How much will reduced Russian wheat exports impact the market?
There will be a shortfall in Russian wheat export sales due to the war in Ukraine. Alan Guebert explains how much this will impact global supply.
Numbers tell the story of agriculture
Farmers and ranchers live in an ocean of numbers. And like the tide, the numbers - pigs-per-litter, gain-per-pound, bushels-per-acre, dollars-per-bushel - can't be held back; they keep coming and keep adding to our nation's food story.
Dead cow walking: USDA questioned
Columnist Alan Guebert explains the reasons for more USDA mad cow testing.
USDA head blatantly campaigning
Officially, the 2004 presidential election kicked off Labor Day. Unofficially, the Bush re-election effort at the U.
U.S. farm groups say ‘no more’ in WTO
When the Senate confirmed Susan C. Schwab as the Bush Administration's Trade Representative June 8 - the second trade rep in just 13 months - it did so by voice vote, an uncommon occurrence for the usually-on-the-record body.
The circus comes to town
As has been noted here before, most journalists get into the writing game because they cannot do math. I don't mean the hard stuff...
Dollars flow, favors sure to follow
A decade ago, the most dangerous place to be in Washington was between then-Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich and a television camera.
We’ve met the reductionists and they are us
Why do we listen to politicians who yell “Red!” or “Blue!” when we know the answers are not black and white? Because we’ve met the reductionists and they are us.
The pile-ups start to pile up
Evidence continues to pile up that today's political and grain market pile-ups will be bigger and messier than first thought.
