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Pesticides tainting traditional China herbs: Greenpeace
Jun 24, 2013 (AFP)
Traditional Chinese herbs are being contaminated with a toxic cocktail of pesticides that poses a threat to consumer health and the environment, campaign group ...
African palm oil makers hit back at global 'smear campaign'
Jun 23, 2013 (AFP)
African palm oil producers are hitting back at what they say is a "smear campaign" against them by environmentalists and health activists that risks ruining the...
Wine producers go hi-tech to outsmart fraudsters
Jun 22, 2013 (AFP)
Making sure a glass of wine is everything it promises on the label was once a relatively simple process: hold against the light, tilt and observe the shade, swi...
Chinese buy up Canada farms; is Beijing behind it?
Jun 21, 2013 (AFP)
With too few farms in China to feed a burgeoning population, Chinese immigrants have started buying up agricultural lands in Canada and shipping produce to Asia...
'Sheep-eating' plant set to bloom in Britain in rare event
Jun 21, 2013 (UPI)
Researchers say a South American "sheep-eating" plant is about to bloom 15 years after it was planted in a British greenhouse. The Royal Horticultural Society s...
Research suggests plants capable of employing quantum physics
Jun 21, 2013 (UPI)
Researchers in Spain say they've seen evidence plants make use of quantum physics to harvest light more efficiently. Scientists at the Institute of Photonic Sci...
Researchers Find Genetic Diversity Key to Survival of Honey Bee Colonies
Jun 21, 2013 (SPX)
When it comes to honey bees, more mates is better. A new study from North Carolina State University, the University of Maryland and the U.S. Department of Agric...
Yunnan Red, anyone? Chinese wine heads to Europe
Jun 19, 2013 (AFP)
For years the Chinese have been buying up wine from Europe, but with domestic wine production predicted to overtake Australia and Chile by next year, Tiana Wu i...
Farmworkers feel the heat even when they leave the fields
Jun 19, 2013 (SPX)
Hot weather may be the work environment for the 1.4 million farmworkers in the United States who harvest crops, but new research shows that these workers contin...
New report identifies 'regret-free' approaches for adapting agriculture to climate change
Jun 19, 2013 (SPX)
Whether it's swapping coffee for cocoa in Central America or bracing for drought in Sri Lanka with a return to ancient water storage systems, findings from a ne...
Wine war fears already slowing French exports to China
Jun 18, 2013 (AFP)
Chinese wine importers have already started putting orders from France and other European countries on hold over fears of a hike in tariffs being triggered as p...
Pesticides slash water life by 42 percent: study
Jun 17, 2013 (AFP)
Pesticides may kill off water insects and other small aquatic life by as much as 42 percent, according to an analysis of German, French and Australian rivers an...
Genetic diversity could be key to survival of honeybee colonies
Jun 17, 2013 (UPI)
Genetic diversity, based on how many times a queen bee mates, could be key to the survival of honeybee colonies, U.S. researchers suggest. A study from North Ca...
Key investor pushes for Smithfield breakup
Jun 17, 2013 (AFP)
A large shareholder of global pork giant Smithfield Foods called Monday for the company to be broken up rather than sold to a major Chinese meat processor, in o...
Rice research investment delivers sixfold return
Jun 17, 2013 (SPX)
A US$12 million investment in rice research has returned more than $70 million in benefits to rice farmers and national economies in four Asian countries, accor...
China approves three GMO soybean imports
Jun 15, 2013 (UPI)
China said this week it would allow three more varieties of genetically modified soybeans to be imported. The government committee in charge of GMO (genetically...
Tillage and reduced-input rotations affect runoff from agricultural fields
Jun 14, 2013 (SPX)
No-till management practices can reduce soil erosion, but evidence suggests they can also lead to increased runoff of dissolved phosphorus from soil surfaces. M...
Grain markets face turmoil as Argentine strike looms
Jun 14, 2013 (UPI)
International markets for corn, soybeans and other grains face turmoil as Argentine farmers announced they'll go ahead with port stoppages starting Saturday. Fa...
URI, firm developing techniques for tuna aquaculture
Jun 12, 2013 (UPI)
Yellowfin tuna swim in a tank University of Rhode Island's Bay Campus in the first U.S. effort to breed tuna in a land-based aqua farm, the university said. "Wo...
How do you feed nine billion people
Jun 11, 2013 (SPX)
An international team of scientists has developed crop models to better forecast food production to feed a growing population - projected to reach 9 billion by ...
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