FARM NEWS - AFRICA DAILY

Sep 24, 2012 (SPX)

It's a battleground down there - in the soil where plants and bacteria dwell. Even though beneficial root bacteria come to the rescue when a plant is being atta...

Growing corn to treat rare disease

Sep 24, 2012 (SPX)

The seeds of greenhouse-grown corn could hold the key to treating a rare, life-threatening childhood genetic disease, according to researchers from Simon Fraser...

Researchers propose new way to save Africa's beleaguered soils

Sep 21, 2012 (SPX)

A Washington State University researcher and colleagues make a case in the journal Nature for a new type of agriculture that could restore the beleaguered soils...

EU seeks to clarify honey

Sep 21, 2012 (AFP)

Honey is the purest of foods which under European Commission proposals Friday should remain so once rules about pollen from genetically modified plants found in...

Selective grazing and aversion to olive and grape leaves achieved in goats and sheep

Sep 21, 2012 (SPX)

Researchers from the Research Group on Ruminants led by Elena Albanell, lecturer in Animal and Food Science, have successfully achieved to prevent sheep and goa...

Scientists conclude high fructose corn syrup should not be blamed for obesity

Sep 20, 2012 (SPX)

A new article published in International Journal of Obesity found there is no evidence to suggest the current obesity epidemic in the United States can be speci...

Evolutionary straitjacket means flies can't take the heat

Sep 20, 2012 (SPX)

Many species of fruit fly lack the ability to adapt effectively to predicted increases in global temperatures and may face extinction in the near future, accord...

Sweden seeks flexibility on EU ag reforms

Sep 19, 2012 (UPI)

Sweden's rural affairs minister said this week he wants more flexibility under the proposed "greening" reforms of the EU's Common Agriculture Policy. Minister E...

Warmer Temperatures Make New USDA Plant Zone Map Obsolete

Sep 19, 2012 (SPX)

Gardeners and landscapers may want to rethink their fall tree plantings. Warming temperatures have already made the U.S. Department of Agriculture's new cold-we...

Italian architect designs world's biggest vertical garden

Sep 18, 2012 (AFP)

A shopping centre near Milan is claiming an unusual record -- the biggest vertical garden in the world, covering a surface of 1,263 square metres (13,600 square...

New analysis in Science tells how world eradicated deadliest cattle plague

Sep 18, 2012 (SPX)

A new analysis published in Science traces the recent global eradication of the deadliest of cattle diseases, crediting not only the development of a new, heat-...

Genes render some rice species sterile

Sep 18, 2012 (SPX)

Researchers have identified a set of three genes that are responsible for hybrid sterility in rice, or the inability of many hybrid rice species to pass their g...

China's Synutra in $130 mn French milk factory deal

Sep 18, 2012 (AFP)

Chinese infant formula producer Synutra will make its first foray abroad with a 100 million euro tie-up with Sodiaal to build a dried milk plant, the French dai...

New gene could lead to better bug-resistant plants

Sep 18, 2012 (SPX)

The discovery of a new gene could lead to better bug-resistant plants. Research led by Michigan State University and appearing on the cover of this week's Proce...

Farmers accuse Madagascar mining giant of killing bees

Sep 18, 2012 (AFP)

A swath of farmland around a giant nickel and cobalt mine in Madagascar has been contaminated by pesticides that have wiped out local bee populations, a group o...

Studies shed light on how to reduce the amount of toxins in plant-derived foods

Sep 18, 2012 (SPX)

A number of environmental toxins pose considerable health threats to humans, and the heavy metal cadmium (Cd) ranks high on the list. Most of us are exposed to ...

Food industry's high-quality co-streams used effectively as raw material for new products

Sep 18, 2012 (SPX)

European, Canadian, African and Indian researchers are developing together new ways of using the substantial co-streams from fish and oil plant processing. VTT ...

Researchers Use Banker Plants to Help Battle Whitefly Pests

Sep 14, 2012 (SPX)

A U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientist is showing growers how to combat whiteflies and other crop pests by using plants as storehouses for predatory ...

Screening technique uncovers five new plant activator compounds

Sep 14, 2012 (SPX)

A new high-throughput screening technique developed by researchers at the RIKEN Plant Science Center (PSC) has been used to uncover five novel immune-priming co...

Drought sends US producer prices surging

Sep 13, 2012 (AFP)

US producer prices jumped 1.7 percent in August, the largest monthly rise in three years, sparked by skyrocketing crop prices due to drought and higher energy c...