Global Farmer Network

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

Latest Stories
When “agvocates” do their work, the truth prevails—and farmers benefit from new opportunities.
Mechanization has boosted farmer’s yields and increased profits, giving African agriculture a genuine future.
The crop technology ban is a dangerous decision not founded in science—and it is not necessary. Mexico would mandate this economic and nutritional misery upon itself.
The hidden benefit of population growth: For all the ways that additional people can present dilemmas, they also give us a better chance to create a new generation of innovators who will help us think our way to answers.
The full truth is that the Jones Act exploits us all—the United States should lead by example and eliminate one of the world’s worst examples of protectionism and unleash the power of free trade.
We broke paradigms by respecting the complexity of agriculture, understanding the importance of people as agents of change, and trusting in the transforming power of the application of scientific knowledge in our lives.
“This is my plea, from a humble farmer in Ukraine to the people of the world: Please ask your governments to stop this reckless war, launched by that cruel and power-hungry authoritarian, Vladimir Putin.”
The top exporters of Ukrainian wheat today are the Russians. Count it as one more injustice in Vladimir Putin’s cruel war of conquest.
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.
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.