Who says environmentalism isn’t funny? Yes, it’s all true: prompted by worries over global warming, scientists are working to breed sheep with more efficient digestive systems, in order to reduce methane emissions emanating from their ovine flatulence, colloquially known as sheep farts. The initiative, […]
Tag: agriculture
Feds are overreaching on water rules (again)
The Federal government appears to be cracking down on agricultural water use as well as alleged pollution from ordinary agricultural activities, making it harder for farmers to cultivate or irrigate their land — and it also seems the feds are overreaching with the new […]
U.S.-Japan trade deal is a good start, at best
The U.S. and Japan signed a new trade deal on September 25, which certainly counts as good news in today’s fraught trade and diplomatic environment, more often characterized by tariffs and spurious reasoning. However the first phase of the U.S.-Japan deal is at […]
Court ruling makes irrigating farmland risky business
A U.S. district court in San Francisco, in its infinite wisdom, has issued a ruling that threatens to make it virtually impossible — or just really, really expensive — for farmers to irrigate cropland. While the ruling currently only applies in California, it sets […]
More Trump tariffs coming for Europe?
A longstanding trade dispute between the U.S. and EU predates Donald Trump’s presidency — but he’ll be more than happy to roll out another round of tariffs in response, Politico reports. That’s the upshot of European Commissioner for Trade Cecilia Malmström’s warning to EU […]
Agri-giants like smell of faux meat
Until not very long ago, “fake meat” would summon images, and perhaps smells and tastes, of highly unconvincing patties composed primarily of soy products and good intentions. No more: the meteoric rise of Beyond Meat, which has soared to prominence on the back of […]
Has climate change impacted agricultural production? Depends who you ask
Reports on climate change have a funny way of raising more questions than they answer. Depending on which experts and pundits you choose to believe, the world is either already feeling the impact of climate change on agricultural production, or the whole thing is overstated and alarmist. […]
How big will America’s biggest greenhouse be? GIGANTIC
The future of farming may very well be indoors, judging by the news that a two-year-old startup, AppHarvest, plans to build a behemoth 2.8 million-square-foot greenhouse in Morehead, Kentucky for mass cultivation year-round. According to the New York Times, AppHarvest plans to use the greenhouse, which will be one of the […]
The EU-Mercosur Trade Deal and the Lunacy of Protectionism
By Federico N. Fernández, President of Fundación Internacional Bases, Senior Fellow with the Austrian Economics Center and TES Contributor The European Union (EU) and Mercosur signed a historical trade deal last Friday. The adjective historical is sometimes misused. However, in this case it is most pertinent. Indeed, the agreement […]
It’s 2050: What’s for Dinner?
It’s 2050: What’s for Dinner? By Dan McGroarty, GeoPolicy Editor For those of us who aren’t sure what’s in the fridge that can be microwaved into tonight’s dinner, or if we can use our indecision as a justification for take-out (again), worrying about what’s for dinner in the Year 2050 is a […]