The Mystery of the Republican Farmer
After so many decades of GOP devotion to the agenda of multinational grain and meat traders over the interests of the US and the folks back home, why do farmers still vote Republican?
Sally J. Herrin
Sally Herrin is a Nebraskan by choice, a retired educator, and an unreconstructed Democrat. She writes about agriculture, trade, and energy policy and social, economic, and environmental justice. Her essays have appeared in papers across Nebraska, the Great Plains, and the East Coast, including Prairie Fire and the Progressive Populist. In 2002, she was named a Hero of American Agriculture by the American Corn Growers Association. In September 2018, her new column, Hard Truth, will debut in the Nebraska Report.