Crazy times, even for election year
Just when you think 2020 can’t possibly get any crazier, autumn arrives with a carload of crazy in tow, and not just in the U.S., says Alan Guebert.
Big Meat Gang not slim, but kind of shady
Learn how meatpackers used lobbyists to influence policy related to staffing requirements amid COVID-19 and how the death of Tony Corbo may compound things.
We still have not learned our lesson
Alan Guebert worries that rather than learning lessons in 2020, Americans have squandered most of the year, over $4 trillion and almost 200,000 lives.
Sixty days till the farm world shakes
In 60 or so days, Election Day and its results — whoever wins — will shake the nation and world. Alan Guebert weighs in with his thoughts.
How much evidence do you need?
Alan Guebert considers zombie ideas in politics and how they've contributed to the trade negotiations that have affected the U.S. agricultural sector.
Grandma was ahead of her time
Alan Guebert's grandmother was both a woman of her times and a woman far ahead of even our times.
Silence of the lambs
Alan Guebert sheds some light on the many reasons to dislike JBS USA, the world's — and America's — largest meatpacker.
Third time might not be a charm
Alan Guebert ponders farm payments from the government and ag industries that no longer operate independently, wondering if policy changes may work better.
Twenty-four miles of bad spending
Alan Guebert shares his concerns over congress' request to raise the annual spending authority of the USDA’s Commodity Credit Corporation.
‘Herd immunity’ comes at a cost
Alan Guebert contemplates herd immunity and the reality of what it would take to develop herd immunity to COVID-19.
