Matt Hopkins
Matt Hopkins is Senior Multi-Media Specialist for the Agribusiness Group at Meister Media Worldwide (MMW), including such brands as CropLife, CropLife IRON, AgriBusiness Global, Global Agtech Initiative, and Cotton Grower. He is responsible for managing an array of digital products, including newsletters, websites, video, and social media. Hopkins originally joined MMW in 1994 as an editor for Greenhouse Grower magazine before transitioning to Business Manager of its MeisterPro division. He has a Communications Degree from Cleveland State University.
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Report: Fungicide Used On Farm Crops Linked To Insulin Resistance
A fungicide used on farm crops can induce insulin resistance, a new tissue-culture study finds, providing another piece of evidence linking environmental pollutants to…
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Drought Continues To Spread Throughout Midwest
A National Weather Service forecast issued Friday shows that much of the Corn Belt from eastern Nebraska through Iowa and into Illinois, Indiana and…
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Purdue Experts: Time Left To Rebound From Drought
Indiana farmers and livestock producers still can recover from one of the earliest onslaughts of extremely dry conditions in more than two decades, but…
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Farm Bill 2012: Senators Vote 64-35 to Move Bill Forward
Although it will need to go through many more channels before taking affect, the U.S. Senate has passed its version of the federal farm…
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Wilbur-Ellis Company Supports Drift Reduction Technology
Wilbur-Ellis Co., in conjunction with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL), contributed funding for a drift tunnel system at the UNL West Central Research and…
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Spider Mites Inhabiting Drought-Stressed Soybean Fields
Very dry conditions are encouraging two-spotted spider mites to lay claim to drought-stressed soybean plants throughout the much of the eastern Corn Belt. When…
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Farm Bill 2012: Senators Take Some Action On Provisions
The Senate broke a deadlock that had threatened to bring down a half-trillion-dollar farm and food bill, setting the stage for expected passage of…
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Monsanto Sues Pioneer Over ‘Seed Chipper’
Coeur-based biotechnology giant, Monsanto Co., is suing rival Pioneer Hi-Bred, accusing the company of patent infringement on its “seed chipper” technology. The lawsuit filed…
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Bayer CropScience Celebrates National Pollinator Week
They fly. They buzz. They’re colorful…sometimes. And they help us produce many of the great foods we like to eat like blueberries, almonds and…
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Farm Bill Update: McCaskill To Eliminate Redundant EPA Regulation
Days after introducing an amendment to require input from farmers and ranchers in crafting environmental rules, U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill moved to amend the…
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