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Kiosk for Thursday, October 31

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This is the Insurgent Radio Kiosk for Thursday, October 31st

Hightower Commentary
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Where can Trump find a Good Farm Policy?

Donald Trump’s idea of a good farm program seems to be “Hee Haw.” On a recent trip to Wisconsin, he drew guffaws from the state’s hard-hit dairy farmers by proclaiming that – thanks to his policies – the farm economy was looking good. “We’re over the hump,” he gloated.

Perhaps The Donald thought that farmers are rubes, unable to do simple math. But those dairy farmers were painfully aware that it costs them $1.90 to produce a gallon of milk, but the processing giants that control the milk market are paying them only $1.35 a gallon. That 55-cent-a-gallon loss quickly adds up to a huge loss of income, and a devastating loss of farm families – Wisconsin lost 638 dairy farms last year and another 551 so far this year.

Far from “over the hump,” farm prices have been further depressed by Trump’s tariff clash with China – US dairy sales to China fell by 54 percent in just the first half of this year. Meanwhile, monopoly power is crushing prices – an $8 billion behemoth named Dean Foods now controls 90 percent of Wisconsin’s milk market, empowering it to commit daylight robbery, blatantly stealing farmers’ product… and farms.

Yet, Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue – the one national official who’s supposed to stand up for farmers – nonchalantly kissed them off, smugly declaring it natural that the big devour the small. So, he professes, there’s nothing he can do for family operators except tell them to “go out” of agriculture.

Perdue and Trump are simply inept stewards of America’s farm economy. Time for a change. One who is offering a path to a revitalized, family-farm-based food system that’ll break the corporate stranglehold over US agriculture is Sen. Elizabeth Warren. Download a summary of her comprehensive proposal for “A New Farm Economy” at ElizabethWarren.com/Plans/New-Farm-Economy.

https://elizabethwarren.com/plans/new-farm-economy

“The devastation of farm country is biting us all on the butt,” https://hightowerlowdown.org/issue/may-2019/, May 2019.

“Wisconsin Governor Rips Sonny Perdue For Warning Small Dairy Farms Won’t Make It,” https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sonny-perdue-wisconsin-dairy-farms-tony-evers-donald-trump_n_5d96bcb7e4b0f5bf797208b4, October 4, 2019.

Hightower’s commentaries are brought to you by The Hightower Lowdown, the monthly newsletter with Hightower’s take on what Wall Street and Washington are up to. For information, visit hightowerlowdown.org.

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It’s today’s Action Calendar!

A workshop on the fundamentals of Tai Chi will be offered tomorrow, Friday, November 1st, from 10 to 11 a.m. at the Madison Senior Center, 330 West Mifflin Street. Meet instructor Rachel Sandretto and get answers to your Tai Chi questions. Phone 266-6581 for information.

The 37th annual Herb Fair will be held on Saturday, November 2nd from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Olbrich Botanical Gardens, 3330 Atwood Avenue. Sponsored by the Madison Herb Society, the theme for this year’s fair is “Wisconsin Wild and Native Herbs”. The event will feature speakers and local vendors offering products ranging from teas and baked goods to body care products and herbal gifts. Admission is free. Phone 444-0926 for information.

The YWCA Madison is dedicated to eliminating racism and empowering women. To fulfill this mission, the YWCA provides race and gender equity programming; job training and transportation; and safe, affordable housing and emergency shelter. For more information, please call the YWCA Madison at 257-1436, or visit ywcamadison.org.

The Women, Infants and Children Nutrition program offers a wide variety of services, food and nutrition information to help keep pregnant and breastfeeding women, infants and children less than five years of age healthy and strong. For details call 267-1111.

The Insurgent Radio Kiosk welcomes your commentaries on subjects of interest to the W.O.R.T. listening community. Commentaries are limited to two minutes. If you’d like to do a Kiosk commentary, visit wortfm.org/kioskcommentary.

The Kiosk is available online at wortfm.org/kiosk.

This has been the Insurgent Radio Kiosk heard weekdays at 5:00, 6:30 and 9:00 AM and at 2:00 PM. I’m Greg Geboski.

Submit announcements at least ten days in advance of the event at wortfm.org/announcements.

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