Overall, great post highlighting a "reason for hope" in agricultural innovation!
One question: How might the widespread adoption of short corn impact biodiversity and genetic diversity in our agricultural systems? While it seems beneficial, I'm curious about the potential long-term ecological implications of shifting towards this new variety on a large scale.
This is great! It does feel like a double win. Obviously we want fewer losses from storms in terms of climate mitigation. But less spraying is a huge win for runoff / algal blooms etc. We obviously have a corn problem in the US with 40%+ going to ethanol production, but if we're gonna keep having corn out the ears (pun...intended?) then technologically better corn seems like a total win!
Overall, great post highlighting a "reason for hope" in agricultural innovation!
One question: How might the widespread adoption of short corn impact biodiversity and genetic diversity in our agricultural systems? While it seems beneficial, I'm curious about the potential long-term ecological implications of shifting towards this new variety on a large scale.
Short corn - another common sense solution with no apparent downside! Thanks for sharing this information. Support the Farm Bill!
This is great! It does feel like a double win. Obviously we want fewer losses from storms in terms of climate mitigation. But less spraying is a huge win for runoff / algal blooms etc. We obviously have a corn problem in the US with 40%+ going to ethanol production, but if we're gonna keep having corn out the ears (pun...intended?) then technologically better corn seems like a total win!
Absolutely!
What an interesting article!
Thank you!