Farm & Food File
A syndicated column by Alan Guebert
News Mentions
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.”
Tufts University Globalization and Sustainable Development Newsletter
Posted on January 30, 2011
“Syndicated farm belt columnist Alan Guebert interviewed Timothy A. Wise about his policy brief with Betsy Rakocy, “Hogging the Gains from Trade”. The piece was picked up by several farm-oriented publications, including the Fort Wayne Sentinel which published the piece “Level the playing field of trade? Just look out.“
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy interviews Alan Guebert
Posted on November 30, 2010
In this Radio Sustain episode, Alan and others discuss the effects of corporate influence on meat and poultry markets on U.S. farmers and ranchers, and how newly proposed U.S. Department of Agriculture legislation changes the rules of the game.
“Cattlemen’s group represents very few”
Posted on November 30, 2010
“Alan Guebert provided a clear explanation of the claims in the NCBA’s ad in his column in the Nov. 7Pantagraph: ‘Meatpackers say hallelujah with or without facts.’ The take-home conclusion for me: Don’t trust the NCBA’s claims. The ad also contains a 35-word convoluted ‘sentence’ beginning with ‘Nearly 150’ and ending in ‘actions. chose not […]
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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