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Canada apple farmer fights frost with helicopter
May 14, 2013 (AFP)
With a frost warning in effect in parts of Canada, an Ottawa area farmer reportedly sent a helicopter to hover over his apple orchard overnight Monday in an unu...
Neiker-Tecnalia develops a new method for the early detection of vineyard mildew, powdery mildew and botrytis
May 14, 2013 (SPX)
The Basque Institute for Agricultural Research and Development, Neiker-Tecnalia, has developed a new method for the early detection of the diseases mildew, powd...
US Supreme Court finds for Monsanto in seed patent battle
May 13, 2013 (AFP)
The US Supreme Court ruled in favor of Monsanto Monday over an Indiana farmer accused of having pirated the genetically-modified crops developed by the agribusi...
KFC China sales crash 36% in April on bird flu fears
May 13, 2013 (AFP)
Sales of fast food giant KFC in China slumped an estimated 36 percent last month, according to parent Yum! Brands, as consumers shunned chicken due to the H7N9 ...
Plants 'talk' to plants to help them grow
May 13, 2013 (SPX)
Having a neighborly chat improves seed germination, finds research in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Ecology. Even when other known means of communica...
Slippery eel slides towards disaster
May 11, 2013 (AFP)
Cupping a tiny, translucent eel in the palm of his hand, New York environmental researcher Chris Bowser shook his head in amazement. "This is worth about one do...
Agriculture and Livestock Remain Major Sources of Greenhouse Gas Emissions
May 10, 2013 (SPX)
Global greenhouse gas emissions from the agricultural sector totaled 4.69 billion tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) equivalent in 2010 (the most recent year for whic...
An electronic nose can tell pears and apples apart
May 10, 2013 (SPX)
Swedish and Spanish engineers have created a system of sensors that detects fruit odours more effectively than the human sense of smell. For now, the device can...
Study says pesticides to blame for honeybee colony collapse
May 09, 2013 (UPI)
Though parasitic mites continue to infect and kill honeybees, a new study suggests they are not to blame for colony collapse disorder (CCD), the phenomenon blam...
Scientists alarmed by rapid spread of Brown Streak Disease in cassava
May 08, 2013 (SPX)
Cassava experts are reporting new outbreaks and the increased spread of Cassava Brown Streak Disease or CBSD, warning that the rapidly proliferating plant virus...
Dutch order probe into baby milk sales to China
May 08, 2013 (AFP)
The Dutch government on Wednesday ordered an investigation into persistent shortages of certain brands of baby formula, blamed on networks of traffickers who sh...
Zeal to ensure clean leafy greens takes bite out of riverside habitat in California
May 08, 2013 (SPX)
Meticulous attention to food safety is a good thing. As consumers, we like to hear that produce growers and distributers go above and beyond food safety mandate...
Third of US bee colonies died last winter: report
May 07, 2013 (AFP)
Nearly a third of the honey bee colonies in the United States died this past winter, sharply higher proportion than a year ago, according to an official report ...
Heat wave sears Canada's tulip festival
May 07, 2013 (AFP)
A heat wave is threatening to take the bloom off one of the world's largest garden festivals, as more than one million colorful tulips in Canada's capital began...
China farmers held for selling meat from sick pigs
May 06, 2013 (AFP)
Three Chinese farmers were held for operating an illegal pork business selling meat from pigs that died of disease, state media said Monday, the latest in a ser...
More food and greener farming with specialised transporters for plants
May 03, 2013 (SPX)
To grow more food more sustainably we need to make plants better at recruiting nutrients and water from soil to seed, according to 12 leading plant scientists w...
Substances in honey increase detoxification gene expression
May 03, 2013 (SPX)
Research in the wake of Colony Collapse Disorder, a mysterious malady afflicting (primarily commercial) honey bees, suggests that pests, pathogens and pesticide...
New plant protein discoveries could ease global food and fuel demands
May 03, 2013 (SPX)
New discoveries of the way plants transport important substances across their biological membranes to resist toxic metals and pests, increase salt and drought t...
U.S. not siding with Europe in blaming pesticides for honeybee losses
May 03, 2013 (UPI)
A U.S. government study stops short of agreeing with Europe that pesticides are a prime suspect in the worldwide disappearance of honeybees, officials said. The...
China detains 900 over toxic meat scandal: official
May 03, 2013 (AFP)
China has detained 900 people for crimes including selling rat and fox meat as beef and mutton, the public security ministry said, in another blow to the nation...
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