere because there was so much false...
Empower the Workers: Decriminalize Economic Activity Between Consenting Adults
The most reliable and effective protection for most workers is provided by the existence of many employers. As we have seen, a person who has only one possible employer has little or no protection. The employers who protect a worker are those who would like to hire...
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