GM wheat variety with drought tolerance
Drought-tolerant HB4 Wheat, the world's first genetically modified wheat variety with drought tolerance was granted regulatory approval by Argentina's Ministry ...
Australia
Swapping 787s for 9240s as pilots retrain as header drivers
Global Farmer Network member Andrew Weidemann serves as the chairman of Grain Producers Australia (GPA). This harvest, GPA is working with Qantas as part of the...
Farm sale marks start of no-till venture
Gobal Farmer network member 'No-Till Bill' Crabtree is selling his farm in Australia and planning a move to Africa to share his knowledge on no-till farming. He...
Sharing the Australian GM Cotton Story of Environmental Progress
As fires and drought devastate Australia, scores of protesters call on government to take action on "catastrophic" climate change.
Green politicians and their ...
Finger pointing on protectionism - news for week of Apr 17
News items related to ag tech, biotech, trade ? and perhaps some other interesting items out there related to agriculture ? will be posted on this page througho...
TPP Would Support Exports That Farmers Rely On
If youve ever enjoyed an Australian beer such as Crown Lager or Fosters, theres a chance youve tasted something Ive grown on my farm.
Since the 1980s, my...
Brexit decision looming - news of the week (June 6)
News items related to ag biotech, trade ? and perhaps some other interesting items out there related to agriculture ? will be posted on this page throug...
Words Matter: When a port Strike became Slowdown we all paid
The word longshoremen is an example of slang thats gone mainstream. It comes from the days of clipper ships. When they showed up in port, the call went out f...
TPP Negotiations Reaching Toward the End Zone
Chief negotiators for the 12 countries working on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade agreement (FTA) will meet again on April 23-26 near Washington,...
U.S. Dairy Prices and World Trade
The average all-milk price received by U.S. farmers for 2014 according to USDA was a record high of $23.97 per hundredweight (CWT), almost 20 percent higher tha...