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California drought 'to cost farmers $1.7 billion'
May 20, 2014 (AFP)
One of California's worst droughts in decades could cost the US state's farmers $1.7 billion, a study warned Monday, a week after alarmingly early wildfires for...
US acts to fight disease harming 'fair trade' coffee
May 19, 2014 (AFP)
The US government announced Monday a new $5 million effort to fight a disease savaging Central America's "fair trade" coffee bean harvest and pressuring the pri...
Madagascar unleashes poisoned rain to break locust plague
May 19, 2014 (AFP)
The choppers swoop in, dumping insecticide over a plague-stricken village in Madagascar's stunning central highlands. "The goal is to break the invasion," expla...
EU tackles massive food wasting 'best before' labelling
May 19, 2014 (AFP)
Several EU countries pressed Monday to change 'best before' food labelling, blamed for millions of tons of food being thrown away when getting a square meal is ...
Asian consortium lifts bid for Australian food manufacturer
May 16, 2014 (AFP)
Australian food manufacturer Goodman Fielder was considering a sweetened bid from an Asian consortium on Friday that values the company at Aus$1.37 billion (US$...
Corn dwarfed by temperature dip suitable for growing in caves, mines
May 16, 2014 (SPX)
Lowering temperatures for two hours each day reduces the height of corn without affecting its seed yield, a Purdue study shows, a technique that could be used t...
Winners and losers in cereal production from El Nino
May 15, 2014 (AFP)
Food experts on Thursday drew up the first global map of how the El Nino weather phenomenon affects production of four key cereals. El Nino improves the global ...
Bee biodiversity boosts crop yields
May 13, 2014 (SPX)
Research from North Carolina State University shows that blueberries produce more seeds and larger berries if they are visited by more diverse bee species, allo...
Rising CO2 poses significant threat to human nutrition
May 12, 2014 (SPX)
At the elevated levels of atmospheric CO2 anticipated by around 2050, crops that provide a large share of the global population with most of their dietary zinc ...
As CO2 levels rise, some crop nutrients will fall
May 12, 2014 (SPX)
Researchers have some bad news for future farmers and eaters: As carbon dioxide levels rise this century, some grains and legumes will become significantly less...
Rice or wheat? How grains define cultural identity
May 08, 2014 (AFP)
Ever wondered why cultures can be so different, with Westerners more focused on the individual than people in the East? Psychologists said Thursday that the div...
Climate: Rising C02 levels to hit grain nutrition
May 07, 2014 (AFP)
Rising levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) will badly hit the nutritional value of key cereals, including rice and wheat, scientists warned on Wednesday. Crop breede...
Economics of high tunnels examined in southwestern United States
May 07, 2014 (SPX)
Used throughout the world in horticulture and agriculture production, high tunnels are less complex and less expensive versions of greenhouses. The structures' ...
Plantable containers show promise for use in groundcover production, landscaping
May 07, 2014 (SPX)
Consumer demand for groundcover plants for residential and commercial landscapes is on the rise. Low-growing, low-maintenance groundcovers are favored not only ...
Food security increased by new scientific model in agricultural production
May 07, 2014 (SPX)
Farmers are used to optimizing crop production on their own lands. They do soil tests to choose the right amount of fertilizers to apply, and they sometimes pla...
History to Blame for Slow Crop Taming
May 07, 2014 (SPX)
It's been about 10,000 years since our ancestors began farming, but crop domestication has taken much longer than expected - a delay caused less by genetics and...
France definitively bans GM corn
May 05, 2014 (AFP)
France definitively banned the growing of genetically modified corn on Monday after its highest court and Senate both confirmed an existing ban. A grouping of l...
Hot Dogs! Burgers! Babaganoush! An immigrant's restaurant adds new flavor to Rehoboth Beach
May 03, 2014 (UPI)
In the almost two years since they opened their Turkish restaurant a half-block from a boardwalk that perpetually smells like French fries and caramel corn, Joh...
U.S. corn yields are increasingly vulnerable to hot, dry weather
May 02, 2014 (SPX)
Corn yields in the central United States have become more sensitive to drought conditions in the past two decades, according to Stanford research. The study, wh...
Corn crops increasingly vulnerable to hot, dry weather
May 01, 2014 (AFP)
US farmers can grow more corn than ever before thanks to genetic modifications and improved planting techniques, but the crops are also increasingly vulnerable ...
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