Agriculture Biotech Means More Yield, Less (Greenhouse)Gas
I have it on my long to-do list to start a series about yield and why it matters. I’ve made the point with some of my colleagues that although yield is a positive term for farmers, it doesn’t resonate much with the general public. That’s because 1) it’s primarily agriculture terminology and 2) our American [...]
Farmers Produce Record Corn, Soybean Crops
Big notes of “Thanks” and “Congrats” are in order for U.S. farmers. On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service released its “Crop Production 2009 Summary.” This report highlights the USDA’s best estimates of what farmers produced during the 2009 crop year across several crops, including Monsanto’s core crops of corn, soybeans [...]
