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About
Richard Franke Dijkstra farms with his family in Southern Brazil where they grow soybeans, edible beans, corn, wheat, barley, ray grass and black oats; 50% of the soybeans and corn they plant are GM and 100% of the operation is no-tillage. Richard and his brother-in-law also operate a 480 cow dairy and raise 4000 hogs annually.
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Articles by Richard Dijkstra (4)
August 18, 2026
Celebrating 50 Years of No-Till Agriculture in Brazil
Our family farm is a case study. After my father introduced no-till, we went from losing soil to protecting it. Soon we were making it better.
Read article →December 29, 2025
Brazil’s No-Till Revolution: 25 Years of Climate Solutions
Brazilian farmer Richard Franke Dijkstra shares his family’s remarkable journey, from immigrating to Brazil after World War II, to pioneering one of t…
Read article →July 3, 2014
Brazil Uses Biotechnology to Take the Sting out of Dengue Fever
All eyes are on the World Cup in Brazil this month. As a farmer in southern Brazil in Parana State, near the city of Ponta Grossa, I’m cheering for th…
Read article →November 3, 2011
Three Billion Acres of GM Crops and Counting!
We don’t know exactly where it will happen, so there won’t be any fireworks or parades. It could be in my country of Brazil. It will almos…
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