Recently, news and advocacy groups sites have been afire with dire warnings that man’s days on earth are (once again) numbered, this time due to the accelerating extinction of all of the world’s insects. There’s no doubt this ‘crisis study’ has served the authors’ apparent purpose in generating media alarm and arming environmental advocacy groups with a new apocalypse to sharpen their attacks on intensive farming and, especially, pesticides. Before legislators and intimidated regulators spring into action, they should reflect on the faux bee-pocalypse crisis.

Interview with Valdemar Fischer, Chairman of the Board and José Perdomo, Executive President of CropLife Latin America

Two food heroes from Chile share what they do and what inspires them to be part of the agriculture chain.

The Council for Agricultural Science and Technology published an essay about the benefits of crop protection technologies and its impact on agricultural productivity.