With President Trump, you basically get what you voted for
Donald Trump's trade policy and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s rising crop estimates are putting pressure on farmers and ranchers.
Does this sound familiar when it comes to a new farm bill?
Alan Guebert believes Congress, the White House and most commodity groups are positioning U.S. agriculture to repeat that colossal farm bill failure.
September standoffs on the Hill
Alan Guebert reflects on Congress' slow, circular march to some legislative nowhere as September days evaporate.
Emergency payments made deep problem
Alan Guebert reflects on comments made by a pair of ag experts about the White House's announcement about its $12 billion tariff mitigation package July 24.
The ‘good cop, bad cop’ trade plan
Alan Guebert says U.S. farmers have every right to howl over the administration's "mitigation" payment schemes and its counterproductive tariff policy.
USDA agencies caught in middle
Alan Guebert says a hallmark of the Trump administration’s management of farm policy is picking fights that are as costly to win as they are to lose.
The measured steps of a steady man
Allan Guebert recalls the steady way his father lived and died.
The troubling dairy economy
Alan Guebert reflects on what lies ahead for the dairy industry.
Will the farm bill get done on time?
While the Senate and House each passed versions of the farm bill earlier this summer, neither is in a hurry to combine them before leaving Capitol Hill.
We can deal with trade standoffs
History shows that farm trade standoffs are short-term arguments that can be handled. The lasting problem is when they ignite global economic fires.
