You’re fired! Trump’s deportation plan would gut US ag labor force
Alan Guebert delves into Donald Trump's deportation plan and explains potential hiccups for the U.S. labor force, particularly in regards to agriculture.
Everywhere else it’s called kleptocracy
Alan Guebert breaks down agricultural lobbyists contributions to 2024 political campaigns.
The deep dark dirty secrets of gun closets across America
Much like today’s ever-present gun violence is just a fact, and the easy access to too many cheap, deadly weapons designed and manufactured only to harm people is a fact.
Your local USDA office may soon be your local federal courthouse
Alan Guebert considers what the the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 28 ruling to overturn the Chevron deference means for the agriculture industry.
Farm Bill politics 2024 are leaning toward Project 2025
This year, like last year, is a Farm Bill year and this year, like last year, probably won’t deliver any Farm Bill.
The Fourth of July that saved the fate of the nation
Alan Guebert details Abraham Lincoln's first Fourth of July as president in 1861, and the actions that ensured freedom and equality for all in the U.S.
Mexico’s election delivers new leader to tackle old problems
Alan Guebert considers how the election of Claudia Sheinbaum as Mexico's new president might affect U.S. agriculture.
With a little hocus pocus, taxpayers pay for more crop insurance
Alan Guebert thinks federal crop insurance is beginning to look like federal dairy policy: arcane, costly and incomprehensible to all but the subsidized few.
‘Overalls, two shoes and a belt’
Alan Guebert recalls the humble attire of his youth for both his family and the workers around the Illinois dairy farm of his youth.
Words matter … until they don’t
Alan Guebert dissects the practice of calling food products less-than-truthful names in hopes that less-informed eaters buy the sizzle rather than the fact.
