News
Tariffs take center stage at 1st District GOP primary debate
The debate began with a question on how candidates would respond to farmers who say tariffs are hurting their businesses.
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Budd urges US Dept of Labor to end Biden-era agriculture regulations
Budd leads effort to roll back regulations that increase costs for farmers.
News
House mandates labeling requirements for lab-grown meat
The North Carolina House of Representatives passed legislation on Tuesday requiring clear labeling of lab-grown meat, a growing industry in North Carolina with the largest cultivated meat production facility in the world setting up shop just one hour east of Raleigh. Cell-cultivated meat is grown from animal cells in a lab. The cells are harvested once...
News
REPORT: New Biden FDA rules would hurt NC farmers, consumers
Two new regulatory changes are being considered by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) — banning menthol cigarettes and mandating Very Low Nicotine (VLN) products — could drastically change the market for combustible tobacco products in North Carolina and around the country. According to a study commissioned by the John Locke Foundation, Regulatory Smoke: The...
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Rising prices of fertilizer and diesel affecting farmers
Farmers across the country, including North Carolina, are “taking it on the chin” when it comes to diesel and fertilizer prices, which have risen to unprecedented levels. The U.S. is dependent on and a major importer of foreign fertilizer. Factors driving costs up include Russia’s war with Ukraine, a limited supply of the relevant minerals...
Opinion
U.S. consumers: Corn-fed or force-fed?
This Free Market Minute is a carryover from the previous FMM, which discussed some of the issues surrounding a federal energy policy to increase the use and production of ethanol for fuel. Key ideas, missing in energy policies such as the new ethanol proposal, are that authentic market information as well as incentives matter in creating economic opportunity, wealth and prosperity throughout a nation. It's part of the mystery of capital and capitalism.
