Oh Deere!
John Deere chasing copyright claims to your tractor Have you ever felt like you never really owned something you bought (perhaps your cat)? Well this …
Putting the Orange back in Orange Production: Citrus Greening
Novel biotechnologies might help stop plant bacteria from exterminating orange and other citrus production All around the globe orange production is being affected by Huanglongbing …
When Will You Know What the TPP Means to You?
By: William A. Kerr Bioresourse Policy, Business and Economics, University of Saskatchewan, Canada In early October, Canada and eleven other countries reached agreement on a major …
Still Hungry for Change
How Successful Has the World Been in Meeting the Millennium Development Goals? Source: Rahulkepapam, via Wikimedia Commons Fifteen years ago, the United Nations (UN) gathered …
Whose Duty is it?
Today producers in North America have a wide selection of seed options from which to choose. However, the opportunity to grow some seed has come …
Innovation and Farm Labour
[shareaholic app=”share_buttons” id=”15180628″]For as long as there has been innovation, it has displaced labour. Innovations often improve the efficiency of technology, reducing the cost of …
Robots in the Rhubarb
Robots and Technology Innovations are Transforming Farming Two weeks ago, I was in Melbourne, Australia participating in the Agricultural Bioscience International Conference. It was an …
Our Tasty Brains
Could our brains be wired for unhealthy food choices? Last fall, I attended a behavioural economics conference in Denmark, where guest speaker Antonio Rangel, a …
The Cost of Regulatory Delays on Agriculture Innovations
How Political Interference is Jeopardizing Agriculture Research in Developing Countries In Canada, the regulatory approval of all new crop varieties is done using science as …
The Changing Nature of Funding University Research
The Important Role Private Company Funding Plays Thirty years ago, university research was funded primarily through federal and provincial government grants. This research was frequently …