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For decades to come, people will have the opportunity to enjoy the cherry blossoms as a bounty of agricultural innovation. The technology of cloning will play an important role in making that possible.

Farmers know all about climate adaptation. Our economic lives depend on dealing with the problems of hot and cold as well as wet and dry. The prevalence of weeds, pests, and disease are also connected to the weather.

We don’t have unlimited time to improve production in a world with a growing population and facing climate change. Farmers must speak up: The time has come to give technology a chance.

March 22 is World Water Day. Treasure water like gold. As the climate continues to change, it reminds us about the urgent need for judicious use of water.

Farming reveals who we are; A group of admirable people who deserve much more.

Successful trade relies on profit motives and mutual benefits—and it also creates opportunities for humanitarian action.

We’re in a predictable period of a well-established supply and demand cycle. Yet there is a different potential crisis looming for the beef cattle industry.

Brazil is home to about one-eighth of the world’s forests. I’m one of many farmers who would like to keep it this way—and we will if the government and the media treat us as partners rather than as enemies.

Bill Northey was an amazing leader in agriculture who had the people skills of a retail politician and the vision of a statesman.

Farmers, ranchers, and everyone involved in agriculture must play a role. It starts with voting, but we should do more: We must speak in favor of food security and the international trade that makes it possible.

NGTs give us a chance to hit the reset button—and embrace a technology that can make agriculture more climate conscious, more sustainable, and more fruitful.

Protests have an impact, but they also show that a understanding of ag problems has not yet reached politics. Our goal is to make sure that the voice of farmers is heard in the corridors of power and among the public.

COP28 is a big deal. Some 85,000 people attended, including 150 heads of state. In the past, farmers were rarely part of the program. In our absence, we could not defend ourselves, let alone explain what we do.

We are living in an age of political disruption. Candidates who break the silence on trade and offer a positive agenda for expanding exports may find themselves rewarded with farm-country votes.

We suffer from food insecurity. It shouldn’t be this way. We should be a global breadbasket, not a hopeless continent now known for losing its youthful population dying in the Mediterranean trying to migrate to Europe.

Africa faces challenges, but this is exactly why it is ripe for smart investments. If we join forces, Africans can enjoy more access to modern machinery and enhanced seeds that have made such a big difference elsewhere.

Our wish is for an African agriculture that is resilient, food secure. To witness a prosperous Africa catalyzed by ag advancement. For more people to know the truth about faith and science—and have faith in science.

Labels have become political. Many of them are no longer about what people need to know, but rather what special-interest groups seek to impose.

The absence of glyphosate would have made a bad year even worse. We would have grown fewer crops, spent more time and money on controlling weeds, and harmed our soil with plowing.

Milei's win brings hope for change on our Argentine farm. We anticipate economic growth, improved trade, and ag innovation despite challenges like a three-year drought.

We live in a time of global connections, and farmers need public policies that connect them and allow them access to the planet’s best technologies.

We believe in peace through agriculture. Instead of arming ourselves with weapons, however, we take up the tools of farming.

The life of Napoleon conveys a timeless message: Protectionism always fails and nobody wins a trade war.

Farming has evolved with better tools, no-till farming, and glyphosate, but threats loom. Let's unite to protect our progress and soil health.

Aspiring snail farmer in Ghana empowers women in agriculture, aiming to meet local demand and potentially export to Europe.

We’ve got to tell our farming stories—and when we tell them with honesty and authority, we’ll win hearts and minds and defend our freedom to farm.

This award recognizes farmers exemplifing strong leadership, vision, and resolve in advancing the rights of all farmers to choose the technology and tools that will improve agriculture around the world.

If farmers can experience a financial incentive in carbon farming that supports the practices and measurement strategies they have in place, many will begin working with imagination to become excellent carbon farmers.

India and the world are better because Swaminathan gave us the Green Revolution. Our job as his inheritors in the 21st century is to make it an Evergreen Revolution.

It takes a gallon of water to grow an almond—but in addition to a tasty nut we get an economic boost, multipurpose materials, and a marvel to behold.

If you’re tempted to build a beehive in your backyard, think twice. And instead of resorting to thoughtless prohibitions in the name of favored insects, let’s look for innovations trusting farmers to do the right thing.

If the organic sector maintains its “zero tolerance” approach to gene editing, organic growers will be left with older genetics, further widening the productivity gap between organic and non-organic.  

The hardest part of any business is selling—and with contracts, we know that if we grow a successful crop, we’ll have a buyer after the harvest.

In the arena of global trade, we’ve squandered opportunities. We’ve surrendered America’s traditional leadership position. We’ve lost years of strength and leverage. We have a choice to engage and to lead. It is time.

If India returns to our legacy of agricultural achievement, imagine what we will do in the future, on earth and among the stars.

Low fertilizer use in Africa hampers food security; More fertilizer access and affordability in this part of the world increases its potential to boost food production.

Our business model involves keeping our ears to the ground, advocating for sustainability and growth for the island and responding to our customers’ needs with locally grown food.

On a planet with more people than ever before, the discovery of phosphate means that fertilizer will remain a viable food production tool for most of the rest of the century.

Farmers need safety to grow food. Nigeria's violence hinders farming, leaving land fallow. Food security starts with farm security.

UK government considers price controls to combat rising food prices, but this may not address root causes. Long-term solutions, like sustainable farming and global cooperation, are essential to reduce food inflation.

As New Zealand farmers continue to build dairy production, they're also determined to lead the way in sustainability through technological innovation.

Family farmers understand sustainability and strive for long-term success through innovation and freedom in decision-making. The farm isn’t just an asset, it’s an inherited legacy to be passed on to descendants.

Most agricultural co-ops are often invisible to consumers, even as they keep grocery prices in check by letting farmers stay economically sustainable.

The challenges of rice production amid climate change have farmers innovating worldwide. One emerging technology is gene-edited rice that reduces methane emissions.

If we want our agricultural system to provide high-quality food at reasonable prices in a way that respects the environment, we need to reject non-science-based ideology and embrace safe technology.

The policy of the EPA and the rest of the federal government should be to join the Supreme Court in supporting and trusting farmers and landowners to do the right thing.

Our dairy farm busts myths about cow confinement. Visitors are surprised by our happy, clean, and healthy cows as we defy expectations on animal welfare and sanitation.

California wastes water, hindering farmers' ability to grow crops. Farmers are ready to conserve, but we need officials who prioritize the future.

California wastes water, hindering farmers' ability to grow crops. Farmers are ready to conserve, but we need officials who prioritize the future.

Ukraine has an incredible partner in Heidi Kuhn, an anti-landmine activist who understands the vast dimensions of a global menace, and 2023 recipient of the World Food Prize.