Elanco Elevates Carbon Capturing

Elanco Elevates Carbon Capturing

In case you’ve been distracted by recent headlines (Olympics, Super Bowl, Russia and Ukraine… it’s been a busy month), we’re bringing back some news on a hot topic (pun intended): climate change. Specifically, the challenges of curbing emissions and increasing proper...
DOJ Eyes Poultry Employment Practices

DOJ Eyes Poultry Employment Practices

The federal government is chicking out accusations that large poultry companies are involved in oppressing employee wages through anticompetitive sharing of employment practices. Why did the chicken cross the road? To earn better wages, but that has been virtually...
‘Drought’ Doesn’t Cover It Anymore

‘Drought’ Doesn’t Cover It Anymore

The American West is enduring its worst drought in 1,200 years (that’s not a typo). A series of record-breaking winter storms gave many high hopes that the drought’s end was in sight. But January and February have still been drier than any others in California’s...
Bayer Is Busy

Bayer Is Busy

There is no lack of big news coming out of Bayer’s R&D department with all the buzz about launches coming in both their seed and herbicide portfolio. Here’s the rundown: Digits: 30 years. Bayer’s new herbicide (not expected until 2030) will have the first new mode...
A Patent Party at Inari

A Patent Party at Inari

ICYMI, Inari is #winning at the patent process with several already granted and more in the “patent-pending” camp. Like GMOs, but not… Inari uses proprietary gene editing technology to change genes directly. Gene editing is a cheaper and more PC version of...
Farmland Does A Double Take

Farmland Does A Double Take

Farmland is seeing double. Double digits in its value, that is. Upskie daisies: Farmland values increased a whopping 22% during 2021, and ag bankers are saying “they’re not done here.” Iowa alone has increased 30% over the past year. Putting this in...