Farm & Food File
A syndicated column by Alan Guebert
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Triple Crisis Blog praises Alan for his recent column on corporate interest in ag
Posted on April 30, 2012
“Journalist Alan Guebert, in a recent syndicated column, explains how this reform effort, like so many others in the last two years, has been largely gutted in a polarized Washington awash in lobbying money.”
Progressive Farmer reporter nominates Alan to testify at Farm Bill hearing
Posted on February 25, 2012
Commentary in Journal-Courier, Jacksonville, Illinois
Posted on February 15, 2012
“Alan Guebert’s column in Monday’s Journal-Courier correctly notes that the problem of the Keystone XL pipeline route through Nebraska was largely solved by that state’s legislature.”
University of Illinois College of Agriculture, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences (ACES) alumni profile
Posted on November 30, 2011
“[Guebert] believes he has excelled as a stay-at-home columnist due to his love of reading as well as his self-discipline. ‘I have worked for myself for more than 25 years. That wouldn’t be remotely possible if I weren’t disciplined to go to my office every day, never fail, and work, work, work,’ he said.”
Chris Steinbach, Editor of The Muscatine Journal, praises Alan Guebert’s assessment
Posted on November 25, 2011
Chris Steinbach, Editor of The Muscatine Journal, praises Alan Guebert’s assessment of our current political landscape while encouraging readers to cast their ballots on Election Day.
“In a column today on page 1C, syndicated columnist Alan Guebert says we have the government we deserve. ‘We handed off our responsibilities for neighbors, communities and the nation to a class of […]
Beef Checkoff CEO Resigns
Posted on July 30, 2011
“Recent documents from the Cattlemen’s Beef Board and the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association reveal a wide-ranging rift over possible reforms and changes to the checkoff. Columnist Alan Guebert highlighted those problems last month, and posted related documents on his website.”
Organic Farmers Don’t Follow ‘Get Big’ Mantra
Posted on June 30, 2011
“On the same page of The Pantagraph, Alan Guebert refutes this claim in his column, “First of all, we need to feed ourselves.”
A Farm Columnist Highlights Our Growing Debt
Posted on May 30, 2011
“What Alan Guebert highlighted is that there are no plans to cut the national debt. What we’re really writing about are mere attempts to slow the rocket of national debt now blasting skyward to the moon and beyond.”
Ag Columnist Alan Guebert Receives SDFU Farm & Ranch News Award
Posted on February 28, 2011
“Freelance agriculture columnist Alan Guebert was awarded the Farm & Ranch News Award from the South Dakota Farmers Union on Friday, February 11, during the organization’s 96th annual state convention held in Aberdeen, S.D. Each year South Dakota Farmers Union gives the Farm & Ranch News Award to a member of the media who tells […]
Lincoln Journal Star editorial “Better food labels needed”
Posted on February 15, 2011
“As agriculture columnist Alan Guebert asserted in a Jan. 30 column, the labels designed by leading food companies, including ConAgra of Omaha, are more of a marketing scheme than a traditional food label. The food company’s “Nutrition Keys” are a fairly obvious attempt to co-opt and derail the FDA proposal for mandatory guidelines.”
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Int’l Trade Comm numbers @SenJoniErnst, say it’s tiny: $2.2B boost in ag exports while ag imports up $3.1B (over 15 yrs!) In fact, new NAFTA ag sales won’t cover export sales lost to Trump tariffs & aren’t 1/10 tariff subsidies farmers will get. Both are, in a word, HUGE. https://t.co/s5NQhAPH5U
And that’s with China in a.) the middle of an economic slowdown and b.) buying every Brazilian soybean it can find. Yeah, wow. https://t.co/fZk1r7SDMC
The realities of rural vs. puffy political chatter. Spot on. https://t.co/CnriZY3QhG
Politico explains it as *legislation to give USDA authority over agricultural guest workers and eliminate minimum wages for those farm workers set by the Labor Department each year.* If so, all farm wages would go down. You forgot to mention that, SecSonny. https://t.co/IGSvk6Dh1l
It’s worse than that, @TimothyAWise: the author is decades-long former DC lobbyist for AmFarmBureau, a bona fide member of Big Ag’s *permanent govt.* This is why US farm policy rarely changes: its peddlers rarely change. https://t.co/nowc27rJpe