The Summer of My Resilience
At least the sunsets were pretty.
That’s the best I can say about the summer of 2021. Here in Washington state, we felt like we were living in an inferno. Rain...
Drought
Climate Smart Agriculture is a Sustainability Solution
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...
Rainfalls Impact on Food Security is Broader Than You Might Realize
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...
Sustainability through the generations
Global Farmer Network member Jake Leguee and his father, Russell, grow grain, oilseed and specialty crops in Saskatchewan, Canada. Pulling from lessons of the p...
Looking at 2020 Through the Lens of a Glass Half-Full
The year 2020 has presented unforeseen challenges around the world. But if we want to see the glass half-full, we also should remember our blessings---and maybe...
A Promising Response of Science to Face Challenges and Better Feed the World
Most of Argentina's major agriculture areas---including those of our neighbors in Paraguay and southern Brazil---are suffering from drought. Its intensity range...
GFN Zimbabwean farmer's powerful Wall Street Journal commentary
Congratulations to Global Farmer Network member Nyasha Mudukuti from Zimbabwe for her?commentary in The Wall Street Journal!
We May Starve, but...
The Global Soybean Market and the U.S. Drought
The estimated 14.1 percent decline in U.S. soybean production this year compared to last year has not received as much attention as the 13.2 percent decline in ...
Drought-tolerant corn coming as early as next year, company says
Agiculture Online
July 14, 2009www.agriculture.com
In as early as 2010, corn farmers may have a big-time new tool in their crop toolbox: Drought tolerance.
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Solution To Drought: Its In The Genes
Investor's Business Daily
April 8, 20009
Viewpoint - by Henry I. Millerwww.investors.com
California is short of more than jobs, money and optimism these da...