$1.2 billion can buy ‘access’ to Congress, but not much else
What did individuals and political action committees believe they were buying when they contributed $755.1 million this election cycle to Republican and Democratic candidates for the U.S. House and $415.2 million to Republican and Democratic candidates to the U.S. Senate?
‘I decree’: Farm policy by fiat
It’s hard, messy work to make U.S. farm and food policy. But last minute, quick decision on farm policy is not the answer.
Santa, if you can’t bring a combine or a farm bill, how ’bout...
You, my friend, are one tough customer for Santa. I mean, like many, the Fat Man knows food, but he doesn't know farming.
As such,...
Partisanship, piffle and prattle
Alan Guebert offers insight on how groups fund research to confuse, mislead and redirect farmers, ranchers and naive policymakers away from solutions.
Let’s go on rural broadband
One the biggest drawbacks of living in rural America is the high cost and low quality of connectivity: antiquated dial-up Internet speeds, costly satellite...
We knew cold on our southern Ill. farm
The distant hickory trees sport golden crowns and the neighbor's white oak has begun to flash hints of scarlet when the wind rustles its...
High prices: What’s a carnivore to do?
If most Americans followed commodity prices as blindly as they follow the Kardashians, the national dinner menu might well feature bushels of cheaper-by-the-day grains and teaspoons of record-priced pork, beef, poultry and fish.
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?
‘Price-fixing’ settlements need big fix
Archer Daniels Midland last month agreed to pay farmers $45 million to settle. Alan Guebert weighs on this case and the bigger issue with these settlements.
India: On the road with developing ag
Columnist Alan Guebert tells the story of Gitaben Senma, 38-year-old mother of four who earns $1 a day.
