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The next time you’re at a grocery store, let the cashier ring up the sale. Then try to bargain for a better deal. Sounds ridiculous, doesn’t it? After all, just a handful of retailers sell over half of all the groceries in the United States, and an individual shopper has very little power to negotiate. 
Imagine a judge telling U.S. Olympian Shaun White that he has to surrender his gold medal in the halfpipe because he didn’t practice his amazing 1260 Double McTwist enough times before unleashing it in Vancouver.
Almost nothing grows when snow covers the ground--except maybe the hopes of Olympic skiers and the frustrations of people who have to shovel driveways. 
If livestock producers don’t care about animals, then why do we play music to them?
The pundits are still debating the style of President Obama’s first State of the Union speech. Will it help his approval rating? Was it too long? Should he have worn a green tie with polka dots instead of a red one with stripes? 
Some disasters are natural. Others are man-made. For too long, Haiti has suffered from both--and farmers and ranchers have a role to play in providing relief. 
The other day, I went to the grocery store for beef tenderloin. Only one kind was available. A sticker on the package advertised that the meat was “antibiotic free.” It wanted to make me feel like a health-conscious consumer. In other words, it was a sales ploy.
If you don’t play FarmVille, you probably know someone who does. In just a few months, it has become the most popular game on Facebook. More than 70 million people around the world have used it to build virtual farms, according to Zynga, the company that’s behind this phenomenon.
The Beatles recorded much of the soundtrack of my life, but that doesn’t mean I want Paul McCartney to write the cookbook for my kitchen.
If you’ve tried to buy new tires recently, you may have experienced sticker shock. Did they cost more than you had expected?
Farming is a business. It's my business. Success requires sound business practices. That’s why I choose to plant GM corn and soybeans--and why I’m so appalled by a new activist-sponsored study that questions my ability to make sensible decisions for my own farm.
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