Stop crowing about success of New Zealand

As sure as the rooster crows every morning, someone will crow every Farm Bill year on how New Zealand's 1984 elimination of government farm programs has brought a never-ending dawn to Kiwi farmers.

This year's rooster is Dean Kleckner, former president of the American Farm Bureau Federation and current chairman of Truth About Trade and Technology, an Iowa-based agbiz and trade booster club.