Drive change before it drives you
Change is what farmers and ranchers do. We also know that it's better to drive change before change drives us, according to Alan Guebert.
Easier to gripe than find solutions
The House Ag Committee Republican chairman went full cowboy on committee Democrats after learning they would vote no on his 2018 farm bill due to SNAP cuts.
Eugene Glock will plant his 70th crop this year
Shortly after he turns 86 on April 10, Eugene Glock will begin planting his 70th corn crop on the Butler County, Nebraska, farm he operates with his son.
We’re just getting warmed up
In farm and ranch country, spring brings tough questions and choices. Both could have been softened if farm and political leaders sought compromise.
Nature will always fight to survive
Alan Guebert recounts his childhood efforts trapping muskrats and the prized mink that brought his trapping career to a screaming halt.
Big mergers should continue to concern farmers paying attention
According to Alan Guerbert, fake news experts are mixing fact with myth to influence how Big Biotech's mergers and buyouts play out in American agriculture.
2018 farm bill, just a clone of 2014
According to Alan Guebert, the 2018 farm bill is a 2014 clone. That means market trends funded under the 2014 Farm Bill will get more fuel to grow.
We need food aid and healthcare
Trump's new budget proposes big cuts in the USDA’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Medicaid.
Trump’s “America Alone” trade strategy
Trump’s trade strategy is deadly for America’s farmers and ranchers because Congress is writing a multi-year farm bill completely tied to trade.
Fifth Avenue cowboys are running our beef industry
The owner of the largest cattle feedlot operation isn't a rancher, feedlot operator or meatpacker. It's "a private ... alternative asset management firm."
