Land bulls, bears and squirrels
The neighborhood farmer grapevine, fiber optic for years now, was set abuzz two weeks ago with news that a 237-acre piece of the township...
It’s a long, hot summer already
Columnist Alan Guebert says political events suggest temperatures in farm country will be rising.
February brought butcherin’ weather
If the weather forecast for the southern Illinois farm of my youth promised three or four cold and clear days in early February, the work forecast promised three or four days of hot and heavy hog butchering.
A monopoly in the flour industry?
The deal, which joins two of the top three flour millers in the nation, marries ConAgra Mill’s 21 mills with the 20 operated by Horizon Milling, an existing joint venture between Cargill and CHS.
Ethanol has agriculture in a trap
It looks like we're heading toward another corn surplus.
Regular order and the farm bill
Regular order is, in fact, how the House and Senate ag committees are writing the 2018 farm bill.
Find new ground
Alan Guebert ponders the division that's present in the United States, considering everything from systemic racism and the pandemic to ag policy.
Russian roulette — with missiles, drones and food
Alan Guebert weighs in on Russia's continued war in Ukraine and the threat it poses to global commodity markets.
Take it from Uncle Honey, take a nap once and a while
One part of every day on the southern Illinois dairy farm of my youth was inviolate: the noon nap; nearly everyone took one.We didn't...
Springing backward, like the economy
That lion-in/lamb-out thing about March didn’t offer much lamb this year, but it did deliver several platters of snow.
Oh, spring arrived on time; winter...
