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Saving Crops and People with Bug Sensors
May 01, 2014 (SPX)
University of California, Riverside researchers have created a method that can classify different species of insects with up to 99 percent accuracy, a developme...
How Brazilian cattle ranching policies can reduce deforestation
May 01, 2014 (SPX)
There is a higher cost to steaks and hamburgers than what is reflected on the price tags at grocery stores and restaurants. Producing food - and beef, in partic...
Danone says will buy New Zealand dairy factories
May 01, 2014 (AFP)
French dairy giant Danone on Thursday said it will buy milk powder factories in New Zealand to make up for supplies lost when it ended its supply contract with ...
Brazilian agricultural policy could cut global greenhouse gas emissions
May 01, 2014 (SPX)
Brazil may be able to curb up to 26% of global greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation by encouraging the intensification of its cattle production, accordin...
Optimizing sweetpotato production
May 01, 2014 (SPX)
As the popularity and convenience of sweetpotato products increases, sweetpotato growers and processors are interested in identifying ways to meet processor's d...
Nitrogen pollution, climate and land use: why what we eat matters
Apr 30, 2014 (SPX)
A new report quantifies for the first time how much our food choices affect pollutant nitrogen emissions, climate change and land-use across Europe. The executi...
Dutchman at heart of Europe's horse meat scandal charged in France
Apr 29, 2014 (AFP)
A Dutch businessman at the heart of a horsemeat scandal that prompted a health scare across Europe last year has been charged and held in France, a judicial sou...
Study finds accelerated soil carbon loss, increasing the rate of climate change
Apr 29, 2014 (SPX)
Research published in Science found that increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere cause soil microbes to produce more carbon dioxide, accelerating c...
Australian food group rejects Singapore-Hong Kong bid
Apr 28, 2014 (AFP)
Australian food manufacturer Goodman Fielder on Monday turned down a joint Singapore and Hong Kong takeover bid valuing the company at Aus$1.27 billion (US$1.18...
Top 12 ways the world can eliminate agriculture's climate footprint
Apr 28, 2014 (SPX)
Annual carbon emissions from global agriculture can be reduced by as much as 50 to 90 percent by 2030-the equivalent of removing all the cars in the world-accor...
Cow manure harbors diverse new antibiotic resistance genes
Apr 25, 2014 (SPX)
Manure from dairy cows, which is commonly used as a farm soil fertilizer, contains a surprising number of newly identified antibiotic resistance genes from the ...
German mini drones rescue Bambis from hay shredders
Apr 25, 2014 (AFP)
A German wildlife rescue project is deploying small aerial drones to find and protect young deer hiding in tall grass from being shredded by combine harvesters ...
Russia postpones planting of GMOs by 3 years
Apr 25, 2014 (Voice of Russia)
Russia will not start certifying GM seeds for at least three more years due to delays in creating the necessary infrastructure, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev t...
Chickens to chili peppers
Apr 23, 2014 (SPX)
Suddenly there was a word for chili peppers. Information about archaeological remains of ancient chili peppers in Mexico along with a study of the appearance of...
Researchers question published no-till soil organic carbon sequestration rates
Apr 23, 2014 (SPX)
For the past 20 years, researchers have published soil organic carbon sequestration rates. Many of the research findings have suggested that soil organic carbon...
New technique will accelerate genetic characterization of photosynthesis
Apr 23, 2014 (SPX)
Photosynthesis provides fixed carbon and energy for nearly all life on Earth, yet many aspects of this fascinating process remain mysterious. For example, littl...
China pork firm scales down IPO in volatile market
Apr 23, 2014 (AFP)
Chinese pork producer WH Group has slashed a planned initial public offering in Hong Kong by almost two-thirds blaming concerns about the strength of the city's...
Genetic study tackles mystery of slow plant domestications
Apr 22, 2014 (SPX)
"The Modern View of Domestication," a special feature of The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) published April 29, raises a number of start...
Food shortages could be most critical world issue by mid-century
Apr 22, 2014 (SPX)
The world is less than 40 years away from a food shortage that will have serious implications for people and governments, according to a top scientist at the U....
Significant baseline levels of arsenic found in soil throughout Ohio are due to natural processes
Apr 22, 2014 (SPX)
Geologic and soil processes are to blame for significant baseline levels of arsenic in soil throughout Ohio, according to a study published recently in the Jour...
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