By John Phipps

• Cheap Is Not Enough Anymore
  
  01/09/2013
  Farmers, especially grain farmers, intuitively reach for consumer economics as the first line of defense for subsidies.
• Insurance Market Change Could Have Ripple Effect
  
  11/28/2012
  In all the post-election analysis, farmers might have missed one election consequence.
• Our Plans, Our Dreams
  
  11/14/2012
  Farm planning has been pushed to the proverbial next level as a result of economic and political factors but long-range plans are a good way to combat short-term volatility
• Now Is the Time for Cooperatives
  
  10/31/2012
  The co-op structure might be on the cusp of outgrowing its historic role of self-help group for underserved sectors.
• Fracking Technology & Energy Supplies
  
  10/03/2012
  An event that continues to gain momentum is the use of fracking technology to loosen energy supplies, especially natural gas, from previously impermeable geologic layers.
• Perspective: The Perfectly Good Storm
  
  09/06/2012
  What we have is not a perfect storm but a perfect opportunity to let go of policy that was a bad idea from the start.
• Perspective: Step by Step, Side by Side
  
  08/09/2012
  It is regrettable when farmers overlook how rare teamwork situations are for fathers and sons.
• Perspective: Where Are All the High-Beta Farmers?
  
  02/29/2012
  It is worth pausing to consider why agriculture—or at least grain farming—has not produced more crash-and-burn stories.
• Perspective: His PGR Is Great, but Look at His PA
  
  02/08/2012
  John Phipps suggests some new statistics to help identify key factors in our increasingly complex business environment.
• Perspective: The Peculiar Rules of Our Game
  
  01/09/2012
  One summer, we hosted a student worker from France on our farm. It was a wonderful experience.