President Biden announced the American Families Plan, which is designed to, as defined by the Biden Administration, grow the middle class and expand benefits of economic growth to all Americans. Although some of the benefits proposed by the plan may seem admirable, paying for the free education, child tax credits, and expanded welfare programs is a chore, and focusing on tax evaders is built into the proposal. Simply put, the American Families Plan calls for banks and other f

The cattle industry welcomed the birth of a new black swan this mid-September. The flock grew as the JBS beef plant in Grand Island, NE caught fire near the rending side of the plant during the late hours of September 12, 2021. Fire crews battled the blaze into the following day. No injuries were reported, but the operating shifts for September 13th were canceled as the plant operations came to a halt. Days later, the Nebraska Fire Marshall ruled the cause of the fire a heate

U.S. Senators John Thune, R-S.D., a longtime member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, Jon Tester, D-Mont., Mike Rounds, R-S.D., and Cory Booker, D-N.J., introduced the American Beef Labeling Act, legislation that would reinstate mandatory country of origin labeling (MCOOL) for beef. This legislation would require the U.S. Trade Representative, in consultation with the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, to develop a World Trade Organization-compliant means of reinstating MCOOL