Daniel Kelley

Farmers Are Trusting President Trump to Deliver the Greatest Harvest Yet to Come

Daniel KelleyJanuary 17, 2019

Here’s the thing that a lot of people misunderstand about farmers and President Trump: As much as farmers like me are worried about trade wars, we’ve done reall...

Barriers, Market Access, Other Issues1 Comment 0

History May Repeat Itself

Daniel KelleyAugust 2, 2018

President Trump wants to give $12 billion to farmers like me, to make up for the losses we’re suffering from America’s trade wars. I appreciate the gesture. ...

Barriers, Market Access, Other Issues0 Comments 0

Technology is Getting CRISPR

Daniel KelleyApril 26, 2018

The future of farming just got a lot brighter. On March 28, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced that his department won’t add a new layer of...

Agricultural Technology1 Comment 0

Let’s Get Trade Back on Fast Track

Daniel KelleyFebruary 8, 2018

Nearly everybody’s weighing in on the fate of our vital trade agreement with Canada and Mexico- NAFTA. However, if you think America’s most important trading pr...

Barriers, Market Access, Other IssuesNAFTA, Other Agreements0 Comments 3

The Benefits of NAFTA are in the Present

Daniel KelleyJanuary 18, 2018

Farmers are mostly pleased with President Trump’s first year—but we’re also worried about what comes next. Our general approval was on display last week, whe...

NAFTA, Other Agreements2 Comments 5

Peace Erupts Over Food

Daniel KelleyDecember 22, 2016

A century ago, war raged across Europe. Millions of soldiers and civilians died in the epic conflict of World War I. In the first year of the fighting, howev...

Barriers, Market Access, Other IssuesFood and Nutritional Security0 Comments 0

Honoring the One Percenters Who Grow Our Food – America’s Farmers

Daniel KelleySeptember 1, 2016

We hear a lot of sharp talk these days about “the 1%.” Its members have too much. Or they don’t contribute enough. You’ve heard the complaints from politicians ...

Agricultural Technology2 Comments 0

Nobody Wants to Hurt Honeybees

Daniel KelleyApril 15, 2015

Nobody wants to hurt honeybees. Not only are they an important part of the environment, but as pollinators, they’re also essential to agriculture. I’ve heard th...

Agricultural TechnologyCrop Protection & Disease1 Comment 0

An Illinois Farmer Adds His Voice in a Message to EPA: Ditch the Rule

Daniel KelleySeptember 11, 2014

A comedian once asked why we drive on parkways and park on driveways. Let me tell you about another semantic mystery: waterways. They aren’t always what t...

Precision Ag, Water, Soil0 Comments 0

In a World of Changing Climate, Agriculture Will Continue to Adapt with New Technologies

Daniel KelleyApril 17, 2014

A recently released report on climate change from the United Nations contains the usual warnings about the future, from melting polar caps to chronic heat waves...

Agricultural TechnologyCrop Protection & DiseaseFood and Nutritional Security0 Comments 0

Trade

Farmer’s Caught Between Unenforced Trade Agreements and Political Gamemanship

A New Day Dawning for the U.S. and “Land of the Rising Sun”

Broadband Access Vital for Rural America and the Economy

Technology

Let the Farmer Have a Voice

Live Video: The Future of Farming – October 14; 11:00 AM CST

Be Neat, Eat Meat without Guilt