Companies bringing a new biotech crop to the market currently face a costly, endless bureaucratic nightmare. No less than three federal agencies are involved. The process generally takes about 10 years. And it costs millions of dollars. So President Trump signed an executive order in June … [Read more...]
Soil Testing Helps Us Make Informed Decisions
We're in the process of applying fertilizer to our corn crop. But have you ever wondered how farmers determine what the plants need? We regularly conduct soil sampling early in the year. Those results give us a bunch of information about soil health. And help us make decisions about nutrient … [Read more...]
Bayer Makes A Big Investment in Glyphosate Alternatives. (And Proves Me Right.)
A couple weeks ago I wrote an article speculating on what might happen if Bayer decided it was done with glyphosate (and, by extension, Round-Up). The company inherited thousands of glyphosate lawsuits when it purchased Monsanto. And keeping the popular herbicide approved in the EU is getting … [Read more...]
Who says GMOs pose no threat to human health?
I mean, what do those guys know anyway; right? … [Read more...]
30-Year Difference: Dairy Improves Efficiency
And the improvement comes without sacrificing animal welfare or quality standards. Farmers are the leaders in sustainability. … [Read more...]
Foreign investors are scooping up American farmland. Here’s why we need a reasoned response.
Can you guess what these two statistics have in common: 1) foreign investors now own 30-million acres of U.S. farmland; and 2) two-thirds of the nation’s farmland will change hands in the next few decades. If you guessed a big opportunity for foreign investors to expand their holdings of … [Read more...]
Average Holstein Milk Production
I lost count doing the math. But that's a whole lotta cheese!! … [Read more...]
Didn’t finish corn plant19? Here’s what I need you to know.
Friends, we need to get serious for a second. Today is the insurance cutoff for planting corn. Realistically, most farmers won't be done planting tonight at midnight. There will still be empty fields tomorrow morning. Lots of farmers will have to make some tough choices in the coming days. And … [Read more...]
Cheers: First Round in Beer Lawsuit Goes to MillerCoors
The first skirmish in the beer wars played out in a Wisconsin federal courthouse. And MillerCoors came out on top! It's been several months since Anheuser-Busch debuted its anti-corn syrup campaign at the Super Bowl. Readers will recall that Bud Light's commercials mocked Miller Lite and Coors … [Read more...]
Farm Life Slovenia: Old-Fashioned and Authentic Fitted Bread
[Note: This is a guest post from the people at Farm Life Slovenia. They run an old-fashioned Slovenian farm and offer tourists the opportunity to visit and see what it's like. They asked to trade blog posts with me. And since I visited Ukraine in 2013 and really enjoyed seeing agriculture in a … [Read more...]
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