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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US Geological Survey Names ‘Hypoxia Nine’
According to the US Geological Survey (USGS), evidence points to nine states as the key culprits to blame for the Gulf of Mexico’s "dead…
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Monsanto: French GM Ban Illegal, Harmful
The news of the French decision to ban a genetically modified variety of corn has been unfolding in the last two issues of CropLife…
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Controlling Volunteer Corn In Soybeans Is Critical
Volunteer corn is much more than a nuisance weed in soybean fields. It could also be a potential threat to the effectiveness of Bt…
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Study Shows Energy Gain In Switchgrass Ethanol
Switchgrass grown for biofuel production produced 540 percent more energy than needed to grow, harvest and process it into cellulosic ethanol, according to estimates…
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Transgenic Beans Earn Asian OK
Monsanto Co. has received final regulatory approval in Japan, the Philippines, and Taiwan for its second-generation soybean technology, Roundup Ready 2 Yield. According to…
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Former Ag Secretary Earl Butz Dies
Former Agriculture Secretary Earl L. Butz died Feb. 2 at age 98. He orchestrated a major change in federal farm policy as secretary of…
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Non-Selective Herbicide Sales Up
Reports of higher prices and increased early sales volumes of crop protection inputs across agriculture seem to be proved out when looking at this…
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Cellulosic Ethanol Drives Le Mans
The American Le Mans Series season opener will debut cellulosic E85 racing ethanol. In a technological breakthrough in both the renewable fuels arena and…
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Schafer Outlines ’09 Ag Budget
In one of his first official acts, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer released details of President George W. Bush’s fiscal year (FY) 2009 USDA…
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Wil-Rich Markets Redball Line
Wil-Rich, LLC will become the exclusive marketer of Redball, LLC’s line of strip-till equipment. Redball will continue as manufacturer, but now the Redball strip-till…
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