John Phipps

There have been COVID related problems in Europe, notably in western Germany and Ireland, but the numbers of workers ill were much smaller.

The loss of food service is forcing perishable food products to pile up, including milk, meat and eggs. John Phipps explains why.

The restaurant shutdown due to COVID19 has thus plugged the major consumption channel for potatoes. John Phipps explains the potato paradox in John's World.

How does weather affect the spread and virulence of disease, and especially COVID-19? John Phipps explores in "Weathering the Storm."

John Phipps says no phrase has been more overworked than “don’t panic” over the last week, and he thinks it's singularly unhelpful for several reasons. He explains why in John's World.

While it’s always been a buzzword, sustainability has grown into a movement. It pervades the food chain, but also energy, urban development, and even clothing, but often these movements in agriculture miss the mark.

States are passing legislation around factory farming. John gives his thoughts on if the recently passed pieces of legislation are justified.

John Phipps has a fundamental issue with the ag census -- it takes far too long. John breaks down his issue with it during John's World.

It been a while since John Phipps' Tariff 101 series, so he thinks this might be a good time to look at what we have learned from trade data gathered from tariff actions.

President-elect Jair Bolsonaro, the winner of the runoff, promises to drastically roll back environmental regulations for agriculture, including speeding up deforestation, converting forests into range and cropland.