Wednesday, May 1, 2024

Those who would decry animal research of any kind are actually hurting future care, health, and treatment of the very animals they proclaim to protect.

The news that a California jury agreed Aug. 10 with a claim that Monsanto’s Roundup product contributed to one man’s cancer was a verdict heard around the world.

Editor Susan Crowell says we need new uses of agricultural commodities, to keep that new blood and passion to continue to build our rural communities.
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I hope these reporters who pulled on boots and tramped out to flooded corn and soybean fields will keep those contacts handy. Keep following this story. Because it may impact your box of cereal or the cost of your tires in the future.
Rebecca Miller Farm and Dairy editor sheep

Farm and Dairy's new editor, Rebecca Miller, shares thoughts about her journey to this new position.

Made in America. We've all known for a long time that the U.S. consumer is two-faced. We say we want to support local produce growers but, golly, those Wal-Mart green peppers are cheaper.

These days, everyone wants a say in how you manage the natural resources of your land. Your water, your soil, your manure, your air - you're bombarded from all sides with input.

All of agriculture is a cycle, reminds Editor Susan Crowell in her column this week. And we knew the current economic downturn was coming, right?

Congressional appropriations to R&D of the National Institutes of Health totaled nearly $31 billion in fiscal year 2012. Ag research got a paltry $277 million.

Sometimes it takes an outsider to see - and be willing to voice - a problem. Mark Partridge, the