America Is Investing Billions in Low-Carbon Energy Ammonia
Scott Patterson and Amrith Ramkumar of The Wall Street Journal report that capturing carbon makes ammonia cleaner, boosting its popularity for fertilizer and fuel. Washington and...
US Farm Belt Headed for Bumper Crop – Few Farmers Celebrating
Kirk Maltais of The Wall Street Journal reports that grain prices have been in free fall since the Covid commodity boom ended, forcing some...
Deep Cuts Announced to Navigate Farm Economy Downturn
Bob Tita of The Wall Street Journal reports that Deere & Co. revealed deep cuts to production and payrolls to avoid prolonged pain from the...
Michigan Farmers Say No Thanks to Covid-Like Response to Bird Flu
Tom Polansek, P.J. Huffstutter, and Leah Douglas of Reuters report that some dairy farmers are resisting state measures by shunning protective gear and leaving research...
America’s Most Productive Farmland at Risk
P. J. Huffstutter and Christopher Walljasper of Reuters tell their readers that as the Biden administration pushes to build up the green infrastructure, they...
Are the Swiss Preparing their Farms for a Disaster?
Switzerland is about to pass a piece of legislation supporting domestic farming. Like the country's vaunted program of mandatory military training, the farm program...
The Shrinking U.S. Wheat Crop
Farmers were already cutting down on the amount of wheat they planted this year in response to a global grain glut, but the plains...
Monsanto Adding New Methods to its GMO Creation
The Wall Street Journal's Jacob Bunge reports that Monsanto is attempting to stay ahead of its competitors by adding new technologies to its genetic...