Senator Rod Grams (R-Minnesota) was sworn in as a member of the U.S. Senate on January 4, 1995. A champion of taxpayers and the middleclass, Grams’ priorities focus on downsizing government and making it more effective, cutting taxes, and providing a safer...
Al Christopherson is a diversified grain and livestock farmer from Pennock, Minnesota in Kandiyohi County. He operates nearly 1,800 acres on a family farm raising hogs, corn, soybeans and wheat with his wife, Diane. They have two sons, Todd and Scott. He has a...
Senator Dallas Sams Despite a robust economy elsewhere, the agricultural economy continues to take a beating. Last year, more than 1,000 Minnesota farms with annual sales over $100,000 went out of business. The loss of farms has a disastrous ripple effect on...
People: The forgotten factor in public policy By David J. Frederickson It’s time people replaced profit as the motivating factor behind public policy.It matters not if that policy is the 1996 Federal Agricultural Improvement and Reform (FAIR) Act, certain bills...
