Commentary: The Promise of Big Data Finally Coming True September 5, 2017 1:45 am|Big Data was a big deal just a few years ago. Farmers worried about who had access to…
HAT Commentary: Sharpening the Pencil, Tightening the Belt August 28, 2017 4:21 am|The shock was almost palpable in the room of Purdue agronomists and economists when the August crop numbers…
Bee Industry Stung by Fake News August 21, 2017 2:45 am|Fake news is a hot topic these days. Most of the time the label gets used on political…
Commentary: The Other Food Story at the Fair August 14, 2017 4:22 am|At this year’s Indiana State Fair, the focus is food – not just one kind of food, but…
Commentary: Spin or Sincerity? Can a Leopard Change Its Spots? August 7, 2017 5:27 am|In today’s over-politicized, over-media-hyped, over-twitterized world, it is very difficult to sort out fact from fiction, honest rhetoric,…
Commentary: American Gothic has Got to Go July 31, 2017 3:28 am|American Gothic is a painting by Grant Wood. Created in in 1930, it depicts a farmer standing beside a woman that has…
Commentary: Putting the “A Team” Together July 24, 2017 3:49 am|“I love it when a plan comes together” was the line George Peppard uttered each week, usually with…
Commentary: Beware of False Syllogisms July 17, 2017 9:28 am|A syllogism is when two statements are put together to prove a conclusion. A faulty syllogism is when…
Commentary: The Cost of Free Trade July 10, 2017 3:22 am|After taking a real public whipping during the 2016 election, trade is slowly crawling back to the surface…
Commentary: Why Monsanto Should Change its Name July 3, 2017 2:38 am|“Or your name is mud” is a threat I heard quite often as a child. Usually it was…