Friday, November 22, 2024

Before September becomes a blur of harvest dust, election mud and campaign slurs, it's time to catch up on some of the characters who have waltzed through this space.

It happened again the other evening, just as it happens every year after the USDA farmer-rattling August Crop Production Report.

Columnist Alan Guebert says the markets need to take August off.

The sale of Omaha's Farm Credit Services of America to Dutch lending giant Rabobank, formally announced July 30, continues to rock American ag lenders.

Columnist Alan Guebert tries to figure out what it's all about.

It used to be known as the "people's department," but the USDA has been hijacked, writes columnist Alan Guebert this week.

Columnist Alan Guebert says like Eric Clapton, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick is a god

Columnist Alan Guebert tries to figure out what a 'Bubba' is and if it will matter in the election.

Columnist Alan Guebert watches the Bush administration renege on soil and water programs from the 2002 farm bill.

Columnist Alan Guebert asks, "What would you call a hugely successful USDA program whose biggest threat is the USDA?"