Discussed a lot of things with Wisconsin Farmers Union president and organic dairy farmer, Darin Von Ruden on La Crosse Talk PM. The conversation ranged from the fight in Congress to get a farm bill passed, which should have been done last weekend, to how much money goes to the farmer when we buy products off the store shelves.
The farm bill talk ranged from milk pricing going back to 1937 — can you say $10 gallons of milk — to having a freshman member of the US House in Derrick Van Orden on the ag committee, and where the priorities in Congress lie — as the House Speaker was just ousted.
We also hit on the monopolization of parts of the farming industry and the incentives to using land for farming vs. solar.
