Dems lost in the posturing weeds
Alan Gubert points out problems with the White House's request for $33 billion to respond to the war in Ukraine, specifically, funds meant for farmers.
Be wary of the banksters in Washington
On July 17, the U.S. Senate pulled off a Half Ginsburg by convening three Capitol Hill hearings on why the crooks and crackpots in...
Autumn leaves bring world of hope
The words "Fall Classic" meant nothing to me on the dairy farm of my youth until 1964.
That year, after 18 years of futility, the St.
A distinguished fellow gets shuffled
In the big, slow move this past summer from the big, painted house in town, my worn copy of Aldo Leopold's A Sand County Almanac went missing.
Corporations have rights, so why not let Lake Erie have the same?
Alan Guebert shares his thoughts on the Lake Erie Bill of Rights and the arguments surrounding it.
Agricultural policy was about cultural stability, not endless market growth
Alan Guebert proposes putting citizens and communities at the center of ag policy instead of markets and consumers and seeing what happens.
Limits to ethanol’s wild success exist
When biofuel promoters begin to extol the virtues of ethanol, it's sometimes difficult to determine if their excitement is powered by corn-based fuel or corn-based liquor.
Market forecast for summer: Cloudy with a chance of hardheadedness
Growing recession fears and already-high futures prices quickly pushed aside the USDA acreage report's and a grain stocks report's bullish news.
A hard change is gonna come
Alan Guebert encourages those in the ag industry to stop telling the market what we will produce and start listening to what it needs us to produce.
Brother, can you spare a dime?
One of the oldest truisms in agriculture noted that "when farmers make money, everybody in town makes money.
