The New York Times, in an editorial this morning, is calling for the Justice Department to investigate alleged anticompetitive practices by Monsanto. The Times editorialists note the importance of technology in modern agriculture and then add:

Following a decade of unchecked…

Farm real-estate values are down this year for the first time since 1987, a new Agriculture Department report shows. The 3.2 percent nationwide decline, to an average of $2,100 an acre, is partly about crop prices and partly about the…

Is it just me, or is every interest group these days couching its favorite proposals in terms of economic stimulus? The latest stimulus plan to come across my desk is a report titled “Local Food, Farms and Jobs: Growing the Illinois Economy,” and…

The myth of the government saving the struggling family farm is a persistent one. In response to my criticisms of the farm bill, a reader named Debbie writes:

I work at a grain elevator north of St. Louis, and work with…