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Land Line: Dairy $$ Impact, Farm Bankruptcies, Seed Antitrust, Nitrates, Bat Bucks, Busting Bees, Pesticides & Cancer, Compost

By Brian DeVore (editor)

May 29, 2026

Sign Up for E-mail Delivery of The Land Line Opinion: Huge Dairy Operations Change the Fabric of Farm Country (5/28/26) Dairy farmer Duane Holker writes in the Minnesota Star Tribune that plans to build the largest dairy operation in Minnesota are a threat to producers like himself, as well as rural communities in general. Highlights:… Read More →

Category: Blog

Tags: antitrust • bats • CAFO • cancer • Central Iowa Water Works • compost • dairy crisis • farm crisis • monopolies • nitrates • nitrogen fertilizer • pesticides • Riverview Dairy • seed industry • soil health • The Lobe Rangers • wildlife habitat

Land Line: Invisible Hand, Price-Fixing, Oat Mafia, Bird Flu, Profitable Conservation, SNAP, Compost, Farm Subsidizers

By Brian DeVore (editor)

May 12, 2025

The Invisible Hand, Elasticity, and the Vanishing Farmer (5/7/25) Writing on the AGDAILY website, farmer and international consultant Ben Henson describes how the traditional building blocks of the American agricultural economy are being undermined by unprecedented consolidation in farming. Highlights: One basis of economic theory is “inelastic” versus “elastic” demand for products. Food is considered… Read More →

Category: Blog

Tags: avian flu • compost • conservation • consolidation • farm subsidies • oats • regenerative farming • rural economic development • small grains • SNAP