A century ago, Americans barely ate soy. Now it’s everywhere in people’s diets, even in places they don’t look or expect.
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Canada is a major US supplier of fertilizer ingredients that could get pulled into Trump’s trade war. Farms can go without fertilizer for a while, but not long.
When huge companies assert their patents, smaller businesses and public plant breeders are dissuaded from conducting research that might not be illegal at all.
Farm bills – famously complex legislative and spending balances between farm subsidies, food assistance, conservation and more – have tended to be passed about every five years since 1933.
In the past, farmers have balanced their political beliefs against market logic. How much pressure can farmers endure?
Exciting as it sounds, most of this technology is still locked away in labs, not available in airports.
Scientists are predicting a record sargassum bloom in 2023. It’s already starting to wash up on beaches in Florida and the Caribbean and cause a stink.
Producers in Zambia should be getting more for their crops, and buyers in East Africa should be paying less, alleviating food price spikes.
Monitoring and enforcing competition rules is essential to level the playing field for fairer food markets.
A new study finds that by 2030, less than one-third of the world’s major crop harvests will go directly to feed people.
Studies suggest that seeds coated with neonicotinoid insecticides may harm nontarget insects, mammals and birds. In response, states are starting to restrict use of these products.
Farmers are stuck in a chemical war against weeds, which have developed resistance to many widely used herbicides. Seed companies’ answer – using more varied herbicides – is causing new problems.
There’s a new label on many US food products – here’s what it means and who pushed to add it.
The US has required motor fuels to contain 10% biofuels since 2005. As this program nears a key milestone in 2022, farm advocates want to expand it while critics want to pare it back or repeal it.
Small and medium-scale farmers and agri-businesses in Southern and Eastern Africa, which are at the heart of inclusive food value chains, are not receiving fair prices for their produce.
Because Brazil’s economic prosperity in the last two decades is increasingly linked to the Amazon’s good health, restoring the country’s economy is a critical first step toward ending deforestation.
American farmers have suffered the most as a result of China’s retaliatory tariffs yet surveys show they still back the president and his trade war.
Farmers worldwide say Monsanto’s policy of charging for every use of its genetically modified seeds violates their planting rights. But judges in these patent law cases aren’t so sure.
The US-China trade war shows no signs of slowing down. Here’s what readers need to know.
As climate change alters temperature and rainfall patterns, yields of some crops are increasing while others decline. The net result: less food, especially where it’s most needed.
Top contributors
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Professor of Economics, Centre for Competition, Regulation & Economic Development, UJ, and at SOAS University of London; advisor Shamba Centre for Food & Climate, University of Johannesburg
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Professor of Entomology and Extension Specialist, Penn State
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Executive Director, Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems, Arizona State University
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Researcher at Centre for Competition, Regulation and Economic Development, University of Johannesburg
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Professor, University of Minnesota
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Economist at Centre for Competition, Regulation and Economic Development, University of Johannesburg
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Chair in Agricultural Marketing, Trade and Policy, The Ohio State University
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Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry, University at Buffalo
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Research Affiliate, Centre for the Study of Existential Risks, University of Cambridge
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Associate Professor of Agricultural Economics, Colorado State University
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Associate Professor of Agricultural Economics, Cornell University
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Assistant Professor of Agricultural Communications, Iowa State University
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Research Director, Indaba Agricultural Policy Research Institute (IAPRI)
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Deputy Director, Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems, Arizona State University
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Professor of Coastal Science, Florida International University