Crop Biotech 3.0: A Farmer’s Perspective
Here in New Zealand, we did not participate in the GE Gene Revolution. Farmers like me see an advantage in making sure that we do not miss the next one. You...
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Sustainable Farming Practices, New Zealand
The Global Farmer Network recently queried some of its members with some questions about their views on sustainability in their countries, regions and local are...
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...
News items over the holidays (Dec 19-31)
Little different twist as both this and next week will be combined over the rest of the holiday season... News items related to ag biotech, trade – and perha...