Posts Tagged ‘Canola’

Where’s the sales pitch?  It’s in the yield, it’s in the field!

Where’s the sales pitch? It’s in the yield, it’s in the field!

By Katie If you would have asked me 10 years ago what I wanted to be when I grow up, sales probably would have been one of the last things to come to mind.  In fact, when I tell people now that I am involved in sales I feel like I need to explain exactly [...]

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GM Canola on the Loose? Some Points to Consider

GM Canola on the Loose? Some Points to Consider

Have you ever seen a canola plant? It’s a very pretty crop produced for its oil and distinguished by its bright yellow blooms. From a purely aesthetic point of view, it’s not a bad plant to find growing as a weed along the roadside, which often happens. Some probably even mistake it for a wildflower. [...]

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Technology Meets Water and Dirt

Last week, I rode with two colleagues from work over to the Illinois side of the Mississippi River. We visited the Melvin Price Lock & Dam #26 just south of Alton, and then went on to Monsanto’s research farm at Jerseyville. One colleague, Nick, was working on a story about the lock and dam and [...]

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