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Farmer Profile - USA - Corzine - More than a century of stewardship(17/02/2010)
Focus area: growing food,plant biotechnology,benefits,productivity,crop protection benefits,stewardship,communication,sharing the story of sustainable agriculture
Tags: agricultural biotechnology,crop production,crop protection product,crop,farmer,North America,stewardship
Corzine, a fifth generation corn and soybean farmer from Illinois, has a mantra - "To leave the farm in a better way than we found it, for the next generation. With technologies in seed and equipment we are truly producing much more with less."
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Farmer Profile - USA - Corzine - More than a century of stewardship - HI RES(17/02/2010)
Focus area: growing food,plant biotechnology,benefits,productivity,crop protection benefits,stewardship,communication,sharing the story of sustainable agriculture
Tags: agricultural biotechnology,crop production,crop protection product,crop,farmer,North America,stewardship
Corzine, a fifth generation corn and soybean farmer from Illinois, has a mantra - "To leave the farm in a better way than we found it, for the next generation. With technologies in seed and equipment we are truly producing much more with less."
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Farmer Profile - USA - Tiede - Embracing the innovations of plant science(05/02/2010)
Focus area: crop protection,pesticide management ,benefits,productivity,crop protection benefits,communication,sharing the story of sustainable agriculture
Tags: agriculture,chemical,crop production,crop protection product,crop,farmer,North America,Spraying,Water
Tiede uses variable rate technology to apply crop protection. An aeroplane applicator sprays fungicide to prevent diseases such as blight. “Applicators with GPS locators have tremendous accuracy, putting the right amount of chemical in the right place".
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Farmer Profile - Canada - Chorney - A holistic approach to farming(21/01/2010)
Focus area: growing food,plant biotechnology,crop protection,benefits,productivity,crop protection benefits,sustainability,water,communication,sharing the story of sustainable agriculture
Tags: biotech crops,crop production,crop protection product,crop,farmer,North America,Water
By using Biotech crops, Chorney can look at crop rotation on a holistic approach. He believes that stewardship of the land now is critical to ensure that crop production is going to be able to meet the production challenges of the future.
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Farmer Profile - Canada - Froebe - Farming in the bread basket of the world(21/01/2010)
Focus area: growing food,plant biotechnology,crop protection,benefits,productivity,crop protection benefits,communication,sharing the story of sustainable agriculture
Tags: agricultural biotechnology,biotech crops,crop production,crop protection product,crop,farmer,North America
Biotech and glyphosate-tolerant crops have helped Froebe to avoid weed issues and expand his farm to about 3700 acres. He has seen yield increases and greater efficiencies, and says "it has also freed up time for us as a family to spend together."
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Farmer Profile - Canada - Timmings - Stewards of the soil(21/01/2010)
Focus area: growing food,plant biotechnology,benefits,productivity,crop protection benefits,sustainability,stewardship,communication,sharing the story of sustainable agriculture
Tags: agricultural biotechnology,biotech crops,crop production,crop protection product,crop,farmer,North America,soil
Timmings has been farming for 30 years. He has adopted innovations such as plant biotechnology and crop protection products, and he combats the problem of light soil with stewardship practices such as no-till, windbreak planting and crop rotation.
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