Controlar les males herbes requereix ajuts tecnològics i d’equilibri
Whether you garden, farm or do both, weeds are a perennial problem, and my Wisconsin garden and farm fields are no exception.
Controlling weeds is all about ba...
tecnologia
La guerra contra la fam
The war against world hunger never ends, but it always changes---and the COVID-19 pandemic is making it worse.
Some 272 million people now face "extreme hunger"...
L’agricultura intel·ligent per al clima és una solució de sostenibilitat
The loud and angry debates over crop-protection products in Europe can give the false impression that farmers like me are prone to over-use chemicals on what we...
"Daurat" Tecnologia per resoldre un problema global de salut
The world is full of woe: We're still suffering from the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic; economic uncertainty and political anxiety dominate the hea...
Tall Waterhemp no fa presoners!
I think I've met the world's worst weed.
Tall waterhemp takes no prisoners. It is big, prolific, and tough to kill.
It can grow as high as eight feet. A singl...
Ignorance is Taking Away Choice
Cathie Martin has a good way of describing the critics of GMOs. She calls them "the W.W.W.s." She doesn't mean the World Wide Web, but rather the Well, the Weal...
Es necessiten estacions meteorològiques i maquinària agrícola adequada per als agricultors africans
Political and business leaders along with individuals focused on our global food system gathered in Rome and virtually this week for the Food Systems Summit spo...
Els agricultors amb consciència climàtica encapçalen el camí
Most farmers don't need an incentive to do the right thing.
Doing the right thing should be its own incentive. That's why we introduced no-till agriculture on ...
L’impacte de les precipitacions sobre la seguretat alimentària és més ampli del que es podria adonar
We need rain.
I've farmed in Northeast Iowa for nearly half a century, and this summer is possibly the driest I've ever seen.
We may not have it as hot and dr...
La veritat pot alliberar Àfrica i derrotar la inseguretat alimentària
As I travel around Africa and talk to its farmers, I've witnessed the dangers of food insecurity up close---and I think I've discovered a way to discuss the pro...