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Brazil mulls retaliation for ban on beef
Jan 03, 2013 (UPI)
Brazil is considering retaliation against trade partners that are refusing to import Brazilian beef suspected of carrying atypical mad cow disease. Senior Brazi...
Chinese trigger Australian baby milk run
Jan 03, 2013 (AFP)
Australian supermarkets and pharmacies were running out of popular baby formula Thursday after unprecedented sales reportedly due to Chinese customers trying to...
Chinese scientists create high-yield, salt-resistant rice variety
Jan 02, 2013 (UPI)
Chinese scientists report they've cultivated a high-yield, salt-resistant rice variety that boosts output to almost 2 1/2 tons per acre. Researchers from Hainan...
Poland bans cultivation of GM maize, potatoes
Jan 02, 2013 (AFP)
Poland on Wednesday imposed new bans on the cultivation of certain genetically modified strains of maize and potatoes, a day after an EU required green light fo...
Even in same vineyard, different microbes may create variations in wine grapes
Dec 31, 2012 (SPX)
Choosing the perfect wine may soon involve more than just knowing the perfect vintage and chateau. Differences in the microbes present on grapes even in differe...
What's in a name? Everything for Farmers
Dec 30, 2012 (UPI)
Have you ever sat down for a delicious dish of grilled Patagonian toothfish at your local seafood restaurant? You almost certainly have; you just didn't know it...
Why some grasses evolved a more efficient photosynthesis and others didn't
Dec 28, 2012 (SPX)
Even on the evolutionary time scale of tens of millions of years there is such a thing as being in the right shape at the right time. An anatomical difference i...
Bumblebees do best where there is less pavement and more floral diversity
Dec 28, 2012 (SPX)
Landscapes with large amounts of paved roads and impervious construction have lower numbers of ground-nesting bumblebees, which are important native pollinators...
Small wasps to control a big pest?
Dec 26, 2012 (SPX)
With the purpose of developing new biological methods to control one of the major pests affecting the southwest Europe pine stands, a joint collaboration leaded...
Unraveling the threads: Simplest cotton genome offers clues for fiber improvements
Dec 26, 2012 (SPX)
From the stockings decorating mantles to the new outfits in display windows calling to shoppers, cotton is woven into the fabric of the holiday season. For bioe...
Can Observations of a Hardy Weed Help Feed the World?
Dec 24, 2012 (SPX)
As the human population increases, so too do the demands and stresses on agriculture. In the January 2013 issue of International Journal of Plant Sciences, Penn...
The Green Revolution is wilting
Dec 24, 2012 (SPX)
The Green Revolution has stagnated for key food crops in many regions of the world, according to a study published in the Nature Communications by scientists wi...
A new, super-nutritious puffed rice for breakfast cereals and snacks
Dec 24, 2012 (SPX)
A new process for blowing up grains of rice produces a super-nutritious form of puffed rice, with three times more protein and a rich endowment of other nutrien...
Biologists design method to monitor global bee decline
Dec 24, 2012 (SPX)
A global network of people monitoring bee populations may form an early warning system alerting scientists to dangers threatening the world's food system and ec...
Soybeans a source of valuable chemical
Dec 21, 2012 (SPX)
The humble soybean could become an inexpensive new source of a widely used chemical for plastics, textiles, drugs, solvents and as a food additive. Succinic aci...
Haiti farmers in dire straits after Hurricane Sandy
Dec 21, 2012 (AFP)
At an isolated farm in the town of Papaye in central Haiti, a group of farmers are counting the costs of Hurricane Sandy and trying to decide their next steps. ...
Curbing car travel could be as effective as cutting calories
Dec 21, 2012 (SPX)
Those considering how to maintain a healthy weight during holiday festivities, or looking ahead to New Year's resolutions, may want to think twice before reachi...
Hungary bans foreign farmland ownership
Dec 21, 2012 (UPI)
Hungary this week moved to ban foreign ownership of agricultural land under its new constitution amid fears over the future of family farming in the country. Th...
New research predicts rising trend in India's violent land conflicts; 130 districts struggle
Dec 20, 2012 (SPX)
New research released on the eve of an international conference on land and forest rights, blames India's government agencies and investors for a growing spate ...
Plant sniffs out danger to prepare defenses against pesky insect
Dec 20, 2012 (SPX)
A plant may start to prime its defenses as soon as it gets a whiff of a male fly searching for a mate, according to Penn State entomologists. Once tall goldenro...
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