Tag: politics
Tea leaves are for tea, hard data is for hard choices
Volatile trade policies, slowing growth and a 79% drop in corn exports to China are sinking commodity prices — and economists see more cooling ahead.
Big business vs. family farms
A new farm bill loophole favors legal entities over family farms, enabling massive payouts, while cutting food aid and burdening low-income households.
Rollins’ flash of ‘absurdity’ does not solve ag’s problems
According to Alan Guebert, automation won’t fix ag labor. America’s farms run on skilled, undocumented workers — and reform means recognizing their value.
Sometimes you need to put lipstick on a pig — or...
Alan Guebert weighs in on the failures of current agriculture policies in the United States.
‘Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil’
Alan Guebert considers a 1956 quote by Dwight D. Eisenhower, and the recently-released 2026 U.S. Department of Agriculture budget plan.
When MAGA and MAHA meet, an aha moment it is not
Alan Guebert considers how the U.S. House of Representatives-passed bill, favored by GOP leaders and the Trump White House, will affect agriculture.
Taxpayers and farmers caught in ‘government payment trap’
Alan Guebert considers the Congress' struggle to write an updated Farm Bill, and the issues its causing farmers and taxpayers in general.
On the subject of a balanced budget, I repeat myself
Alan Guebert provides a look inside the Department of Government Efficiency's funding cuts to calculate how much it cut back from federal spending.
If you want change, then you are in the right place
If you are one of the millions of Americans who pollsters say “voted for change” last November, boy, are you getting it now, according to Alan Guebert.
‘More spectacular’ failure ahead
Alan Guebert considers the word “woodenheadedness," and its applications in the current political climate in the United States.
