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Meadowbrook Farms collapses
A sudden surge of spring-like warmth put a hint of green in my backyard just in time for St. Patrick’s Day. Whether the lovely weather lasts or if it’s just the luck of the Irish matters little because, clearly, winter is doomed. So, too, seem the hog-growing farmers of Meadowbrook Farms, the Rantoul, Ill., pork
U.S., Canada file WTO challenge to EU ag biotech ban
U.S. says moratorium imposed without scientific basis.
Do-little House tees up more do-littleness for 2024
Alan Guebert discusses the bleak year experienced by House Republicans in 2023, highlighting Kevin McCarthy’s rise and fall, and offers a look into 2024.
Global meatpackers filet US taxpayers again and again
JBS USA spent the last six months getting out of trouble with customers and the U.S. government. Alan Guebert weighs in on the latest meat-packing scandal.
Salmon and trout hanging on the edges
Mike Tontimonia recaps his recent experience fishing the Niagara region of Lake Ontario.
Rainy days had their charm
On the big southern Illinois dairy farm of my youth, a rainy June day was a treat almost as great as homemade ice cream.
Lucas likely to head Ag Committee
If the current political forecast holds, Nov. 2 will deliver House Democrats their biggest pasting since 1994. With over 60 of their seats either leaning or already lost to GOP challengers, House Dems appear headed for the political weeds. That could be especially so for Dems from corn and cattle country. Several mid-October polls show
It’s a relief hard-fought election is over
For those who are relieved this presidential election is over, I write this column. President-elect Barack Obama was born the year John F. Kennedy gave his inaugural address. In Obama’s book, The Audacity of Hope —Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream, he quotes from Kennedy’s inaugural address: “To those peoples in the huts and villages
Snorkeling provides a close view of aquatic life
As summer temperatures rise, spring-fed streams are great places to stay cool. With just a face mask, a snorkel and an old pair of sneakers, you can observe aquatic life on its own terms — under water. Snorkeling opens a whole new world to the curious naturalist. Snorkeling is usually associated with tropical locations. While
Bull and bear get piggish competition
An unwritten motto of a former employer, market adviser Professional Farmers of America, was that it’s easier to turn journalists into economists than economists into journalists.
