Tom Vilsack's Encore Performance at USDA Can Be Good for American Farmers
Call it an encore performance: Tom Vilsack will return to the United States Department of Agriculture.
President-elect Joe Biden announced last week that Vilsa...
Daniel Kelley
Leadership Required from the US President
Joe Biden has promised to be "a president for all Americans."
This obviously includes farmers, who are often lumped together politically but in fact are a diver...
The pandemic has America's farmers on the brink. This could help us survive
What do America's farmers need? In this June 30, 2020 CNN Business piece, Global Farmer Network board member Daniel Kelley writes what producers really need...
Adaptive Agriculture During a Global Pandemic
At a time when millions of Americans are losing their jobs, many farmers are feeling blessed to have work. But that doesn't mean that the coronavirus hasn't hur...
Giving Thanks is Good for Us
This was a tough year on the farm. A wet spring delayed our planting. A wet fall suspended our harvest. We didn't finish bringing in our crops until last week, ...
Farmers Are Trusting President Trump to Deliver the Greatest Harvest Yet to Come
Heres the thingthat a lot of peoplemisunderstandaboutfarmers and President Trump: As much asfarmers like me areworried about tradewars, weve done reall...
History May Repeat Itself
President Trump wants to give $12 billion to farmers like me, to make up for the losses were suffering from Americas trade wars.
I appreciate the gesture. ...
Technology is Getting CRISPR
The future of farming just got a lot brighter.
On March 28, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced that his department wont add a new layer of...
Let's Get Trade Back on Fast Track
Nearly everybodys weighing in on the fate of our vital trade agreement with Canada and Mexico- NAFTA. However, if you think Americas most important trading pr...
The Benefits of NAFTA are in the Present
Farmers are mostly pleased with President Trumps first yearbut were also worried about what comes next.
Our general approval was on display last week, whe...
Daniel Kelley
Farmer, Illinois, USA
Daniel grows corn and soybeans in partnership with his brothers and son. Long history with agriculture cooperative systems, providing leadership to GROWMARK and CoBank.