The Birds and the Bees…and the Neonicotinoids
Spring has arrived. You can feel it in the air, the brighter sunlight slanting at a steeper angle, and the song of birds that have arrived from exotic winter homes. If you are not a night owl, you...
View ArticleToxic Algae and No-Till—The Environmental Darling of Industrial Agriculture...
Read attempts to defend the sustainability of industrial agriculture and genetic engineering, and you will soon encounter no-till, or more generally, conservation tillage. Now it appears that no-till...
View ArticleSmall Insect’s Big Lessons for the Farm Bill: Agroecology and Breeding Top...
My last post discussed the success of public sector scientists who discovered and developed genes in soybean, using conventional breeding, that confer resistance to the invasive soybean aphid. These...
View ArticleTackling the Epidemic of Herbicide-Resistant Weeds with Sustainable Solutions
Weeds that have developed resistance to glyphosate herbicide used with Monsanto’s engineered herbicide resistance trait have reached epidemic proportions. A recent survey puts the area infested by...
View ArticleGroundbreaking Study Shows How Sustainable Farming Practices Can Improve Yields
As the human population rises, so too does the anxiety about whether there will be enough food for all. Many have suggested that sustainable agriculture methods, such as organic production, are not...
View ArticleAs the USDA Invests in “Climate-Smart” Agriculture, It’s Hard to Follow the...
Agriculture is responsible for emitting around 11 percent of all global warming pollution in the United States—roughly the annual equivalent of 141.75 million cars. If this country is to meet its...
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