As ag swoons, Farm Credit booms
System banks more than doubled their lending, increased their share of U.S ag debt by half and rose to dominate ag lending.
How long will we wait on a new farm bill?
The 2018 farm bill has left the barn. Where it goes from here is impossible to guess.
Obamacare, rural health, and you
If Obamacare needs to be fixed, fix it. If it needs to be fully replaced, replace it. Break it though, and more than 20 million Americans will suffer.
This January wasn’t even fit to spread manure, or much else
It was the first January in memory that delivered more rainfall than sleet, ice and snow combined.
What’s NCBA hiding in the checkoff closet?
If it's nothing, you should know. If it's something, that's an even greater reason for you to know. NCBA knows. You don't. Why?
2017: Hard numbers and hard politics
Columnist Alan Guebert breaks down commodity projections for 2017.
Testing nerves is part of good commentary and column writing
Many have questioned why newspapers continue to run his columns. Alan Guebert weighs in on the subject.
By the numbers: what’s next for the U.S. livestock market
Livestock market analysts are hard-pressed to explain the quick, post-election move upward, but suspect the rallies can't last.
American ag exports aren’t ‘rotten’
Farmers and ranchers, who pollsters say voted overwhelmingly for Trump, remain wary, because 20 percent of all U.S. farm production is sold overseas.
Here we are: Mexico won’t pay for wall and Hillary won’t be in prison
Even before he’s inaugurated though, Donald Trump will play a role in negotiating the not-yet-passed 2017 federal budget.
