Tea leaves are for tea, hard data is for hard choices
Volatile trade policies, slowing growth and a 79% drop in corn exports to China are sinking commodity prices — and economists see more cooling ahead.
We’re rich enough to support both our poor and our farmers
Alan Guebert breaks his golden rule not to respond to reader comments to answer a good question about SNAP and farm subsidies.
Big business vs. family farms
A new farm bill loophole favors legal entities over family farms, enabling massive payouts, while cutting food aid and burdening low-income households.
Rollins’ flash of ‘absurdity’ does not solve ag’s problems
According to Alan Guebert, automation won’t fix ag labor. America’s farms run on skilled, undocumented workers — and reform means recognizing their value.
Follow the money to the one-tenth of one percent
In 2024, the richest Americans made $1B/day—and just got tax cuts, while small farms, Medicaid, and SNAP lost out to mega-farms and billionaires.
Halfway through a thin slice of baloney
U.S. ag markets stay steady mid-2025, but rising debt, weak trade and a falling dollar raise concerns for the second half, according to Alan Guebert.
Sometimes you need to put lipstick on a pig — or an ag policy
Alan Guebert weighs in on the failures of current agriculture policies in the United States.
Erasing America’s ag trade deficit the easy way
Alan Guebert weighs in on erasing the United States' agricultural trade deficit.
The everyday often isn’t every day
Alan Guebert recalls spending time with his six grandparents, and the unique way they were celebrated in his family.
‘Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil’
Alan Guebert considers a 1956 quote by Dwight D. Eisenhower, and the recently-released 2026 U.S. Department of Agriculture budget plan.
