An Urban's Rural View

Russia's invasion tightens the bind the Federal Reserve Board finds itself in as it contemplates beginning to raise interest rates.

British food doesn't deserve the abuse hurled at it. The United Kingdom is actually a pretty good place to eat.

In the years since Richard Nixon and George H.W. Bush, conservation has become divisive -- or is it regulation that divides us?

The Biden administration is preparing an Indo-Asian Economic Framework aimed at reasserting U.S. leadership in Asian economic diplomacy without stirring up the domestic political passions that killed the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

China's purchase of U.S. products fell short of what it agreed to in the phase-one trade deal two years ago. That puts the Biden administration in a bind.

We've reached a turning point in the COVID-19 story, the beginning of the new normal.

In 2016, Congress thought it was resolving the heated disputes over labeling food with genetically engineered ingredients. Fat chance.

In which, with humility, forecasts for 2022 are made and distinguished from wishes for the year.

To slow inflation, the Federal Reserve looks likely to begin raising interest rates next year. Higher rates are not the ideal cure for the inflation afflicting farmers. Plus, they'll raise borrowing costs.

America's political polarization goes beyond left versus right. A new study shows how deep are the differences of opinion within the left and the right.

Jerome Powell's second term as chairman of the Federal Reserve Board doesn't look like it will be a lot of fun. Inflation is going strong and financial markets are pricing in an interest-rate increase for next May.

The $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill that President Joe Biden signed into law will make the economy more competitive for decades to come. It was a bipartisan victory as much as Biden's.

President Donald Trump buried free trade. President Joe Biden has no plans to resurrect it.

Portugal is a small country with diverse agriculture and a successful strategy for dealing with COVID-19.

The DTN Ag Summit is an in-person event this year and it's a particularly good year to consider attending.

AUKUS, the pact between the U.S., the United Kingdom and Australia under which the French lost a big submarine contract, puts new strains on U.S.-EU relations.

The founding fathers wanted the making of laws to be a slow and deliberate process. If the U.S. wants to be geopolitically competitive, it might want to speed things up a bit.

Many of those who've refused vaccination against COVID-19 will never change their minds. But if even a few could be persuaded, it's worth trying.

Inflation jumped in April but the Federal Reserve thinks "one-time" increases will prove "transitory." If they don't, the Fed will come under pressure to raise rates despite its desire not to.

"Cold War" is a misleading historical analogy for the U.S.-China relationship. The two countries are indeed serious rivals, but they're also economically interdependent.