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The Global Farmer Network are farmers committed to inserting their voice and perspective in the global dialogue regarding food and nutritional security.

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Ukraine Update: Ordinary Farming Challenges in a Most Abnormal Year
The top exporters of Ukrainian wheat today are the Russians. Count it as one more injustice in Vladimir Putin’s cruel war of conquest.
September 21, 2022 09:34 PM
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Opinion
The Power and Importance of Modern Ports
Farmers of Uruguay feed an estimated 40 million people in other countries. They can’t do it without state-of-the-art ports, a necessary link in international supply chains.
September 21, 2022 09:12 PM
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Opinion
Executive Coaching for Farmers Is A Knowledge Transfer Tool
You grow one crop a year, but each day is full of decisions with lots of dollar signs and zeroes attached. You cannot afford mistakes.
September 18, 2022 07:00 AM
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Opinion
The Man-made Disaster in Sri Lanka Could Have Been Avoided
Man-made disasters are the worst. And what just happened in Sri Lanka is an eye-opener and offers warnings about food production for the rest of the world—and perhaps most especially for my country of India.
July 31, 2022 07:00 AM
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Opinion
Celebrating the World’s Family Farms by Telling Their Stories: Mexico
The secret strength of family farms is their sense of belonging. The business is an extension of the home, and we build the business together.
July 17, 2022 07:00 AM
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Opinion
Dutch Agriculture: Past, Present, and Future
Over the next year, provincial governments are supposed to come up with specific plans to reduce nitrogen. It is important for policymakers and the public to hear farmers so they know that ag is part of the solution.
July 10, 2022 07:00 AM
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Opinion
A Solution to the Wheat Shortage: Genetically Modified Crops
The world needs more wheat. In peaceful times, Russia and Ukraine supply more than a quarter of the world’s wheat exports. The war between them has contributed to shortages and inflated costs.
July 03, 2022 07:00 AM
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Opinion
Sensible Ag Technology is Good for the Planet, Farms, and Consumers
Tomorrow’s food and farming can be better by using today’s technology. Farmers can feed the world today and tomorrow, if we’re allowed to.
June 19, 2022 07:01 AM
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Opinion
Food Insecurity Increases With Man-Made Disasters
Had Russia not invaded Ukraine, the global food crisis could have been avoided, but a portion of our problem is the result of a bad choice to prohibit a proven technology. This is the definition of a manmade disaster.
June 05, 2022 07:00 AM
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Opinion
The Everyday Miracle of Milk
Cows have an incredible ability to eat grass grown on land not suitable for much else and to transform it into a nutritious drink that feeds us all, in collaboration with dairy farmers like me.
May 29, 2022 07:24 AM
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