Yearly Archives: 2000

Dennis T. Avery Foes of Genetically Modified Food Should Remember Scientists Have Been Altering Seeds With Radiation For Years With Beneficial Results CHURCHVILLE, Va.-Did you know the world’s plant breeders have been putting mutant genes in our foods and beverages? … Continue reading →

Dennis T. Avery Resistance To Antibodies Is A Problem, But One Caused By Human Foibles, Not Agriculture CHURCHVILLE, Va. – Denmark has voluntarily renounced the use of antibiotics in livestock. Although Danish scientists haven’t found any evidence linking human illness … Continue reading →

Dennis T. Avery 2,200 Years After We Reached an “Excessive” Population, We’re Doing Better Than Ever Thanks to Discoveries Like the Potato and the Turnip CHURCHVILLE, Va.-Scientist D. Gale Johnson of the University of Chicago says the population boom started … Continue reading →

Richard A. Halpern Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Carol Browner’s most ambitious effort to bring American life under regulatory control appears to be sailing dangerously close to the rocks. Her latest federal initiative, under which the EPA could use the … Continue reading →

Dennis T. Avery If America Sets Unrealistic Constraints On Farm Structure, Farmers May Lose Export Markets CHURCHVILLE, Va.-I’ve just accepted an invitation to take an official part in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s “Millennium Debate on Farm Structure.” I’m flattered. … Continue reading →

Dennis T. Avery India’s Future Farm Production Potential Is Constrained, Meaning The Country Will Soon Be Hungry For Farm Imports CHURCHVILLE, Va.-Indian consumers will demand another 200 million tons of grain a year by 2020, if India’s economy keeps growing … Continue reading →

Dennis T. Avery It May Be Ego-Satisfying To “Save The World” By Parading In The Streets, But It Won’t Feed Anyone WASHINGTON-The streets of the nation’s capital are full of affluent white anti-capitalists, protesting globalization and such modern technologies as … Continue reading →

Dennis T. Avery Henry Ford’s Gas-Powered Tractor Has Saved Millions of Acres of Wildlands and Made America More Livable CHURCHVILLE, Va.-Time magazine is publishing a special Earth Day issue, with Ford Motor Co. the exclusive sponsor, emphasizing the pledge of … Continue reading →

Dave Juday Farmers Will Suffer If Co-Ops And Associations Continue To Be BERRYVILLE, Va.–The U.S. Congress is putting the finishing touches on legislation to reform the federal crop insurance program. The House passed such a measure last year and the … Continue reading →