Gilles Stockton

The Following Essays, Op/Eds, and letters preceeded and informed the writing of: "Feeding a Divided America - Reflections of a Western Rancher in the Era of Climate Change."

Political Comments
2.1 Why Democrats are Losers. Not published, 2015.
2.2 Letter to Editor- Progressive Populist, Not Published. 2018.

Market Competition

3.1 Why Can't We Do What Our Granddads Did. Published Western Agricultural Reporter, 2021
3.2 Unintended Consequences. Not published, 2020.
3.3 USDA Enables Rustlers. Published Western Agricultural Reporter. 2019.
3.4 On the Road to Contract Serfdom. Published Western Agricultural Reporter.
3.5 There is a Solution. Published Western Agricultural Reporter. 2016.

Trade
3.6 Where's the Beef? Published Western Agricultural Reporter. 2019.
3.7 Comment on the Trans Pacific Partnership. Published Western Agricultural Reporter. 2018.

3.8 Ruminations on Trade and Trade Wars. Part 1 Not Published. 2018.
3.9 Ruminations on Trade and Trade Wars. Part 2 Not Published. 2018.
3.10 Letter to Editor on NAFTA and NCBA, Published Western Agricultural Reporter. 2017.

3.11 Letter to Editor on Trade and NAFTA. Published Western Agricultural Reporter. 2017.

3.12 Non-Logic and the NCBA. Published. Western Agricultural Reporter. 2019.

3.13 Letter to Editor on Trade and China. Published Western Agricultural Reporter 2017.

3.14 Thoughts on NAFTA Renegotiations, Tax Reform, and COOL. Published Western Agricultural Reporter. 2017.

Country of Origin Labeling
3.15 A Recap to Restore COOL. Published Western Agricultural Reporter 2019.
3.16The Montana Farm Bureau Should Apologize for Opposing COOL. Published Western Agricultural Reporter. 2019.

Wildlife Controversies
4.1 Communication with Brian Kirk in ref to brucellosis. Published Western Agricultural Reporter, 2018.
4.2 The Buffalo Divide. Not Published. 2018.

Colonialization
4.3 Letter to Editor of National Geographic on American Prairie Foundation. 2020. Not published.
4.4 The Word we are Looking for is Colonialization. Published Western Agricultural Reporter. 2019.

Urban vs Rural
5.1 Stewards of our Industry. 2020. Not published.
5.2 Methane and Cows
5.3 Testimony to Mt. Legislature Administrative Committee. 2019.

Supply Chain Disruptions
5.4 Fantasy Land or Things of Intrinsic Worth. 2020. Published Western Agricultural Reporter.

5.5 Comment Letter to Secretary Vilsack. 2021. Montana Cattlemen's Association.

Pastoralism in the Horn of Africa
5.6 Sugar for the Tea: Assistance and the State of Pastoralism in the Horn of Africa, published in "Practicing Anthropology in Development Process," 2012.
5.7 We Do Not Sell the Grass: Pastoralism in Transition, Published in the Journal of the Anglo-Somali Society. 2015.

2021 Farm Policy Issues
6.1 Critique of the US Beef Supply Chain Workshop: Issues and Challenges. Published NoBull.com. 2021
6.2 The Way to Fix a Flawed Compromise is to Decouple "Negotiated" from "Spot." Published in the Western Agricultural Reporter and the Tri-State Livestock News. 2021.