How much food assistance is too much?
Alan Guebert delves into Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds' and Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen's decision to reject millions of dollars in aid to help feed children in need.
Doubling down on death, taxes and crop insurance
Alan Guebert discusses the Government Accountability Office's federal crop insurance program and suggests a much needed reform.
Do-little House tees up more do-littleness for 2024
Alan Guebert discusses the bleak year experienced by House Republicans in 2023, highlighting Kevin McCarthy's rise and fall, and offers a look into 2024.
COP28: The world’s biggest green mirage
Alan Guebert weighs in on the COP28, digging into how effective and how costly it is.
Soybeans’ big players looking to a bruising year ahead
The biggest players in the global soybean market — the United States, Brazil, and China — are positioning themselves for a big 2023/24 marketing year.
The more things change, the more things change
Alan Guebert discusses two reports and how they demonstrate a need to adopt climate change policies in the agricultural industry.
A cornucopia of plenty
Alan Guebert's favorite Thanksgiving memories trace back to the Illinois farm of his youth milking his father's dairy herd with Howard.
Don’t bury just the CO2 pipelines; bury their very idea
Alan Guebert ponders what gives the better environmental and financial return — billions spent on a CO2 pipeline or investing in solar and wind generators?
Now for the really hard, chaotic part
Alan Guebert explains a GOP's proposal to reduce conservation, SNAP and rural development funding could affect the next Farm Bill.
A picture is worth a thousand words and countless memories
Alan Guebert takes a trip down memory lane to talk about his family's 1961 Ford Galaxie.
