Farm & Food File
A syndicated column by Alan Guebert
News Mentions
Alan Profiled in University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences Website
Posted on December 16, 2013
Alan Guebert said he doesn’t think of his work as a job because a job sounds like something you have to do. He works because he wants to.
“I often describe myself as a nationally syndicated columnist who writes weekly on farm and food policy and politics for more than 70 newspapers in the United States […]
Alan receives praise for his keynote address at Wisconsin Farmers Union Annual Convention
Posted on September 30, 2013
“A featured guest at the convention banquet was Alan Guebert, whose weekly column, The Farm and Food File, appears in over 70 newspapers. And I like this guy. He told the conventioneers to resist the current fad of being called “producers” and embrace the title of “farmers.” Farmers will gather increasing respect, he argued, if […]
Alan begins bi-weekly column for Daily Yonder
Posted on February 6, 2013
In addition to his weekly syndicated column Farm and Food File, Alan begins a bi-weekly column for the online publication Daily Yonder.
From Environmental Working Group’s Policy Plate blog
Posted on May 30, 2012
Alan Guebert, Farm and Food File columnist, quotes The Atlantic in his take on crop insurance: “From 2000 to 2010, ‘taxpayers contributed more than $42 billion’ to the 15 private companies’ that administer the program…”
From Environmental Working Group’s Policy Plate blog
Posted on May 25, 2012
“Farm and Food File columnist Alan Guebert gets right to the point with concerns about crop insurance in the farm bill. An excerpt: The Senate’s Farm Bill is like trading sugar water for Kool-Aid. It’s a sweet deal for farmers, but it’s just more empty spending by Congress.”
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 […]
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Honest question: What does keeping the seat Dem do for Iowa agriculture, its farmers, and environment? Honest answer: Same thing the Dem Sec. of Ag from Iowa has done last two years-more ethanol, more dirty water, & more Big Ag. https://t.co/rwouHWCQiq
@daswenson @RiverRaccoon, can carbon be sequestered in corn-soy commodity system in drained/tiled fields? If not, doesn’t this one fact alone take most of Iowa and IL crop farmers out of the carbon game (yes, game) before it begins?
Cuts in Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid benefits would have far greater impact on rural America than cuts to farm program payments. https://t.co/lc6SN65Jbn