Under capitalism companies compete with each other and when one company gains a competitive edge, it can, and sometimes does gobble up its competition. In the U.S., it seems, the trend is for this to happen until there are only a few giant companies manufacturing or producing products consumed by our citizens. As our transportation networks have become more advanced, we see this translating into the same issue worldwide. For a number of years there were three U.S. car manufacturers building cars for U.S. consumers. This changed when Fiat came along and purchased Chrysler to create Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, one Read Full Article
We’ve all heard about the two versions of the Golden Rule. The first, “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you” is taught to our children at a very early age. Most people agree that as an overall precept of how we should behave, this rule is the best. Read Full Article
Welcome to 2022! After the past couple of years, I think most people are scaling back their expectations for the coming year. We’ve been reminded that just because we think something will be the way we want, it doesn’t mean it will necessarily happen that way. Read Full Article
Just prior to our annual meeting world leaders traveled to Scotland to discuss what they felt countries should be doing to address global warming. Well, actually they were calling it climate change, but then we all realize that climates have changed since the earth was created. Read Full Article
Agriculture has been an anchor for Wyoming since its beginning. A sixth-generation rancher is not uncommon. Our Agriculture families value family, the land, the livestock, our neighbors, and the ability to grow food. Ninety-eight percent of our nations farms and ranches are family owned. That’s right 98 percent. Read Full Article
For some reason, fall has always been my favorite time of the year. For people in agriculture, it can mean cooler days but even longer days as everyone is busy trying to get the work done. The crops are being harvested, the calves rounded up and sorted off, cows preg tested and all the items on your “to-do” list that you’ve put off all summer are worked into the ever-increasing number of things on the schedule. Read Full Article
The proposal initiated by President Biden’s January Executive Order formerly known as 30 x 30 and now rebranded, Conserving and Restoring America the Beautiful, leaves too many questions unanswered. Original concerns about future utilization of federal lands by farmers and ranchers have intensified with additional concerns of infringement on private property rights. Read Full Article
As we head into September we have a message from Tim Pexton, WyFB membership chairman, encouraging people to stay members of their county Farm Bureau Federation. The work Farm Bureau does on a local, state, and national level are important to all of us. Farmers and ranchers work hard to produce food for everyone in this nation. This task can be difficult when you consider things that impact agriculture, like the weather, that are out of our control. Other items such as state, national, and international policies can have a major impact but with everyone banding together to amplify our Read Full Article
We’ve all been told to read the fine print, which most of us probably don’t do (especially when it relates to computer programs). However, if we’re going to be spending a large sum of money reading the fine print is important. Also important is knowing that your interpretation of words may not be the same as the other person’s interpretation. That’s why we end up using attorneys for issues because courts are in the business of interpreting the meaning of words and attorneys are in the business of interpreting what the court has said. In everyday life we rely on Read Full Article
I doubt that Bill Gates or Colorado Governor Jared Polis reads this column but if they did I would like to provide a few facts that might help them understand why their anti-meat campaign will do little to solve the problem they are accusing meat of causing. The reason is simple. They are blaming meat for a problem (greenhouse gas) it does not cause. Read Full Article
