Tag: Family Farms

  • Beef Imports and Mark Alford’s Disgusting Snake Oil Rhetoric to Missouri’s Farm Families

    Trump’s Argentina beef import plan is a slap in the face to Missouri’s family farmers. While our ranchers are struggling through drought and tight markets, Mark Alford is busy praising Trump and pushing imported beef. Missouri needs a representative who understands rural life, not another D.C. showman from Texas.

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  • Big Pork’s Lies Are Hurting Missouri Farmers and Rural America

    Big Pork’s lobbyists are terrified — because independent farmers are fighting back. Proposition 12 isn’t killing family farms; it’s saving them from corporate monopolies that have gutted rural America for decades.

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  • China Turns Its Back on U.S. Soybeans, Leaving Missouri Farmers Struggling

    China’s retreat from U.S. soybean and beef purchases is crushing Missouri farmers. With unsold crops piling up and prices falling, family farms face real financial danger. Trump’s reckless trade war left lasting scars, and rural communities now risk losing their livelihoods.

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  • No Rubber Stamps: Real Representation for Missouri

    Mark “Awful” Alford claims he listens, but his record tells a different story—cuts to farm families, rural healthcare, and public broadcasting. I’m offering real Missouri-grown leadership, rooted in family farms and rural strength.

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  • Gov. Trump? Rep. Trump? Sen. Trump? Can one man dictate our entire government?

    Missouri deserves leaders who answer to voters, not party bosses. I’ll fight cuts that threaten rural hospitals, push back on redistricting games, protect farm families from harmful policies, and keep our state focused on equal opportunity for all.

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  • A Fair Deal for Missouri’s Family Farmers

    Ricky Dana is working on a targeted farm tax credit to protect Missouri’s family farms. The full plan is under wraps—but this post marks the moment the work began.

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  • Putting Rural Missouri First: A Plan for Missouri’s 4th District

    An overview of my plan for Missouri’s 4th District: boosting farm exports, cutting farm taxes, expanding rural healthcare, and upgrading roads and broadband to strengthen our communities.

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