Monday, October 2, 2023
Farm and Food File

Farm and Food File

newspaper

Alan Guebert reacts to the nearly 5,000 readers' comments posted online in response to sentiments from farmers included in a Washington Post article.
john deere logo on tractor

Alan Guebert recalls some of his favorite tractor and farm equipment models from his youth.
Mississippi River

Alan Guebert recalls late-summer campouts on the Mississippi with his older brother David during his youth.
aerial farmland

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?
aerial farmland

Alan Guebert breaks down who's invested in the United States' foreign-owned agricultural land and how it's used.
Dean Foods products

Dean Foods filed for bankruptcy Nov. 12, so what's next for the dairy market? Alan Guebert has some thoughts.
cattle feedlot

The owner of the largest cattle feedlot operation isn't a rancher, feedlot operator or meatpacker. It's "a private ... alternative asset management firm."
sonny perdue loads box

Two reports released in October revealed tens of millions in pandemic spending were wasted on programs run by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
DNA

Few sectors of the global economy are more hooked on gene modification technology than agriculture.

A sudden surge of spring-like warmth put a hint of green in my backyard just in time for St. Patrick's Day. Whether the lovely...