Insights and Stories of Maggie Van Camp

Jun. 26, 2015 at 12:26 pm CDT

The spring rush is over, so now is the time to take a moment and reflect. As you gaze across fields flush with new growth, think about how much things have evolved in the last few years. Although that lone tree out there still leans to the east, and the […]

By Maggie Van Camp

Jan. 23, 2015 at 12:24 pm CST

A winter wheat leaf pokes through the snow. In the frozen white, that hardy leaf means hope and even optimism. It is a promise that winter will turn to spring, and that spring will make way for summer, and that then will come the harvest. The plant thrives in spite […]

By Maggie Van Camp

Apr. 3, 2013 at 9:38 am CDT

Although the challenge of world hunger is complex, Jeff Simmons believes food security issues can be solved by global adaptation of technology and open trade “We can feed 10 billion people, it’s access and policy that hinders that ability,” the president of Elanco Animal Health said in a recent phone […]

By Maggie Van Camp

Mar. 8, 2013 at 4:13 pm CST

They wear big cowboy hats and tiny workboots. They play with toy tractors in their sandboxes, go with Grandpa on a parts run, push brooms in barns and listen to conversations with salespeople. Before they can even count, farm kids learn some valuable lessons about farming, or as Elaine Froese, […]

By Maggie Van Camp

Mar. 24, 2010 at 1:47 pm CDT

Glyphosate-resistant giant ragweed is officially in Ontario, weed scientist Peter Sikkema confirmed Tuesday. Researchers grew plants from seeds of giant ragweed found in farmers’ fields in the southwestern part of the province in 2008 and the resulting weeds were resistant to glyphosate, Sikkema said at a farmers’ meeting at Uxbridge, […]

By Maggie Van Camp