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Milling wheat fell for the first time in three sessions in Paris on speculation that warm weather and rains this week will improve the prospects for crops in parts of Europe and Russia. “This heat we’ve got at the moment is exactly what the ...
May 28, 2012 at 16:50 | Source: Bloomberg
KABUL, Afghanistan, May 27 (UPI) -- The withdrawal of Western troops from Afghanistan will likely result in a new surge in the production of opium poppies, counter-narcotics experts predicted. The United States has been leading a long battle to ...
May 27, 2012 at 15:33 | Source: United Press International
An important report published in 2009 by the Union of Concerned Scientists examines the performance of genetically engineered (GE) crops in the country that has done the most to develop these technologies and produces the most GE crops - the Unites States.
May 28, 2012 at 05:30 | Source: AllAfrica.com
Afew months after the discovery that genetically modified crops were being grown in the Rogue Valley, Jackson County officials have confirmed they have the authority to ban them. Joel Benton, senior assistant county counsel for Jackson County ...
May 25, 2012 at 09:08 | Source: Medford Mail Tribune
Richmond council has passed a motion banning genetically modified plants and crops from being grown in the city, the first predominantly agricultural jurisdiction in B.C. to enact such a ban. The motion passed unanimously by council Tuesday ...
May 23, 2012 at 14:47 | Source: The Vancouver Sun
HUNTINGTON, Ind. (Indiana’s NewsCenter) - Record weather gives local farmers the chance to get their crops in earlier than ever before. A farmer in Huntington says despite a dry spell in northeast Indiana because he went against the rules his crops are ...
May 28, 2012 at 11:42 | Source: msnbc.com
Free-roaming wild pigs threaten to damage crops in a part of the Highlands, a councillor has warned. Believed to be a mix of wild boar and domestic pig that escaped from a farm, the animals have been spotted in the Strathnairn area near Inverness.
May 23, 2012 at 10:51 | Source: BBC News
More than 600 million people could be fed each year by halting the spread of fungal diseases in the world's five most important crops - rice, wheat, maize, potatoes and soybeans Recent data further suggests that in 70% of cases where infectious disease ...
May 25, 2012 at 23:56 | Source: science20.com
BOULDER -- Boulder County voters remain about evenly divided between people who think genetically modified crops threaten human health and the environment, and those who think GMOs are a worthwhile scientific advance. Earlier this month, a ...
May 26, 2012 at 23:55 | Source: Longmont Daily Times-Call
(NaturalNews) Identifying the presence of genetically-modified (GM) contaminants in food and food crops could soon become a whole lot easier and more accurate. Researchers from Lumora, a molecular diagnostics specialist company originating out of Cambridge ...
May 21, 2012 at 04:34 | Source: Natural News.com