By Gene Hall

It’s a curious coalition that always creeps out of the deep woods to oppose the farm bill, which, in one form or another has ensured U.S. supplies of food and fiber since the 1930s.

It’s sort of like an episode of The Walking Dead.  One group of zombies swoops in from the deep woods of the left, believing that attacking modern agriculture in their typical Luddite fashion will produce the environmental utopia of which they dream. 

By Glen Cope

Two things in life that often bring about the most grief are death and taxes. So when these two are combined, it makes for a cocktail of anxiety. Isn’t it enough that a family must deal with the grieving that comes from the passing of a loved one? Yet, political leaders in Washington, D.C., find it necessary to exacerbate that grief by taxing the occasion.

By Gene Hall

Slowly at first, now much more quickly, the Greatest Generation of Americans is passing from the scene. Children in the want of the Great Depression, tempered in the fires of a world war, they had the smarts to go to the moon and the guts to stop the march of tyranny dead in its tracks.

By Mike Barnett

Ho’okahi ka ‘ilau like ana.

That’s Hawaiian, y’all. It means  “Wield the paddles together.”

How fitting as we gather in Honolulu, Hawaii, for the 93rd Annual Meeting of the American Farm Bureau Federation. Farmers and ranchers from all 50 states and Puerto Rico are here to do the business of agriculture.

Ho’okahi ka ‘ilau like ana.

The ocean set the tempo of life and death for the ancient Hawaiians. Times were tough—even in this tropical paradise. When the ocean was gentle, life was good. When seas got rough, only by cooperating—wielding the paddles together—could the Hawaiians thrive. And survive.

By Ken Hodges

Having good, solid people seeking public office is more important now than ever before. Our local, state and national governments are faced with difficult decisions and limited resources to address complex issues. Texas Farm Bureau (TFB) wants to encourage and enable potential candidates to effectively communicate their message in the challenging environment of political campaigns. TFB is hosting their fourth “Campaign School” in Austin on Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 14-15, 2011.