USDA still runs the most expensive manure-making program in the world
Alan Guebert considers USDA's Environmental Quality Incentive Program and how the money is typically distributed to address environmental problems.
Big business vs. family farms
A new farm bill loophole favors legal entities over family farms, enabling massive payouts, while cutting food aid and burdening low-income households.
Farm Bill politics 2024 are leaning toward Project 2025
This year, like last year, is a Farm Bill year and this year, like last year, probably won’t deliver any Farm Bill.
‘Elect me because I’ll send you more federal money than the other guy’
Alan Guebert explains that though Trump claims to have gotten more money for farmers, the numbers show that farmers are actually doing better under Biden.
Rural America’s dramatic decline
The gap between America's rural poor and non-poor, like in urban areas, continues to widen. However, that the gap is widening faster in rural America.
Farmers face backlash for comments in Washington Post
Alan Guebert reacts to the nearly 5,000 readers' comments posted online in response to sentiments from farmers included in a Washington Post article.
How green was our machinery shed
Alan Guebert recalls some of his favorite tractor and farm equipment models from his youth.
Cattle never judged me, so I never judged cattle
Alan Guebert recalls his motivation for joining the county 4-H dairy judging team, his first trip to McDonalds and how those things were seemingly linked.
Life on the Mississippi River
Alan Guebert recalls late-summer campouts on the Mississippi with his older brother David during his youth.
Land values face troubles ahead
Should farmers be pleased that land prices appear to have room to rise or that today’s rocketing land prices might be running out of fuel?
