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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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Opinion
Producing Milk in Harmony with Nature
Our world is going to need 50 percent more food by 2050. Success will require trade, technology, and more. Most of all, however, it will require farmers to describe their practices and communicate their ideas.
May 12, 2024 07:00 AM
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Global Farmer Network
Opinion
A Dairy Farm Story of Healthy Soils Producing Healthy Plants, Cows, and People
I believe our farm is doing its small part to help the planet. Our motive is simple: You can’t go wrong by doing right.
May 05, 2024 07:00 AM
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Global Farmer Network
Opinion
Planting Trees on Earth Day with the Future in Mind
As I incorporate agroforestry in my farming strategy, they improve our future because trees are a part of my plan to inspire and build a new generation of farmers.
April 28, 2024 07:00 AM
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Global Farmer Network
Opinion
A Win for Common Sense and Science
The ideological controversy over glyphosate in Mexico is over for today.
April 23, 2024 02:01 PM
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Global Farmer Network
Opinion
To Farm is to Adapt
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.
April 07, 2024 07:00 AM
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Global Farmer Network
Opinion
EU Approval of NGTs Will Be a Vote in Favor of Sound Science
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.
April 01, 2024 03:44 PM
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Global Farmer Network
Opinion
Technology Supports Water Conservation and Use
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.
March 24, 2024 07:00 AM
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Cattle Cycle
Opinion
Turning the Challenge of a Cattle Cycle Into an Opportunity
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.
March 04, 2024 10:37 AM
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Opinion
A Brazilian Farm Success Story Protecting the Forest
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.
February 26, 2024 09:00 AM
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Global Farmer Network
Opinion
The Time of His Life
Bill Northey was an amazing leader in agriculture who had the people skills of a retail politician and the vision of a statesman.
February 18, 2024 07:00 AM
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