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LAND EXPO 2

Wow, I don't know when I've been more blessed with so many positive comments yesterday regarding my synopsis of the opening speaker at the Land Investment Expo on Tuesday.  I feel like I'm back in my old journalism persona…

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LAND EXPO

Yesterday I spoke at the LAND INVESTMENT EXPO in Des Moines, Iowa, a consortium of heavy hitting money managers that invest in farm land and all things big agriculture.  I was the maverick in the speaker lineup but grateful to speak to nearly 2,000 mostly conventional corn and bean farmers in the midwest…

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ACKNOWLEDGE THE WIN

Those of us who have kind of given up on anything good from the government need to take this moment to acknowledge a win.  This week's release of the new Dietary Guidelines is truly monumental and represents a major step toward truth in food recommendations…

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EXPERT INSANITY

Happy New Year everyone.  I've been hunkered down over Christmas cranking out the rough draft of another book:  FOOD EMANCIPATION:  Unshackling America's Sustenance.  More on that in the future…

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BULLIES

People don't like bullies.

                  President Trump's re-election was facilitated by numerous things, not the least of which was President Biden's bullying of Trump throughout his tenure…

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INEQUALITY

Why are young people flocking to socialism?            

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BEEF PRICES

President Trump now officially plans to print $12 billion (money that does not exist) and throw it at soybean farmers suffering from price collapse due to China's retaliation over tariffs…

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ROGUE FOOD, FARMING, FINANCE

Since John Moody and I started the Rogue Food Conferences (RFC) in February 2020, we've held two per year and moved them all over the country.  The next one, scheduled for Feb. 5, 6, and 7 is our first in the Great Plains:  Rapid City, South Dakota…

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TURKEYS AND TREES

I drive to the Charlottesville airport almost once a week and am writing this in Charlotte airport while waiting for my next leg to Dayton, Ohio to do a farm consult tomorrow…

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BRAZIL AG

I'm doing a Brazilian podcast this morning and here is the preparatory information the host sent me regarding Brazilian agriculture…

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AMEN TO A CONVENTIONAL FARMER

Last week's nice big op-ed in the Wall Street Journal  by Mark Heckman, vice chairman of the Global Farmer Network and commercial conventional cattle, corn, and hog producer hit the nail on the head…

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GERRYMANDERING

With the election over and gerrymandering getting such play in the news, I want to share something many of us have not thought about…

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