Saturday, October 31, 2009

The Spread of GMO Seed

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Treehugger has a post on Canada's problem with GMO seed in flaxseed.  Tests find 1 seed in 10,000 is a genetically modified strain whic...
Friday, October 30, 2009

Catch-22 in the Courts

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Via Volokh Conspiracy , can one file suit against people who:" ... conspired with the American government in its attempts to eliminate...
Thursday, October 29, 2009

Sunlight and Obama

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I don't think it's a causal relationship, more a matter of riding the wave, but you still have to give Obama credit for participatin...

Adjusting to Change--California Cotton

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A surprising, but true, paragraph from On the Record (tracks California water issues mostly): MWD will not buy water from fallowed cotton ...
Wednesday, October 28, 2009

No-Till for the Long Haul

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Ag Web has an article from a long time no-till farmer which should  please the greens and foodies on first reading, if not the second.  I...

Kevin Drum Does Pith

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"rich people tend to do really stupid things when they have too much money lying around for too long." From a post on the differen...
Tuesday, October 27, 2009

A Problem with Government--Speed

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Or the lack thereof.  Senate Ag has a hearing. Extension reports milk prices are recovering and the recovery will continue.

Paperwork Reduction Act

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OMBwatch and Nextgov both have pieces on the request for comments on how to improve the operation of the Paperwork REduction Act.  I hope ...

Having the Right Incentives

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It's important, whether for CEO's of financial companies or CIA bureaucrats.  Brookings reveals the CIA screwed their incentives dur...

A Mere Surmise, Sir

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A quote from the new Coen Brothers film, A Serious Man. Mixes Schrodinger's cat and the Book of Job into a comedy which I enjoyed.  ...