An Urban's Rural View

The transition of homo sapiens from hunter-gathers to farmers used to be considered a good thing. Now some scholars are challenging that view.

If to win a trade war means to stop trading, is that really a victory?

Foreign policy experts agree the U.S. should get tough with China. They disagree on how tough.

The Federal Reserve Board is being swept along in the undertow from the trade war.

There's nothing wrong with moving agencies outside Washington, but please, do it right.

American soybean exporters have a history of taking the long view when it comes to the Chinese market. They need to keep taking it.

Despite the critics who say the food system is broken, most Americans like what they're eating.

Despite being born with cerebral palsy, DTN's late cattle analyst lived life to the fullest.

The Federal Reserve is hinting at interest-rate cuts, but it wants to see more evidence of a weakening economy first.

Wall Street falls in love with an unprofitable maker of plant-based meat substitutes, valuing it more than an established processor of real meat with real profits.

Some observers think the punitive tariffs the U.S. and China are imposing on each other are no longer about bargaining leverage.

In response to a reader's query about the future of farming, we invite other readers to weigh in.

Imposing punitive tariffs on China, and getting punitive tariffs imposed on us in return, will inflict pain on the U.S. economy and especially on farmers and ranchers.

President Donald Trump hopes to sign a trade deal with Japan while he's in Tokyo in late May. It's hard to see how that could happen.

In which we explain why campaigning for laws banning plant-based products from being called "meat" is not the optimal strategy for cattle raisers.

After acquiring Monsanto, Bayer has been hit with big jury awards based on evidence the company thought was weak.

Thankfully, the Federal Reserve hasn't caved to presidential pressure on interest-rate policy. But has it caved to the financial markets?

People have always liked living next to water, even though they tempt fate by doing so.

As hard it is to discern how the U.S.-China trade war will end, the coming U.S.-EU trade war is in some ways even murkier.

Financial markets are betting the Federal Reserve's next interest-rate move will be a cut. They may end up being right, but there are no guarantees.