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Dear County Agent Guy: Voting booths, haunted houses much alike
Every patriotic American needs to vote. Failure to do so should forfeit your right to complain about the way things are going. Photo by Jerry Nelson, for The Watertown Current. We’re afflicted with oodles of scariness and creepiness at this time of year. And I’m not just talking about Halloween; Election Day is also looming i... Remember Me
Alan Guebert bids readers farewell
Journalism has many traditions. One of the oldest is adding “-30-“ after the last paragraph of a just-completed story to alert the editor of “the end.” Old-timers say it was adopted from the Western Union’s shorthand for “End of message.” Whatever its origin, -30- is a fitting send-off to my 33 years of writing the Farm and Food File.
Northbrook West/Citation Lake Stormwater Project earns highest-priority ranking from Metropolitan Water Reclamation District
By Alan Guebert Journalism has many traditions. One of the oldest is adding "-30-" after the last paragraph of a just-completed story to alert the editor of "the end." Old-timers say it was adopted from the Western Union's shorthand for "end of message." Whatever its origin, "-30-" is a fitting send-off to my 33 years of writing the Farm & Food File.
Saying goodbye to Farm and Food File: Alan Guebert’s final column
Journalism has many traditions. One of the oldest is adding “-30-” after the last paragraph of a just-completed story to alert the editor of “the end.” Old-timers say it was adopted from the Western Union’s shorthand for “End of message.” Whatever its origin, -30- is a fitting send-off to my 33 years of writing the Farm and Food File.
Guebert: Just saying so doesn’t make it so
Too many officials in the Trump administration and several farm-state Capitol Hill leaders believe that just saying something is true makes it true. For example, on June 24, the White House said it would ask Congress for another $11 billion in “temporary economic assistance” for farmers in 2026.
Guebert: End of message
Journalism has many traditions. One of the oldest is adding "-30-" after the last paragraph of a just-completed story to alert the editor of "the end." Old-timers say it was adopted from the Western Union's shorthand for "End of message." Whatever its origin, -30- is a fitting send-off to my 33 years of writing the Farm and Food File.
Guebert: It's finally time for -30-
Journalism has many traditions. One of the oldest is adding “-30-” after the last paragraph of a just-completed story to alert the editor of “the end.” Old-timers say it was adopted from the Western Union’s shorthand for “End of message.” Whatever its origin, -30- is a fitting send-off to my 33 years of writing the Farm and Food File.
Farm and Food File: A life without deadlines
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Just saying so doesn’t make it so
Too many officials in the Trump Administration and several farm state Capitol Hill leaders believe that just saying something is true makes it true. For example, on June 24, the White House said it would ask Congress for another $11 billion in “temporary economic assistance” for farmers in 2026.
Farm and Food File: Hanging it up after 33 years
Journalism has many traditions. One of the oldest is adding “-30-” after the last paragraph of a just-completed story to alert the editor of “the end.... Remember Me
New tariff bailouts balloon federal farm aid to record highs
Photo by Ian Hutchinson on Unsplash Too many officials in the Trump administration and several farm state Capitol Hill leaders believe that just saying something is true makes it true. For example, on June 24, the White House said it would ask Congress for another $11 billion in “temporary economic assistance” for farmers in 2026.
Guebert: Congress has much to do and they won’t do much
I’m old enough to remember when Congress — like most Americans —worked during the summer. Sure, the pinstriped, air-conditioned gang took a few weeks off every August, but they usually earned it by spending June and July piecing together farm bills and budgets and, during the hot summer of 1974 for instance, the impeachment of a president. Not anymore. The U.S. House calendar shows members in session only nine days between July 4 and Aug. 31.
Guebert: Just saying so doesn't make it so
Too many officials in the Trump Administration and several farm state Capitol Hill leaders believe that just saying something is true makes it true. For example, on June 24, the White House said it would ask Congress for another $11 billion in "temporary economic assistance" for farmers in 2026.
Farm & Food File: Congress has much to do and they won't do much
I’m old enough to remember when Congress — like most Americans — worked during the summer. Sure, the pinstriped, air-conditioned gang took a few weeks off every August, but they usually earned it by spending June and July piecing together Farm Bills and budgets and, during the hot summer of 1974, for instance, the impeachment of a president. Not anymore. The U.S. House calendar shows members in session only nine days between July 4 and August 31.
Congress has much to do and they won’t do much Original
I’m old enough to remember when Congress — like most Americans — worked during the summer. Sure, the pinstriped, air-conditioned gang took a few weeks off every August but they usually earned it by spending June and July piecing together Farm Bills and budgets and, during the hot summer of 1974 for instance, the impeachment of a president. Not anymore. The U.S. House calendar shows members in session only nine days between July 4 and Aug. 31.
Farm and Food File: Just saying so doesn’t make it so
Too many officials in the Trump Administration and several farm state Capitol Hill leaders believe that just saying something is true makes it true. F... Remember Me
Farm and Food File: Congress has much to do and they won't do much
I'm old enough to remember when Congress–like most Americans–worked during the summer. Sure, the pinstriped, air-condioned gang took a few weeks off every August but they usually earned it by spending June and July piecing together Farm Bills and budgets and, during the hot summer of 1974 for instance, the impeachment of a president. Not anymore. The U.S. House calendar shows members in session only nine days between July 4 and Aug. 31.
Guebert: Congress has much to do and they won't do much
I'm old enough to remember when Congress — like most Americans — worked during the summer. Sure, the pinstriped, air-condioned gang took a few weeks off every August but they usually earned it by spending June and July piecing together Farm Bills and budgets and, during the hot summer of 1974 for instance, the impeachment of a president. Not anymore. The U.S. House calendar shows members in session only nine days between July 4 and Aug. 31.
Guebert: There are no rules for little brothers
In the ongoing, years-long group text between my four brothers and sister, there was a brief exchange the Saturday before Memorial Day between me, son Paul and my next younger brother, Perry. I had forwarded Perry a message from Paul, a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy serving on a U.S.-flagged commercial tanker between Singapore and the Arabian Sea. In it, Paul related that his ship would be diverted briefly to Diego Garcia, a tiny, Indian Ocean atoll that shelters mostly boredom.
Farm & Food File: Congress has much to do and they won't do much
I’m old enough to remember when Congress — like most Americans — worked during the summer. Sure, the pinstriped, air-conditioned gang took a few weeks off every August but they usually earned it by spending June and July piecing together Farm Bills and budgets and, during the hot summer of 1974 for instance, the impeachment of a president. kAm}@E 2?J>@C6] %96 &]$] w@FD6 42=6?52C D9@HD >6>36CD :? D6DD:@? @?=J ?:?6 52JD 36EH66?
Farm and Food File: Congress has much to do and it won't do much
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Farm & Food File: There are no rules for little brothers
In the ongoing, years-long group text between my four brothers and sister, there was a brief exchange the Saturday before Memorial Day between me, my son Paul, and my next younger brother Perry. I had forwarded Perry a message from Paul, a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy serving on a U.S.-flagged commercial tanker between Singapore and the Arabian Sea. In it, Paul related that his ship would be diverted briefly to Diego Garcia, a tiny Indian Ocean atoll that shelters mostly boredom.
There are no rules for little brothers Original
In the ongoing, years-long group text between my four brothers and sister, there was a brief exchange the Saturday before Memorial Day between me, son Paul, and my next younger brother Perry. I had forwarded Perry a message from Paul, a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy serving on a U.S.-flagged commercial tanker between Singapore and the Arabian Sea. In it, Paul related that his ship would be diverted briefly to Diego Garcia, a tiny, Indian Ocean atoll that shelters mostly boredom.
Guebert: Three honest questions needing three honest answers
In yet another effort to explain the 2025 changes to the Federal Milk Marketing Orders, a mid-June headline in a widely respected farm newspaper carried this news: “Milk pricing explained: ‘New negative’ is actually a positive.” Astonishing as that reality-defying headline is, the story’s second paragraph adds to its disbelief in a train wreck of insider jargon.
Farm and Food File: Congress has much to do, and it won’t do much
I'm old enough to remember when Congress – like most Americans – worked during the summer. Sure, the pinstriped, air-conditioned gang took a few weeks... Remember Me
Farm and Food File: There are no rules for little brothers
In the ongoing, years-long group text between my four brothers and sister, there was a brief exchange the Saturday before Memorial Day between me, son Paul, and my next younger brother Perry. I had forwarded Perry a message from Paul, a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy serving on a U.S.-flagged commercial tanker between Singapore and the Arabian Sea. In it, Paul related that his ship would be diverted briefly to Diego Garcia, a tiny, Indian Ocean atoll that shelters mostly boredom.
Guebert: There are no rules for little brothers
In the ongoing, years-long group text between my four brothers and sister, there was a brief exchange the Saturday before Memorial Day between me, son Paul, and my next younger brother Perry. I had forwarded Perry a message from Paul, a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy serving on a U.S.-flagged commercial tanker between Singapore and the Arabian Sea. In it, Paul related that his ship would be diverted briefly to Diego Garcia, a tiny, Indian Ocean atoll that shelters mostly boredom.
Farm & Food File: There are no rules for little brothers
In the ongoing, years-long group text between my four brothers and sister, there was a brief exchange the Saturday before Memorial Day between me, son Paul and my next younger brother Perry. I had forwarded Perry a message from Paul, a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy serving on a U.S.-flagged commercial tanker between Singapore and the Arabian Sea. In it, Paul related that his ship would be diverted briefly to Diego Garcia, a tiny, Indian Ocean atoll that shelters mostly boredom.
Farm and Food File: Three honest questions needing three honest answers Original
In yet another effort to explain the 2025 changes to the Federal Milk Marketing Orders (FMMOs), a mid-June headline in a widely respected farm newspaper carried this news: "Milk pricing explained: 'New negative' is actually a positive." Astonishing as that reality-defying headline is, the story's second paragraph adds to its disbelief in a trainwreck of insider jargon.
Farm and Food: There are no rules for little brothers
In the ongoing, years-long group text between my four brothers and sister, there was a brief exchange the Saturday before Memorial Day between me, son Paul, and my next younger brother Perry. I had forwarded Perry a message from Paul, a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy serving on a U.S.-flagged commercial tanker between Singapore and the Arabian Sea. In it, Paul related that his ship would be diverted briefly to Diego Garcia, a tiny, Indian Ocean atoll that shelters mostly boredom.
Farm & Food File: Good luck eating that cotton sandwich
The June World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates from the U.S. Department of Agriculture contains a paradox policymakers might want to note: domestic stocks of unsold cotton continue to sit on the sluggish market while winter wheat production is now forecast to be the lowest since 1957.
Farm & Food File: Three honest questions answers needing three honest answers
In yet another effort to explain the 2025 changes to the Federal Milk Marketing Orders (FMMOs), a mid-June headline in a widely respected farm newspaper carried this news: “Milk pricing explained: ‘New negative’ is actually a positive.” Astonishing as that reality-defying headline is, the story’s second paragraph adds to its disbelief in a trainwreck of insider jargon. It reads in its entirety: kAm“(:E9:? 6249 C6DA64E:G6 u||~[ 2 =@42E:@?
Good luck with eating that cotton sandwich
The June World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates from U.S. Department of Agriculture contains a paradox policymakers might want to note: domestic stocks of unsold cotton continue to sit on the sluggish market while winter wheat production is now forecast to be the lowest since 1957.
Good luck eating that cotton sandwich Original
The June World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates from USDA contains a paradox policymakers might want to note: domestic stocks of unsold cotton continue to sit on the sluggish market while winter wheat production is now forecast to be the lowest since 1957.
Farm & Food File: Screwworms eat flesh, screw-ups cost money
Poor Joe Biden. Out of office for 17 months and he’s still the reason for every Trump Administration failure, large or small. Take the latest screw-up the U.S. Department of Agriculture now finds itself brisket-deep in: the recent discovery of multiple cases of “flesh-eating screwworm parasites” in the Southwest. Screwworm, explains Reuters, is a very big, very bad deal.
Farm and Food File: Three honest questions answers needing three honest answers
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Farm and Food File: Good luck eating that cotton sandwich Original
The June World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) from USDA contains a paradox policymakers might want to note: domestic stocks of unsold cotton continue to sit on the sluggish market while winter wheat production is now forecast to be the lowest since 1957.
Farm & Food File: Screwworms eat flesh, screwups cost money
Poor Joe Biden. Out of office for 17 months and he’s still the reason for every Trump administration failure, large or small. Take the latest screwup the U.S. Department of Agriculture now finds itself brisket-deep in: the recent discovery of multiple cases of “flesh-eating screwworm parasites” in the Southwest. Screwworm, explains Reuters, is a very big, very bad deal.
Good luck eating that cotton sandwich
The June World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) from USDA contains a paradox policymakers might want to note: domestic stocks of unsold cotton continue to sit on the sluggish market while winter wheat production is now forecast to be the lowest since 1957.
Farm & Food File: Good luck eating that cotton sandwich
The June World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates from USDA contains a paradox policymakers might want to note: Domestic stocks of unsold cotton continue to sit on the sluggish market while winter wheat production is now forecast to be the lowest since 1957.
Guebert: Big Bacon’s farm bill carve-out needs to be carved out
Farm bills are often loaded with “special interest” lard that favors, say, crop insurance companies, international grain merchandisers, meatpackers and other farm and food players looking for an unearned edge in the marketplace. Few special ag interests today slide on more lard than the nation’s highly integrated pork giants.
Screwworms eat flesh, screw-ups cost money
Poor Joe Biden. Out of office for 17 months and he’s still the reason for every Trump Administration failure, large or small. Take the latest screw-up the U.S. Department of Agriculture now finds itself brisket-deep in: the recent discovery of multiple cases of “flesh-eating screwworm parasites” in the Southwest. Screwworm, explains Reuters, is a very big, very bad deal.
Screwworms eat flesh, screw-ups cost money
An adult New World screwworm fly. (USDA photo) Poor Joe Biden. Out of office for 17 months, and he’s still the reason for every Trump administration failure, large or small. Take the latest screw-up the U.S. Department of Agriculture now finds itself brisket-deep in: the recent discovery of multiple cases of “flesh-eating screwworm parasites” in the Southwest. Screwworm, explains Reuters, is a very big, very bad deal.
Alan Guebert: Good luck eating that cotton sandwich
The June World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) from USDA contains a paradox policymakers might want to note: domestic stocks of unsold cotton continue to sit on the sluggish market while winter wheat production is now forecast to be the lowest since 1957.
Farm and Food: Good luck eating that cotton sandwich
Call us wild and crazy, but my wife and I opted to ring in the new year by spending it…
Big Bacon’s Farm Bill carve-out needs to be carved out
Farm Bills are often loaded with “special interest” lard that favors, say, crop insurance companies, international grain merchandisers, meatpackers and other farm and food players looking for an unearned edge in the marketplace. Few special ag interests today slide on more lard than the nation’s highly integrated pork giants.
Guebert: Screwworms eat flesh, screw-ups cost money
Poor Joe Biden. Out of office for 17 months and he's still the reason for every Trump Administration failure, large or small. Take the latest screw-up the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) now finds itself brisket-deep in: the recent discovery of multiple cases of "flesh-eating screwworm parasites" in the Southwest. Screwworm, explains Reuters, is a very big, very bad deal.
Screwworms eat flesh. Screw ups cost money
Poor Joe Biden. Out of office for 17 months and he’s still the reason for every Trump Administration failure, large or small. Take the latest screw-up the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) now finds itself brisket-deep in: the recent discovery of multiple cases of “flesh-eating screwworm parasites” in the Southwest. Screwworm, explains Reuters, is a very big, very bad deal.
Farm & Food File: Screwworms eat flesh, screw-ups cost money
Poor Joe Biden. Out of office for 17 months and he’s still the reason for every Trump administration failure, large or small. Take the latest screw-up the U.S. Department of Agriculture now finds itself brisket-deep in: The recent discovery of multiple cases of “flesh-eating screwworm parasites” in the Southwest. kAm$4C6HH@C>[ 6IA=2:?D #6FE6CD[ :D 2 G6CJ 3:8[ G6CJ 325 562=]k^Am kAm“$4C6HH@C>D 2C6 A2C2D:E:4 7=:6D E92E 56A@D:E 688D :? @A6?
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