Biting the “Billion-Dollar Bug” Back
The timing was impeccable - The very week we were celebrating the 50th anniversary of the discovery of DNA, we also learned of a major advance in agricultural b...
Crop Protection & Disease
Biotech Crops: Working to Fuel Our Cars and Our Economy
My farm is located deep in the heart of Big Ten Country, just a few miles from the University of Illinois campus. So, for me, two important seasons are approach...
Using New Technology to Fight Old Pests
When I started farming 30 years ago, I never dreamed of how technological progress would revolutionize agriculture. People have been growing food for millennia,...