The Distinction between Weather and Climate on the Farm
Famers are seasoned weather trackers.
We check forecasts almost as often as meteorologists, wondering what’s in store for our crops. From rainfall to dry spell...
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Infrastructure Vitality is a Choice
The surprise shutdown of America's largest fuel pipeline warns us about the importance of infrastructure—and what happens when we neglect it.
In the last few d...
Accepting the Musk XPRIZE Carbon Challenge on Behalf of the World's Farmers
The first XPrize reached for the stars. What if the solution to the latest one lies in the soil beneath our feet?
In January, entrepreneur Elon Musk promised in...
Tanzania's Regrettable Ag Technology Decision
At the very moment when Kenya is confirming itself as a GMO success story, our neighbor to the south and fellow East African Community member-state has turned i...
Tom Vilsack's Encore Performance at USDA Can Be Good for American Farmers
Call it an encore performance: Tom Vilsack will return to the United States Department of Agriculture.
President-elect Joe Biden announced last week that Vilsa...
Kenya advances GM maize to increase yields, reduce pesticide use
Kenyan farmers are now closer to growing GM (Bt) maize on their farms. The Bt maize planted earlier in western Kenya is already showing resistance to the destru...
Modern Technology is a Sustainability Tool for Every Farmer
Where's my jet pack?
This rhetorical question is an old joke, usually uttered to express satiric dissatisfaction with how we're not living in the future we onc...
Pork exports to China surge; export value to Mexico rebounds
While the surge in pork shipments to China will capture most of the headlines this month, it is equally encouraging to see export value to Mexico make such a st...