Friday, May 23, 2025
ag trade

Farm and Food File columnists Alan Guebert explains how "today’s tariff war will increase, not cut as the Trump White House claims, the ag trade deficit."
farm fog

Alan Guebert shares a tale to explain the rural version of the Golden Rule: Do unto your neighbors’ farms that you’d have your neighbors to do unto yours.
elderly care

Alan Guebert explores the ways that Medcaid cuts could impact rural Americans.
ag trade

Alan Guebert draws parallels between Brexit and current United States trade policies.
corn kernels and dollar bills

Alan Guebert weighs in on President Donald Trump's recently-imposed tariffs and how they will affect tax payers.
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Cutting people from CHIP or Medicaid or putting new curbs on current coverage might save more money but it won’t save more lives — especially in rural America.
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What happens when deep spending cuts and future government budgets are based on numbers that are at least 30% out of line with reality? We’re about to find out.

Alan Guebert talks about Woody Guthrie's song "This land is your land" and how it reminds us that what we make of America is up to us.
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Alan Guebert considers the implications of President Donald Trump's recent tariffs on agricultural markets in the United States.
Trump speaking at the American Farm Bureau Federation's convention.

Alan Guebert weighs in on President Trump's connection to the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025, which he distanced himself from during the election.