It’s easy to get caught up in this season’s crop, this summer’s pasture growth or this fall’s corn prices. It’s not so easy to stop and take a look around at agriculture in general and at what’s coming down the pike.
I’m an attorney in San Bernardino, Calif.; a staff software engineer for IBM; an art professor at the University of Michigan; and the CEO of HealthFirst in Santa Fe.
My husband is a Century 21 real estate agent in Burlington, N.J.; a recruiter in the greater Philadelphia area; a manager of EarthLink’s call center in San […]
We should be able to agree that animal welfare is in society’s best interest, and agriculture’s best interest.
Well, Mr. Obama and Mr. McCain, let’s hear it.
Let’s hear your spiels for turning the U.S. economy around.
Last week, the Bureau of Land Management announced it was exploring options to decrease the number of wild horses and burros in the nation’s free-roaming herds. Those herd sizes can double about every four years, so it’s obvious that management is essential.
As of June 2008, the agency has more than 30,000 wild horses in short- […]
Like most dairy farmers, Larry Stahl wears many hats: mechanic, nutritionist, vet, animal scientist, agronomist. As a Coshocton County commissioner, he also has another set of hats: negotiator, accountant, judge, CEO, public servant.
Sometimes the two jobs pull him in different directions with competing demands. But in June, he combined the two to offer a special […]
China is a Calculating Giant, assessing its options, positioning itself for continued dominance — particularly on the world food scene.
World food security. Climate change. Bioenergy. Oil prices.
There are some weighty issues on agriculture’s table right now. Will we be up to the challenge — and to the responsibility?
Last week, the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization Conference met in Rome. High level diplomats from around the world debated the issues surrounding food security worldwide.
The […]
Hunger, poverty and insecurity are at the core of global instability, but a 2008 World Bank report identified agriculture as the primary driver to abate hunger and reduce poverty.
The battle to lift the ban on interstate shipments of state-inspected meat and poultry is almost over.