Farm and Food File: Hanging it up after 33 years
By Alan Guebert, Farm & Food File Columnist - July 22, 2026 in Column, Agriculture, Featured Reading Time: 3 minutes
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Dear County Agent Guy: Shelterbelt memories
Three springs ago, a despicable derecho ravaged our region. We eventually engaged a scrap iron guy to haul away some…
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Farm and Food File: More USDA money means less farm program reform
A word of caution: Do not get between reality and political forces in Congress when Republicans and Democrats agree to…
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Farm and Food File: When ‘crazy’ is the only answer
House Ag Committee Chairman Glenn Thompson must not be a superstitious man. If he were, he would not have introduced…
Read MoreBet on fertilizer cartel, not the disorganized DOJ or late-coming USDA
The maddening part of today’s fertilizer crush is not the steep price spikes that hit U.S. farmers immediately after the…
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