The “hybrid consumer,” will polarize the food retail spectrum and have significant implications for food companies, food retailers, and food service companies....More
The U.S. wheat supply suffers from a lack of biotechnology. Many farmers are switching away from wheat because it’s a less predictable crop than corn and soybeans, which have been improved so much by genetic modification....More
The rub on fracking and farmers. Killer bee swarm is on. A history of fake food. Drip-tape salvation. Neonic study flawed — again. Pigweed plague. Boar attack. And more....More
Family farms brave exceptional risks unique to agriculture - from floods, to droughts, to late freezes to unexpected drops in commodity prices as crops come to harvest: hardly a recipe for riches....More
In 1982, Scott Johnson moved his family to the San Joaquin Valley to begin a 31-year stint as UC Cooperative Extension specialist in the Department of Pomology at UC Davis....More
With the recent deaths of a farmer in Texas and a mountain climber in Arizona, the spread and range of killer bees is gaining national attention....More
You can be sure that as soon as the UN report on insect consumption was released, the bureaucrats who commissioned and championed the study were feasting away on steak and potatoes: “Do as I say, not as I do.”...More
In 40 years, will warmer temps cut the yield of corn grown for ethanol in the U.S. by an average of 7 percent while increasing the amount of irrigation necessary by 9 percent?...More