Organic farm rules must be reviewed
Alan Guebert dissects the fight over clear, national and enforceable organic standards.
More greenhouse gas comes from rural leaders than rural America
Alan Guebert reflects on the Biden administration's most recent ideas to combat climate change.
Managing climate risk is good business and good for the future
How do you factor the unknown damage climate change will have on agriculture into loans? Alan Guebert weighs in the new challenge facing lenders.
Boys of summer captured boy’s heart forever
The 1964 World Series was baseball at its best. Alan Guebert recalls every move the St. Louis Cardinals made leading up to the first of many championships.
Global meatpackers filet US taxpayers again and again
JBS USA spent the last six months getting out of trouble with customers and the U.S. government. Alan Guebert weighs in on the latest meat-packing scandal.
‘Price-fixing’ settlements need big fix
Archer Daniels Midland last month agreed to pay farmers $45 million to settle. Alan Guebert weighs on this case and the bigger issue with these settlements.
AltEn: The mess gets even messier
Alan Guebert weighs in on the allegations against AltEn, an ethanol maker near Mead, Nebraska, and the alleged environmental mess of its biofuels plant.
The odds on Prospective Plantings
One of the biggest make-or-break days of the year for the ag markets looms: On March 31, the USDA will issue its Prospective Plantings report.
Midwestern farming must adapt to reduce topsoil loss
Alan Guebert weighs in on a University of Massachusetts study that revealed 24-46% of topsoil has been lost on intensely-farmed Midwestern land.
Growers, rural grocers should be allies
Alan Guebert details why Rural America needs more locally-owned grocery stores selling more locally-grown food to more local friends and neighbors.
