These days preserving the Earth for future generations in all in vogue. But for farmers, we’ve been doing this for generations.
Hi, I'm Amanda! My family farms corn and soybeans in Southwest Michigan. I'm also a practicing attorney.
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Wash, rinse, repeat. My latest for AGDAILY
7 social media influencers profiting off food falsehoods | AGDAILY
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Here's the current crop of major anti-science, farmer-hating, gaslighting villains that are prolific across a variety of social media platforms.
Full moon crossed by #chemtrail ? Definitely a bad sign.
My latest for AGDAILY explains a recent court decision that has undone USDA's modern regulatory framework for GMOs.
How a federal court just pushed agriculture biotech back decades | AGDAILY
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If the agricultural industry wants to continue developing, progressing, and problem solving, it better find a way to streamline bioengineered regulations.
If you have a chance to speak up, do it. You may just wind up in an NPR article. 🚜
Some in the U.S. farm industry are alarmed by Trump's embrace of RFK Jr. and tariffs
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President-elect Trump won landslide support in much of farm country, but his embrace of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his plan for a tariff fight with China alarms many farmers and agriculture experts.
As an agronomist, I think the most simple way of describing sustainable agriculture is, farms / fields, that are still productive after several generations of use. Modern day agricultural techniques, such as soil analysis, application of fertilizer according to crop needs, reduced tillage, use of low compaction implements, cover crops, have all contributed to improved soil.
Urbanization is the one most destructive force that I can think of.