January 2016

More than 300 farmers packed into the convention center at the AgriEnergy Resources conference in Illinois Jan. 26. Many of them are highly profitable organic growers. Others are “transitioning” toward organic.  The financial attraction is clear: Organic feed grade corn ranges from $9 to $11 per bushel. Soybeans, $19 to $23.  (Here’s a link to a Jan. 20

Volker Barth, producer of the documentary film, “Poisoned Fields: Glyphosate, an underrated risk” sent an e-mail detailing several links you can use to view and buy this nearly hour-long, professional video which challenges regulatory authorities to focus more sharply on the risks of renewing approvals for glyphosate-containing herbicides. Earlier, we published a brief description of

Rod Smith of Northumberland County in northeast England raised 16.52 metric tons per hectare on his farm near the Scottish border last summer, and the Guinness Book of World Records has accepted this as a new world record. That translates to 245 bushels per acre. That yield nudges out a New Zealand yield by Mike

Monsanto Co filed a lawsuit this week against California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment in attempt to block the agency’s stated intent to list glyphosate as a possible human carcinogen. The initial Reuters report is at this link.   The website EcoWatch has another update on the case at this link.   Monsanto’s website has a PDF of

You can join an online seminar organized by Soil Regeneration Unlimited Jan. 18-21 which will bring you the latest, greatest information from leaders like Don Huber, Mary Lucero, Anthony Samsel, John Kempf, Monika Kruger, Bob Streit and many others including Jerry Carlson.  We’ll be focusing on foliar feeding technologies — ways to apply the nutrients

Much of our daily media is focused on threats of multinational stock markets and shaky debt worldwide. Ag forecasters fear that weakening economies overseas will cripple exports. But a subset of U.S. farmers are planning for 2016 with confidence — and undimmed enthusiasm.  Here are some examples of what they’re looking forward to. Today is

We haven’t found the freezing point for WakeUP — because we haven’t found anyplace cold enough to solidify it. Last night, January 9, the low here in northeast Iowa was 8 degrees below zero, and we left a couple of WakeUP formulations outside on a snowbank to see if the liquid concentrate would stiffen up.