You would have seen last week the reports of Mike Mack resigning. While it seems that the reasons behind it are his arrogance for rejecting/not pursuing the sale of Syngenta to Monsanto, what’s more interesting is what other details of Syngenta’s activities over the last year were confirmed. Firstly, Syngenta, through comments from its interim […]
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Monthly Archives: October 2015
Not allowing comments on my blog
I’ve had a few emails regarding the site’s lack of opportunities to add comments. Well originally I did but I’ve since turned this function off for a few reasons. Firstly, if you did want to add a comment you can just email me. Secondly, it’s my blog for my consultancy company and I want to […]
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It’s a Real Challenge to be a Farmer
Time and time again you visit farmers’ fields following complaints or issues that you hear through dealers, seed production or trials staff to find that the whole crop is lost, not just for the first time but for the second or even third time. Farmers who are experienced seed producers would never produce seed for […]
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Syngenta-Monsanto sale/merger?
The Syngenta-Monsanto “reality show” continues, but what is seen in public is obviously not what is happening behind the scenes. Some interesting factors in the saga: Monsanto wants a European base to off-load its US based tax (apparently); Monsanto has in many ways “re-invented’ itself over the years and now tots itself as a “Technology” […]
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Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine Awarded for Research on Parasitic Diseases
This year the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine (bit awkward and confusing the way it is named) was awarded to three researchers in what only can be described as recognising achievements that were very basic, practical and low on the radar when it comes to “high profile and attention grabbing”; for research on […]
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Plants rate low on the public radar!!!
The phenomenon of ‘plant blindness’, where the vast majority of people give little or no recognition to the natural vegetation in their surroundings as living organisms, and certainly rank them as less significant than the animals present in any environment, is all too common. Most people tend to have only their personal interests at heart […]
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