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Farming Smarter with Cover Crops

by Guest Expert5 February 201313 Comments

Editor's note: reposted with permission from The Farmer's Life. Last September we seeded our first round of cover crops on roughly 200 acres. These crops that we will never harvest are probably the most exciting thing on the farm right…

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Commentary Agric. Innovation, Environmental management, farming

The Muddled Debate About Pesticides and GM Crops

by Guest Expert28 January 201369 Comments

Written by Steve Savage Does the adoption of GM crops lead to more or less pesticide use?  This is a frequent topic of debate, but generally one that misses the point.  Both sides make the same erroneous assumption that all…

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Commentary Europe, farming, Food Imports, Genetic Engineering, GM crops, GMO, Mark Lynas, pesticides

Food Crises and Technological Phobia

by Drew Kershen2 September 201212 Comments

Drought across the United States has reduced substantially the expected yield of corn and soybean fields for the fall 2012 U.S. harvests.  With reduced yield, prices have risen rapidly for these crops that are widely-used food and feed ingredients, huge…

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Commentary anti-GMO, Biofuel, EU, farming, Genetic Engineering, Politics, regulation, technology

For the love of bees

by Karl Haro von Mogel19 June 20125 Comments

I love bees. For over a decade I have been a hobby beekeeper, tending to my hives, catching swarms, and following the news about my flying friends. There is a lot to like about bees, from their biology and behavior…

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Commentary, Science bees, Entomology, farming, Food, Politics, pollinators

Today’s Organic, Yesterday’s Yields

by Guest Expert10 February 201126 Comments

Written by Steve Savage In 2008, the National Agricultural Statistics Service of USDA conducted a detailed survey of Organic agriculture in the US.  Participation rates were high with Organic growers, so the data is quite reliable.  What it showed was…

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Science, Science & Society farming, food crisis, Organic, Organic farming, yield, yield trends

Romania, GE, and Changing a Nation

by Guest Expert14 September 201020 Comments

Written by Kevin Folta The last talk of the IHC2010 session on transgenic plants and public policy was Dr. Carmen Popescu.  Her first words hit me in the chest like a sledge hammer and I'll save them for the conclusion…

Read More Romania, GE, and Changing a Nation

Science & Society Biofortification, farming, Genetic Engineering, GMO, Politics

Toward a better agriculture… for everyone

by Anastasia Bodnar12 August 20102 April 201920 Comments

A recent paper in PLoS concluded: we reject the organic-conventional dichotomy and emphasize that, in order to optimize environmental sustainability, individual tactics must be evaluated for their environmental impact in the context of an integrated approach, and that policy decisions…

Read More Toward a better agriculture… for everyone

Commentary farming, Organic, research

Planting for a Greener Yield

by Guest Expert3 March 2010

By Brandon Hunnicutt Over the last 15 years, agriculture has been changing technologically at an amazing pace. It is something that is truly fun to look back at and realize where we have come. As a producer of corn, soybeans,…

Read More Planting for a Greener Yield

Commentary Environment, farming, Genetic Engineering, yield

Organic Transgenic Food

by Anastasia Bodnar30 January 20098 Comments

Even before Tomorrow’s Table graced the shelves of bookstores across America, I was intrigued by the idea of combining science with traditional farming methods. In this week’s Nature Genetics, Jonathan Gressel reviewed Tomorrow’s Table and may have coined a term…

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Science Book Review, farming

Fruitless Fall

by Anastasia Bodnar5 January 20091 Comment

If Honey Bee Colony Collapse Disorder: A Literature Review, my recent guest post by Kyle Bailey, just whet your appetite for information about CCD, you should check out the book I happened upon this weekend at my local library: Fruitless…

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Science Book Review, farming

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