Reagan planted today’s ag seeds
Columnist Alan Guebert says some of the more progressive farm programs of the last 25 years came into being under Ronald Reagan.
The men and hayfields of my youth’
Columnist Alan Guebert reflects on a rare and valuable commodity - the men of the hayfields of his youth.
It’s a long, hot summer already
Columnist Alan Guebert says political events suggest temperatures in farm country will be rising.
Cargill says thank you to Brazilians
Columnist Alan Guebert says Cargill has every economic and legal right to move ahead with its Brazilian ethanol import plan
Cotton ruling goes beyond the South
Columnist Alan Guebert says Brazil "kicked major U.S. farm trade butt" when it declared some American cotton subsidies as illegal.
Justice is blind: Pickett jury wrong
U.S. District Judge Lyle Strom turned into a one-man jury with the latest action in the Pickett vs. Tyson case, says columnist Alan Guebert.
Checkoff boosters’ facts are weak
Columnist Alan Guebert comments on the USDA's lenthgy, costly and failing devense of commodity checkoffs.
Indian scientist proves ‘good’ GM seeds have place in developing nations
Alan Guebert's final column in a series on developing world agriculture and its impact on U.S. farmers.
Don’t count on U.S. ag exports to developing nations just yet
The second in a series from columnist Alan Guebert on developing world agriculture and its impact on U.S. farmers.
India: On the road with developing ag
Columnist Alan Guebert tells the story of Gitaben Senma, 38-year-old mother of four who earns $1 a day.