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Guebert: Two years ago, a rampaging pandemic threatened America’s pantries. Today, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine threatens supplies of key ag inputs like fuel and fertilizer while causing deep disruptions to global wheat, corn, and vegetable oil markets. Just how badly, though, remains unknown.
For the second time in two years, a history-making calamity has shown how fragile the world’s efficiency-driven, deeply interdependent food system is.
A weekly agriculture opinion piece by Alan Guebert
Guebert addresses the numbers released Feb. 10, 2022, by the Kansas City Federal Reserve regarding a 20% increase in farm land values.
Guebert: The biggest fight over future biofuel policy won’t be between corn farmers and solar advocates; it'll be between Big Ag and Big Oil, two of the oldest, deep-pocketed titans of Capitol Hill lobbying.