John Phipps

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As gasoline prices climbed this year, is it policy or other factors that fueled the rise? John Phipps covers the topic in U.S. Farm Report’s Customer Support.
“Pipeline” is used to describe processes from petroleum refining to manufacturing X-boxes. Stuff can go in only as fast as it comes out, but when one pipeline part has a problem, it gets complicated, says John Phipps.
Maybe not a wilderness per se, but one big honking tree.
There have been COVID related problems in Europe, notably in western Germany and Ireland, but the numbers of workers ill were much smaller.
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.
John Phipps thinks the current hog market is almost impossible to describe. He explains why the issue is so complex and how the industry may cope with the evolving challenges.
The estimates surrounding just how many hogs China has lost due to ASF vary widely. In John’s World, John Phipps explains why accurately forecasting the ASF death toll in China is so tough.
Terror may not be the best word to describe the mindset of many farmers right now, but it’s not far off.
African Swine Fever could have a lasting impact on the Chinese hog herd. John Phipps explains in John’s World.