Pablo Fernández Poeta Biological Allies for Grains in Argentina The agricultural activity is very dynamic and many factors can affect its results. We see food available on our tables, but sometimes we have no idea of the challenges farmers have to face on the field in order to grow enough nutritious and healthy fruits, vegetables and grains for our daily consumption.
Jolanda Wijsmuller Winning Hearts with Serenade What better way to validate the performance of Bayer’s Serenade® ASO biological fungicide – a living organism derived from nature, contributing to better soil as well as root and plant health – than by working with our food chain partners to implement a project involving Serenade in the Netherlands, utilizing digital farming methods to collect and analyze the results?
Aaron Cano Making a difference one smallholder farmer at a time Aaron Cano aims to be a one-stop shop where farmers are part of a global partnership that helps them increase their productivity and improve their livelihoods.
Brett Begemann Five Skills Every Student & Young Professional Needs for Career Success Brett Begemann discusses his experience being Professor-for-a-Day at Missou, an incredible opportunity to talk with students about modern agriculture, innovation and career success.
Jenny Maloney If Carrots Could Talk Jenny Maloney discusses the importance of teaching children how food is grown and making sure they have access to fresh fruit and vegetables.
Gal Yarden Growing more with less through a paradigm shift It’s just over a year now since we as individual companies found ourselves in a room preparing to embark on a journey. We came together as partners, as an alliance to launch Better Life Farming – and what a journey it has been so far.
Griselda Mendoza Small Farmers, Great Contributions According to the United Nations, in many parts of the world, 60-80% of the food is produced thanks to the work of women. Rural environments, as well as the composition of the company teams who work in the field, are more diverse, they include men and women from different parts of the world, with different sets of knowledge.
Manuel Otero Bioeconomy: A Global Need, An Opportunity for the Americas What started as a strategy to optimise our use of the latest knowledge in the biological sciences, primarily biotechnology, evolved into a broader vision to spur more sustainable development
John Purcell Thinking About the Future of Food from a Produce Perspective Head of Vegetables R&D, John Purcell, discusses his passion for produce and the future of food.
Diana Gitonga and Chuenjit Meeposom Women Smallholder Farmers Rising to the Challenge: Firsthand Perspectives from Kenya and Thailand Empowering women smallholder farmers could be the solution to ending world hunger. Here’s why and how.
John Purcell Farming Up: Modern Biology Will Maximize the Potential of Vertical Controlled-Environment Agriculture Vertical Farming is a promising new area in the field of agriculture through which plant science and technological innovations may play a large part in optimizing yields and delivering valuable products.
Beatrice Band Smallholder Effect: Realizing the Dream of Zero Hunger Jesus Madrazo shares how empowering 100 million smallholder farmers can have an exponential impact in feeding our growing population.
Kai Wirtz Demand Without Supply European growers need the access to innovation and technology to provide us with our everyday fresh fruit and vegetables.
Jenny Maloney The Evolution of Organic Farming in the 21st Century Organic growers face challenges to get a crop to market without various synthetic tools to address pests. It’s important to innovate and provide solutions to them and choices to consumers.
Luciano Jaloto Digital Transformation Promotes Agriculture in Latin America …and drones are a significant part of it.
Connie Kang Women in Agriculture Farm for a Better Life Farming should not be about female or male, big or small. It’s about people improving their farming potential and their livelihood. Learn more about Better Life Farming.
Shannon Hauf Driving Tractors, Insights and Innovation Women are making great strides in digital innovation!
Becky Langer-Curry Finding Productivity and Profitability with Sustainable Cover Crop Management Is it possible to increase farm profitability and productivity and preserve the environment? ForwardFarmer Trey Hill says yes – and has the proof.
Kevin Severns Maintaining the Confidence of Our Consumers Managing consumer demands and expectations are one of the greatest challenges for farmers.
Theodore Gounongbe Supporting African Farmers in the Pursuit of Happiness Bayer Food Chain Managers help farmers enhance sustainable production of high-quality cocoa.
Santiago Klee Alliances Are Strengthening the Farm Industry In the Dominican Republic, farmers have a deeply rooted tradition of cooperation and applying integrated solutions, an approach that has helped their success.
Kevin Severns How Farming Has Changed Since My Childhood Memories of yesterday, thoughts on tomorrow: “Technology is much more key in what we do”.
Marcelo Visconti The Growth of Responsible Production, the Basis for Responsible Soy Sourcing Some success stories on the most important protein crop in Brazil.
Tomas Zaborowski Empowering Smallholder Farmers to Safeguard the Future By helping farmers get the most out of their land we are securing a better future for their families and communities.
Stephan Brunner Where Does My Chocolate Come From? Bars, brownies or hot cocoa: It all starts with an evergreen tree and its pods and seeds.
Alberto Guerra Seeding a Sweeter Future – A Food Chain Partnership with Solidaridad Sharing sustainability – keeping sugar cane fruitful and healthy
Tomas Zaborowski It All Starts With a Seed Smallholder farmers often lack resources in terms of capital or technology. Bayer supports improving access to quality seeds – and helping smallholders increase their yields and productivity.
José Manuel Domínguez Alvarado May It Be Eternal While It Lasts Experts say that relationships last when there is commitment and a high degree of confidence between the parties. Farmer Americo Rodriguez and Bayer seemed to have found the perfect recipe.
Carlos Testa A Fresh Perspective on Farming in Argentina Argentinian farmer Carlos Testa shares how a new generation is changing dialogue around farming in his country.
Arlene Cotie When a Plan Comes Together Farmers around the world are challenged by weeds. This calls for an integrated approach combining diverse weed control tactics.
Martin Gruss Partners in Growth SeedGrowth® stands for innovation in products and processes. That’s why Bayer is the partner of choice when it comes to seed treatment, and has been for many years.
Marcelo Visconti Tackling Deforestation Growers are showing it is possible to produce soy while protecting natural resources, and that transparent and reliable certification standards have not hindered business growth.
Ronald Guendel Building Capacities, One Farmer at a Time Global food security is teamwork and commitment along the entire food value chain. And it begins by providing farmers with the capacity to tackle the challenges related to that task.
Mauricio Esteban Arias Diaz The ABC of Grapes 140 thousand hectares, 870 million liters of wine export – big figures for a small country like Chile.
Trey Hill Meet the Face of Sustainable Farming in the USA Can a large-scale corn and soybean farmer in the United States also be an environmentalist? Trey Hill thinks so.
Kai Wirtz The Race is On – Mind Your Step! Bananas are popular superfruits: rich in minerals and vitamins. Now the Panama Disease has been detected in Asia and it is moving towards west – a fungus, that seriously challenges farmers.
Kai Wirtz Soil Health Matters! What has soil to do with our healthiness? It all begins with the soil: a healthy soil provides nutrients for plants to grow healthy and healthy plants yield healthy fruits.
Harry Strek 5 Keys to Achieving a Low Weed Seed Bank “For years, we’ve talked about the yearly battle to control weeds. But for growers who are looking longer-term there is a better way – getting their weed seed banks low.”
Viola Müller Working for Life The time spent as trainee at Bayer afforded me the opportunity to not only grew professionally through the work I did in pest control and forest health, but at a personal level having a chance to live in Chile and be exposed to their culture.
Julián Sánchez Avocado, the Green Gold of Colombia A casual coffee conversation led Henan Villegas to start growing avocados. It was a conversation with Bayer that helped him turn the operation around. He is now exporting avocados and his children are finding a career in agriculture.
Harry Strek Rice is Life Harry Strek, Scientific Director of Bayer’s Weed Resistance Competence Center explains how to best fight weeds and maximize yields in rice systems.
Cristiane Lourenço and Cid Sanches The Value of Responsible Soy Cid Sanches, RTRS consultant, and Cristiane Lourenço, Sustainability & Food Chain Partnership manager at Bayer Brazil, discuss the importance of certification in the soy industry.
Jennifer Riggs and Axel Elling Soil Matters Soil is a complex environment vibrant with life; in fact, 1 tablespoon of soil has more organisms in it than there are people on earth. It provides valuable nutrients the plants need to grow.
Sarah Hovinga Lost at the Grocery Store! “The western grocery store can be both an exhilarating and overwhelming experience. I tapped a few friends to ask their thoughts about what to look for when it comes to food.”
Ivan Moreno A Shortcut from the Field to the Cup The passion of Brazilian coffee farmers has found its direct way to consumers. Through a new digital platform, Bayer connects producers and buyers, revealing the incredible journey behind a cup of coffee.
Amit Trikha A Wonderful Harvest - World Food Day 2017 3.2 bn. people depend on rice for 20% plus of their daily calories, rice is one of the world’s most important crops. Therefore, on world food day we’re putting rice in the spotlight.
Chad Watts Fighting Plants with Plants Chad Watts from Indiana has a passion for helping farmers improve the environment with the right measure. Using cover crops is a crucial one.
Jason Smit Returning to My Agricultural Roots After several years of gaining agricultural expertise, Jason Smit returned to his hometown of Olds, Alberta, Canada. As a Territory Sales Manager, he’s applying his farming knowhow to support farmers in protecting their crops.
Eric Watson Passion for Higher Yields Leads to World Record Crop We talked to Ashburton farmer Eric Watson who, along with wife Maxine, holds the new world record for the greatest wheat yield - a staggering 16.791 tonnes/ha.
Santiago del Solar Dorrego and Richard Hinchliffe Talking Weed Issues Across Continents “In the past tackling weeds was easy with just one herbicide. But now we have to think in advance and focus on building networks and sharing knowledge.”
José Leonardo Gonçalves Creating the Right Mosaic “The tropics and sub-tropics are becoming warmer and drier. Scientific strategies can balance water usage, benefitting the plantations and the People, in these regions.”
Richard Dickmann Winds of Change – Minimum Tillage, Keeping the Dust Storms Away Bayer and the Grains Research and Development Corporation of Australia have teamed up in an innovative partnership to target a global threat: weed resistance.
Adrian Percy Getting into the Weeds “Weed resistance is a big issue farmers face today. I’m proud to say that Bayer is “all in” in our commitment to herbicide research and the support of IWM.”
Rick Johnstone Ecosystem Medicine Native habitat is being restored in US, using prescription herbicide treatments to kill pest plants that keep our ecosystems sick.
Sarah Hovinga Banana Babble “I want to tell you about why I love working in agriculture, how protecting and cultivating plants is a lot like human medicine and how to be your own food detective.”
Harry Strek Nuggets of Weed Knowledge The issue of how weeds impact our food production system is dramatic. That’s why we have produced a series of video podcasts to explain how to best control them.
Dirceu Ferreira Jr. CEAT: A Collaborative Platform Model What’s the idea behind the Expertise Center for Tropical Agriculture in Brazil? We talked with Dirceu Ferreira Jr. about collaborations and local solutions.
Dirceu Ferreira Jr. The Challenges of Tropical Agriculture Agriculture as a whole faces many challenges today. But why does tropical agriculture deserve special attention?
Enrico Savona Brazil’s Forests – Avoiding ‘the Cobra Effect’ Managed plantation forestry is necessary for sustainability. But what if these activities actually harm the environment? Bayer prioritizes sustainable forestry in Brazil.
Jenny Maloney Changing Times: The New Face of Modern Agriculture “Today, the face of modern farming looks very different than it did 100 years ago.” Jenny Maloney shared her views of and connection to technology advancements in agriculture.
Adrian Percy Ag Innovation is Alive and Kicking! “I’ve never been more optimistic or excited about the future of farming!”
Adrian Percy It’s All About the C’s “I believe that the way we need to innovate in the future will be different than how we’ve done it in the past.”
Professor Stephen Powles Fighting Global Herbicide Resistance “Ensuring diversity in the fight against weed resistance is the only sustainable way forward.”
Roberto Rodrigues Between Preservation and Growth “We’ve increased the productivity so much, that we‘ve preserved 68 million hectares. This means that our technology is sustainable.”
