Technology wave started years ago
About the time I broke the cotton shackles of my mother's apron strings for the glorious freedom of my father's farm fields, a technology wave hit the southern Illinois farm of my youth.
Farm and Food File: Will changing the milk system help?
It's simply isn't true that only nine people in America understand the nation's arcane federal milk price formula. Only four people understand it.
Climate change or weather extreme?
The USDA would like some staff members to refer to "climate change" as "weather extremes" and "climate change adaption" as "resilience to weather extremes."
The sustainable solution to climate change
Alan Guebert considers the findings of a recently published paper that suggests renewable energy sources may not be the answer to reversing climate change.
America’s love/hate relationship with our biggest trading partner
Alan Guebert discusses the current economic woes of China and how this may play a part in U.S. and China relations for 2024.
It’s time to restock the national pantry
More than most months, September delivers farmers key numbers - yield per acre, weaning weight, price per pound or bushel - they will live with for the coming months.
Average Crop Revenue Election awaits
On Jan. 8, 2008, an investment banker at Goldman Sachs predicted crude oil prices would top $200 a barrel by summer, then slip lower...
Unfortunately, I’m not a carpenter
Some serious outdoor carpentry this fall quickly proved, again, the enormous amount of woodworking skills I did not acquire on the southern Illinois dairy...
The future of food and farming will look a lot like our past
To look ahead, we also need to look behind, at where we've been.
We should talk, we need answers
Where will CRISPR take us? Answers to this question and others shouldn't solely come from government regulators like USDA, according to columnist Alan Guebert.
