When I joined Monsanto five years ago, I had little notion of what I was getting myself into. I grew up in the St. Louis area, and the Monsanto name was well known in the community, but I would venture that most people still thought of Monsanto as a company that made carpet fibers, industrial chemicals and yes, even AstroTurf. However, thanks to my father who was an ag chemistry salesperson for many yers with a competing company, I knew Monsanto for what it is today – an agricultural business.… Full Article »

My goal for blogging is pretty easy: to highlight farmers’ stories and stories about agriculture.

I think I bring a different perspective to this, as I didn’t grow up on a farm. As I mentioned in a previous post, I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve been on a farm. I hope blogging allows me to get out of the office a couple days each month and to interact with farmers and others in ag industries. For example, I hope to have a report from a visit to a central Illinois farm in two weeks, … Full Article »