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.
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?
Milk shake-up just the beginning
Dean Foods filed for bankruptcy Nov. 12, so what's next for the dairy market? Alan Guebert has some thoughts.
Reports: Millions in pandemic spending wasted on USDA programs
Two reports released in October revealed tens of millions in pandemic spending were wasted on programs run by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Never heard of CRISPR? You will
Few sectors of the global economy are more hooked on gene modification technology than agriculture.
Fifth Avenue cowboys are running our beef industry
The owner of the largest cattle feedlot operation isn't a rancher, feedlot operator or meatpacker. It's "a private ... alternative asset management firm."
Pork is the other red meat
A lean hog is not a fat chicken but the marketing geniuses hired by the National Pork Board sure sold a lotta’ hams, bacons...
Crude oil’s price collapse hits ethanol market hard
Alan Guebert predicts the bloodletting oil war's shock waves will pound the U.S. ethanol market throughout the spring and summer.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend
Farm groups have joined voices to call on the USDA, Congress and the Department of Justice to ensure a more financially sustainable situation for cattlemen.
Worker wages are not the cause of higher food prices
Alan Guebert investigates higher food prices. All too often the money doesn't flow to farmers, farmworkers or food processing and restaurant workers.
