Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack complained last week of getting batted about, left and right, from one day to the next. It can be lonely at the top, so you rope-a-dope your way along trying to stay afoot. He referred to a protester Tuesday at the Ag Outlook Forum who thinks USDA is a corporate sell-out, and to banging his head against the wall Wednesday with knuckleheads on the House Agriculture Committee who can’t muster a farm bill on time.
Maybe last weeks stupid is alive in DC. But both siding it is disingenuous. Maybe breaking up the agriculture department might force change but at what cost the damages might be more desirable to some than any possible solutions. Could be as bad as the Alabama embryo thing. To fix this is not going to be just treat the symptoms hate to think we are in hospice but convincing the present winners they might get to be loosers. That and their paid advocates really would be unhappy.
To the point analysis, Art! THANKS! Industrial ag has captured Tom Vilsack.
This should be shared with Vilsack , Feenstra and all Iowa representatives.
Maybe last weeks stupid is alive in DC. But both siding it is disingenuous. Maybe breaking up the agriculture department might force change but at what cost the damages might be more desirable to some than any possible solutions. Could be as bad as the Alabama embryo thing. To fix this is not going to be just treat the symptoms hate to think we are in hospice but convincing the present winners they might get to be loosers. That and their paid advocates really would be unhappy.