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What about the Poles?

By:  Dennis T. Avery   CHURCHVILLE, VA—The global warming alarmists are at it again, shrieking about “ice melt at the Poles.”  “The relentless grip of the Arctic Ocean that defied man for centuries is melting away,” warned Doug Struck in … Continue reading

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Biotech Deaths May Already Total Millions

By:  Dennis T. Avery and Alex A. Avery   CHURCHVILLE, VA—The global conflict over high-yield farming became even uglier last week when armed activists “for the landless” invaded a Brazilian biotech research farm. One activist and a security guard were … Continue reading

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Diminishing the Nobel Peace Prize

By: Dennis T. Avery In 1964, Martin Luther King won the Nobel Peace Prize for leading the non-violent crusade against racism and slavery—bettering not only America but the entire world. In 1971, Willi Brandt won the Peace Prize for leading … Continue reading

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Organic Farming Can’t Event Feed Bangladesh

By:  Dennis T. Avery   CHURCHVILLE, VA—Organic farming could feed the world’s current population, and even a larger one based on organic crop yields reported from the Third World, say Catherine Badgley and a group of co-authors at the University … Continue reading

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Global Warming and the Chesapeake Bay

By. Dennis T. Avery CHURCHVILLE, VA—I was invited to testify before the Senate environment committee Sept. 26, on “The Impact of Global Warming on the Chesapeake Bay.”  I told the committee there was no man-made global warming impact on the … Continue reading

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How Should the Feed Industry View the Consumer Confidence Challenge?

Dennis Avery It’s happened again. The food industry has once again allowed activists and headline-hungry journalists to turn the safest food system in human history into a house of horrors. Once again, there has been no effective answer or strategy … Continue reading

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Is High-Yield Farming Worth Saving?

Presentation to the Illinois Farm Bureau Commodity Conference: Is High-Yield Farming Worth Saving? Dennis Avery . . . farms obliterate empty places, ploughed fields vanquish forests, herds drive out wild beasts. . . and there are such great cities where … Continue reading

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Comments to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency, On the Proposed Five-year Strategic Plan for the FSA

Comments to the USDA’s Farm Service Agency, On the Proposed Five-Year Strategic Plan for the FSA Dennis Avery and Dr. Thomas Elam Submitted February 10, 2004, in connection with the meeting of the agency’s external stakeholders at the Wyndham Hotel, … Continue reading

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Presentation to the National Turkey Federation: The Moral Challenge of the 21st Century

Presentation to the National Turkey Federation: The Moral Challenge of the 21st Century Dennis Avery . . . farms obliterate empty places, ploughed fields vanquish forests, herds drive out wild beasts. . . and there are such great cities where … Continue reading

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Has America Already Lost High-Yield Agriculture?

Dennis T. Avery America has had a proud two centuries of world leadership in high-yield agricultural research and technology. It stretches back to George Washington’s farming experiments and Abraham Lincoln signing the Morrill Act to create the land-grant colleges and agricultural … Continue reading

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