China remains biggest export market, biggest troublemaker
Alan Guebert explains how many American farmers are working for China in a sense, and digs into the politics that got them there.
Increase in benefits not what it seems
A 25% increase in SNAP benefits sounds like an absolute windfall until you do the math. Alan Guebert explains.
We’re in desperate need of less costly food systems
Alan Guebert reviews a recently published study and concludes what we need are less costly, more environmentally-sound regional and local food systems.
The sustainable solution to climate change
Alan Guebert considers the findings of a recently published paper that suggests renewable energy sources may not be the answer to reversing climate change.
The real costs of the ‘industrial mind’
Alan Guebert believes the problem with the industrial mind in agriculture is that it floats along on a rising sea of taxpayer money and unaccounted costs.
Leveling the playing field in the agriculture industry
Alan Guebert explains what needs to be done to level the playing field in the agriculture industry in terms of crops, chemicals, seeds and meat.
Riding the metal wave left by my iron-bending Uncle Honey
Alan Guebert returned to the fields of his youth with a metal detector more advanced than the one he used 40 years ago. Find out what he uncovered.
How did Sonny Perdue buy a soybean processing plant for $250,000?
Alan Guebert digs into the sale of an aging soybean processing plant in Estill, South Carolina, to former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue.
The politics of being ag apolitical
Alan Guebert digs into the widely held belief that if you want to get ahead in farm group politics, you can't be political.
Here’s what the numbers say about systemic discrimination in the USDA
Alan Guebert digs into how the USDA sent almost $24 billion to farmers over two years, but socially disadvantaged farmers received next to nothing.
