Watching a train wreck happen
Alan Guebert scrutinizes President Trump's recent actions in working toward — or backpedaling out of — a trade agreement with China.
Perdue needs to stand up or step aside
According to Alan Guebert, Sonny Perdue needs to step away from all the White House claptrap and stand up for rural America.
I want to pay taxes like a general
Alan Guebert's ag lobbyist friend wants "to pay the same taxes the generals paid: General Mills, General Motors, General Dynamics…” Who wouldn't?
No clear trade strategy with Trump
If what we’re seeing now is the Trump trade “strategy,” export-dependent American farmers and ranchers are in serious trouble, according to Alan Guebert.
Remembering elders this Easter
This Easter will be the first that Alan Guebert will not be with or speak to his family's older generations, so he remembers the ones he spent with them.
Will the ‘real rural’ please stand up?
Of all the places you’d expect to see a fight between the hard face of ag economics and the warm heart of rural America, it wouldn't be the New York Times.
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.
Costco, Walmart want ag control
Farm leaders in rural America are closely watching two recent moves into "Big Ag" by Costco and Walmart.
Not easy making an egg out of an omelet
Alan Guebert weighs in on politics in the U.K. and at home, discussing the future of "Brexit" and international trade in the United States, respectively.
Sustainability and the future of ag
Sales of food and beverages bearing labels relating to environmental sustainability have seen increases in the last few years and the trend should continue.
