Big Food continues to profit as most farmers face bleak future
The more the American meat and milk sectors industrialize, the more these key parts of American agriculture resemble industry itself.
On the road: Meandering through the Canadian Maritimes
The delicious food and lovely sights of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island are hard for columnist Alan Guebert to forget.
Vote like it’s 2018 in this election
Capitol Hill farm policy players are staking out negotiating territory in the upcoming 2018 Farm Bill fight.
Close the door before the cows get out
Agrochemical Industry mergers are likely to adversely affect competition.
It was life in the slow lane
Alan Guebert longs to go back to the farm he grew up on every September.
Burning down the barn
Continuing on today’s deadly consumptive path will deplete the world's resources in less than 500 years.
There’s no ‘future’ in futures market
Large chain producers threaten prices, dominate food industry.
We need to rebuild rural infrastructure
Today, 61 million country-living Americans are more reliant on our nation’s less reliable bridges and roads for access to their jobs, education, healthcare, and family than are their urban cousins.
Ag trade remains a huge part of farm economy
For better or worse, the U.S. farm economy is deeply tied to trade.
Ag needs less talk, more listening
If politics won't fix growing public problems -- crumbling roads, worsening schools, widening income gaps -- people will find other ways, oftentimes violent, they believe will fix them.
