It would take about four average size minnow buckets to hold 305 3-inch Delta smelt, yet that is number of minnows responsible for diverting enough....More
I long for the fiscal cliff. I really do. It made for great political discourse and was a superb sound bite. And there was the perceptible fear that....More
It was only a matter of time; genetically modified seed technology was always destined for a Supreme Court decision. The Bowman v. Monsanto case....More
To paraphrase Mark Twain’s famous quote upon reading his obituary; reports of my retirement are greatly exaggerated. However, they are not. This is....More
In an agriculture industry increasingly reliant on complex technology, dogs herd sheep; watch over cattle; detect invasive pests and plants hiding in....More
No one is laughing at drones now. Once considered only a cut above remote-controlled toys, drones have proven their potency in Afghanistan and the....More
Exporting U.S. rice to Cuba just can’t seem to get going. After importing U.S. rice in record numbers a few years back, Cuba’s imports of U.S. rice....More
Super Bowl XLVII will long be remembered when former radio broadcaster Paul Harvey gave a monumental tribute in a commercial to American agriculture....More
Beyond the numbers of work-related deaths and injuries in agriculture, sometimes a story comes along that leaves grim statistics behind and reminds....More
There are radical environmentalists who are willing to put plants and animals ahead of people, as difficult as that is to swallow. Not all the so-....More
Sometimes an ad is simply an ad. Less than 24 hours after Dodge ran a two-minute commercial during the Super Bowl, race hustlers were already banging....More
With the increasing use of cell phones, GPS units, and laptops in peoples’ hands today, one may ask whether our society will eventually forego human....More
