by Jacqueline Kochak | Oct 3, 2018 | Bobs Blog, Cyber Security, Food Safety, Food Security, Humanitarian Crises, Tariffs, Terrorism, The Future, Threat Intelligence
Will designer microbes replace fertilizer? In the spring, Indiana farmer Jake Misch will douse his freshly furrowed corn seeds with a liquid probiotic for plants. As the seedlings grow, these special microbes will colonize their roots, forming hairy nodes and...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Sep 26, 2018 | Animal Health, Bobs Blog, Food Safety, Humanitarian Crises, Tariffs, Terrorism, Threat Intelligence, Water Safety
Not likely, but pressure will be applied in other ways: Direct intervention by U.S. military forces in Venezuela is deemed unlikely by this analyst. That being said, the political and humanitarian crises in the South American country is becoming untenable. Venezuela...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Sep 24, 2018 | Animal Health, Bobs Blog, Cyber Security, Emergency Response, Employee Safety, Food Safety, Public Health, Tariffs, Terrorism, The Future
Complacency breeds peril: The world changed for everyone on 9/11, including for farmers. Bob Norton says farmers must not replace due diligence with a belief that the federal or state government will stop all adversaries, since no agency has the resources and work...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Aug 24, 2018 | Bobs Blog, Food Safety, Food Security, Humanitarian Crises, Public Health, Restaurant Security, Terrorism, Threat Intelligence, Weather Emergencies
Supplies in exporting countries may also be eroded: Severe weather in Europe has coincided with adverse growing conditions in other major grain producing zones such as Russia and Australia, raising the risk that supplies in exporting countries will be eroded to their...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Jun 27, 2018 | Animal Health, Bobs Blog, Employee Safety, Food Security, Just Interesting, Public Health, Restaurant Security
AMLO is leading in polling: The upcoming presidential election this Sunday in Mexico bears close watching by U.S. food corporations. Avowed leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, commonly referred to as AMLO, is leading in polling and felt by many to be the likely...
