Understanding how intellectual property protections drive innovation and the growth of agriculture will be a key to meeting future food demands....More
Farmland anxiety. All you can't eat, pigs will. Seeds after the apocalypse. Vodka from cow's milk. Revolution in the vegetable industry. Cotton’s biggest fan – human skin. A Pandora's box of farmer fraud claims. And more....More
The brown marmorated stink bug makes a big stink — literally. It's a major agricultural threat and USDA has estimated $21 billion worth of crops are at risk....More
Farmers are playing chess with nature. Nobody predicted that glyphosate-resistant crops represented a lasting victory over weeds — superweeds are not so super....More
The stress-free, gunshot method approach to livestock slaughter is not viable. In the real world cattle industry where production and efficiency are vital, "marksmen" in deer stands will last as long as a snowflake in summer....More
Research on honey bee deaths is uncertain — and often political. Rushing to ban neonicotinoids could well do more damage than good, as other pesticides might be reintroduced....More
Separating neonic fact and fiction. Anti-biotech army marches on. Good times for California ag. Death by drone for wild pigs. Wine waste for broiler feed? Eating dirt. A cap-and-trade affair. And more....More