An Urban's Rural View

The President thinks the Federal Reserve has "gone crazy" with interest-rate increases. The Fed thinks it's just doing its job.

Despite all the hype, veganism doesn't seem to be growing much. Sales of vegan food are.

If a Wall Street Journal column is correct, the U.S. and China could be imposing high tariffs on each other's goods for a long time to come.

The agreement with Canada has gotten all the attention, but there's been a development on the Japan front, as well.

In which I attempt to explain why the Trump administration's "realignment" of trade policy is misguided.

A think-tank Trump fan tries to ascribe a strategy to the president's trade-war tactics.

How much further will interest rates rise? Take the Federal Reserve chair seriously when he says the policy is gradual increases until rates return to normal.

The pledge is in paragraph one. From there we segue to a rant against misleading food labeling dressed up as a dialogue.

The best way to feed a booming population and save the planet is to grow more food on existing agricultural land.

Whether or not the U.S.-EU talks announced last week end up including agriculture -- and there's a dispute about that -- those talks could put pressure on another of the U.S.'s most important ag trade partners.

The bipartisan Senate farm bill provides new funds for the Foundation for Food and Agricultural Research. The House version, which passed with no Democratic votes, doesn't.

The U.S. has a rich, open market, a government that borrows heavily and the world's reserve currency. That's why the long run never seems to arrive for the buck.

Examining the argument for refocusing the trade war with China on reciprocity in technology restrictions.

The economy could be headed for inflation, even stagflation, and if it gets there, higher interest rates are the likely result.

A reorganization of the government the administration is considering would dilute agriculture's influence in Washington.

Thoughts on advances in agricultural technology and the role they've played in the story of civilization.

Companies producing plant-based "meat" products have attracted big-name investors and won praise from critics and space in the meat case at some grocery stores and on some fast-food menus.

The U.S. may agree to lift sanctions on ZTE in exchange for China retracting its big tariffs on U.S. ag products, but the reprieve for producers is likely to be temporary.

Judging from what the Trump administration's EPA has been up to, it's not too early for corn farmers to wonder about future demand for ethanol.

The outcome of the Trump-Kim talks has the potential to trigger a chain reaction that would affect U.S. ag exports.