Today, a new and thorough review of the health impacts of glyphosate use is available to regulatory officials who are reviewing its re-approval as the world’s most widely used herbicide.  The paper is titled Glyphosate, pathways to modern diseases IV: cancer and related pathologies. It’s published in the Journal of Biological Physics and Chemistry which is now being mailed to subscribers. […]

Our “mission” to encourage renewal of soil health faces a relentless force: The brute power of soil erosion by water, tillage, and wind. As we cruise around Iowa this fall, it’s clear that favorable harvest weather also opened the opportunity for extensive fall chiseling and disking. We’ve even seen a few disked-up soybean fields.  We’re not

Several weeks ago we helped host German film producer Volker Barth, who was traveling through several countries to document the effects of glyphosate on soil organisms, animals and people. The video is now streaming from a website in Germany, with narration in German. An English subtitled version will soon be available.  Visit this link to

Monsanto’s spinoff of Precision Planting to Deere & Co., announced today, sends a puzzling signal to farmers about Monsanto’s direction. Several indications have come from Monsanto recently that it’s re-inventing itself as a data company… and now they’re selling a sophisticated data-based system bought in 2012 for a reported $250 million. Deere & Co. says

Every season, we get more enthused about building a biological foundation under crops at planting — with in-furrow feeding. That’s contrary to conventional wisdom, which we’re also enthused about. Discoveries are made that way. This fall, the weigh wagon confirmed a 28-bu. yield benefit in strip trials where we applied the following in-furrow mix last spring: Two

Since starting field research with WakeUP in 2008, we’ve seen consistent yield improvements by applying in-furrow nutrients — laced with three or four ounces of WakeUP Spring per acre to mobilize nutrient entry into roots. This season, we saw a nearly 20-bu. benefit for corn yields by applying a bio-stimulant mobilized with WakeUP. Ears in

Chris Bennett, Farm Journal’s Technology and Issues Editor, posted a feature on the AgWeb site Oct. 24 with that headline — “The Road Back to Conventional.” Chris Bennett Chris describes how Jason Smith transitioned his 3,000 acres of soybeans to conventional, non-GMO varieties and manages to have uniformly weed-free fields.  Yes, he does include a cultivator pass in