Agriculture Sustainability in A Water-Challenged Year
I strive for excellence on my farm in Argentina—but this year, I’m delighted to be average. As we bring in our corn and soybeans this month—remember, our sea...
Precision Ag, Water, Soil
It’s All About the Inches in Farming, Life – and Football
Do you ever wonder what NFL football coaches say to their players during a big game? That’s the challenge for Bill Belichick of the New England Patriots and Dou...
Dodging a Glyphosate-Ban Bullet
Europe just came close to banning the world’s most popular crop-protection product, but instead it narrowly avoided a terrible decision that would have frustrat...
Tackling Water, Resource Conservation With Modern Agriculture
As I sat in a board room in Minneapolis, I used a break in my meeting to check the moisture of the soil on my farm in New Zealand. I didn’t walk into a field ...
A Farmer’s Story of Self-Driving
Whenever I see one of those news reports on television about the struggle to invent self-driving cars, I have the same thought: What’s the big deal? I’ve had se...
Consider the Case of Cover Crops
A new report from the activist group Mighty Earth says that America’s taste for meat and the crops that support it are “driving widespread water contamination a...
Choosing Technology to Enhance Sustainability
I choose to grow genetically modified crops on my farm for a simple reason: sustainability. These products of modern science make me more economically and en...
It’s Time to Reject the Hysteria and Embrace the Science
Contrary to many sensationalist newspaper headlines, the world’s leading weedkiller doesn’t cause cancer in people. That’s the conclusion of the European Che...
Agroforestry in Nepal is Sustainable Agriculture
Every morning when I open my eyes and look out the window of my house, I can see the beautiful Himalaya Mountains. Even Mt. Everest is clearly visible from my s...
Choosing the Right US Secretary of Agriculture Is Getting the Attention It Requires
Prediction: Nobody will be talking about the Trump administration’s lack of an agriculture secretary a month or two from now. Instead, we’ll be amazed at how...