Tag: politics
Brexit, Boris and boxing in farmers
Alan Guebert weighs in on the impact Brexit has had on farmers and the UK economy.
Changes to SNAP defy logic
Alan Guebert offers insight into the proposed rule changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program that will remove around 3.7 million recipients.
We’re not crazy, the times are
According to Alan Guebert, crazy seems to be exactly how business is done in American agriculture today.
It’s going to be a long winter
Alan Guebert talks politics as yet another government shutdown looms a week before Thanksgiving.
Partisanship, piffle and prattle
Alan Guebert offers insight on how groups fund research to confuse, mislead and redirect farmers, ranchers and naive policymakers away from solutions.
Down the primrose path
A long harvest and bitter winter loom, as President Donald Trump threatens even tougher trade sanctions on key U.S. food buyers beginning Sept. 1.
Should we let sleeping dogs lie?
Alan Guebert shares his thoughts on the proposed SNAP cuts that could drop 500,000 children from the free school lunch program amid farmers' aid payments.
Can’t escape echoes of Kenyan election politics
Editor-in-chief Rebecca Miller reflects on past trips to Kenya and how politics are handled there, pondering whether there's a parallel to U.S. politics.
It’s going to be a long, hot summer…
Alan Guebert digs into recent the recent actions of President Donald Trump and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue.
Undoing Nixon’s environmental legacy
Donald Trump has done his best to undo Nixon's environmental legacy. He has reversed or begun to roll back more than 80 environmental rules and regulations.
