Looking into next year’s trough
Corn and soybean farmers should begin to focus on what a return to “average” could bring after three years of government payments and wild market swings.
Are robots the farmers of tomorrow?
Wall Street is betting that tomorrow’s biggest, most autonomous farm equipment manufacturer will be Deere & Co, featuring driverless John Deere tractors.
Friday nights meant fun and freedom
Alan Guebert recalls the Friday nights of his youth spent in town with his family, and later his brothers during his teenage years.
Profit pressures hamper the use of conservation practices in farming
The American food system's focus on the bottom line restricts farmers' opportunities to implement science-backed conservation practices on their farms.
Death taxes: Only for the 1 percenters
Alan Guebert explains why neither today’s tax laws nor the proposed American Family Plan creates a “death tax” crisis in any state or the U.S.
The old economics of new agriculture: Drive or be driven
Alan Guebert explains the data that suggests American ag policy needs to make strategic changes to meet new challenges faced by U.S. farmers and ranchers.
Four books that reach for the heart
Alan Guebert shares four books that tell a story for the record, for our understanding and even for our souls.
Conservation Reserve Program needs a boost
Alan Guebert explains why the U.S. Department of Agriculture's biggest environmental program, the Conservation Reserve Program, is at a crossroads.
Ethanol’s future is running out of gas
The ethanol market is in trouble. Alan Guebert digs into the markets, politics and science behind the decline of ethanol use.
China remains biggest export market, biggest troublemaker
Alan Guebert explains how many American farmers are working for China in a sense, and digs into the politics that got them there.
