Never ending elections, Farm Bill fights and ‘emergency relief’
Alan Guebert offer insight into the pending Farm Bill and emergency relief aid as the political tides turn.
‘New U.S.-China Trade War Could Cost Farmers Billions’
Alan Guebert digs into the facts behind the headline "New U.S.-China Trade War Could Cost Farmers Billions."
Big Mac bites Big Meat over alleged ‘artificially higher prices’
Alan Guebert shares his insights. on McDonald’s decision to sue the big four meatpackers — JBS, Tyson Foods, Cargill and National Beef Packing.
Crypto is buying Congress and understaffed CFTC ‘oversight’
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the government watchdog overseeing the world’s largest agricultural and financial futures contracts, is being courted by the cryptocurrency industry
Massive Nebraska feedlot ‘just the opposite of what we need’
Alan Guebert shares his thoughts on an under-construction feedlot in southwestern Nebraska that will cover a square mile and house 150,000 cattle.
A tough 2024 gets tougher
This year’s estimated 15.2 billion bushel corn crop will generate an estimated $11.4 billion less in gross farm income. That’s a hard hit to the wallet.
‘Come now, let us reason together’
Alan Guebert surmises "Congress is broken and only good will and reasonable people will fix it," detailing leaders who influenced past Farm Bills.
Merger of grain giants betrays prairie origins, troubles industry
Alan Guebert reflects on the European Commission's decision to allow the merger between two of the world’s largest grain merchandisers, Bunge and Viterra.
Ag exports continue to slide
According to the USDA’s Aug. 27 Outlook for U.S. Agricultural Trade, America’s ag trade deficit continues to head in the wrong direction with gusto.
Bird flu in cows, poultry continues to fly high
Alan Guebert details the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza from poultry and dairy cattle to farm workers and considers the government's response.
