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Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- World cereal production will reach 2.234 billion metric tons this year, more than forecast in July on a bigger-than-expected wheat crop, the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization said.
Glistening oysters cradled on beds of ice have provoked a political battle, with fishing industries along the Gulf Coast and their allies in Congress pitted against food safety officials in the Obama administration, who are determined to sanitize raw oysters.
WORCESTER - In his first visit to Worcester, U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Thomas J. Vilsack said Monday he is up to speed on why local officials are asking for $30 million to fight Asian longhorned beetles.
Former Vice President Al Gore voiced support Monday for the Obama Administration's plan to build a "supergrid" that could carry the electricity generated by solar, wind and other renewable resources from remote parts of the nation to America's cities.
A team of academic, government and industry researchers has completed a first draft of the cassava (Manihot esculenta) genome.
HUNTINGDON - When it comes to politics, there usually is more than meets the eye. Students from Mifflin and Juniata county high schools opened their eyes to new viewpoints during the 11th annual Model United Nations Conference, held Monday at Juniata College in Huntingdon. "It makes you think about what countries other than the U.S.
The soybean and corn harvests jumped ahead last week as farmers enjoyed an unusually dry week for this fall.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- The U.S. corn crop's progress has nearly matched the crop's five-year average after an entire season of lagging, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said.
Two major agricultural programs in Africa are partnering to bolster food security on the continent. They say African governments have to increase their investment in agriculture in order to combat the hazards caused by climate change.
ASMARA, Eritrea — In this lonely corner of the world, the first sign of distress is the luggage.
ALBANY -- A survey by the U.S. Department of Agriculture finds that New York state's wine industry has weathered the recession well. The survey of 169 New York wineries found visits to the vineyards by tourists and wine lovers have grown 20 percent in six years.
In a search for a response to the annual question of what to serve with the bird, the wine panel found that the Thanksgiving wine issue has no right answer, but many excellent solutions.
County resident dies from the swine flu A woman in her 60s with multiple underlying health problems is the first Shasta County resident to die from complications of the H1N1 flu virus, Shasta County Public Health officials said Monday. The woman died in late October, but her case could not be counted as probable H1N1 until laboratory tests were completed, officials said. She had underlying ...
Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Sugar mills in India’s biggest cane- growing state may begin crushing this week after the Agriculture Minister asked them to pay farmers a “proper price,” seeking to end a tariff dispute that threatened to delay supplies.
The John T. Lyle Center for Regenerative Studies at Cal Poly announced the establishment of the Stuart J. Sperber Endowed Chair/Faculty Fellowship for Sustainable Systems, through a $1 million endowment donated by the Sperber family. Stuart Sperber, forme...
Last month, a statewide coalition named Sharon Thornberry a public health genius for her gut-level grasp of how hunger and gaps in our food system contribute to chronic disease and health disparities.
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran accused three detained Americans, including a former Cottage Grove man, of spying Monday, signaling that Tehran intends to put them on trial. The accusations drew a sharp U.S. response that the charges are baseless because the hikers strayed across the border from Iraq. The announcement comes …
LINCOLN, Neb. – James Ziebarth, chairman of the Nebraska Game and Parks Board of Commissioners, has resigned to take a position with the USDA Farm Service Agency.
A coalition of environmental and American Indian groups sued two federal agencies Monday to stop the mass slaughter of bison that migrate outside Yellowstone National Park in search of food.
Industrialized nations agreed this year to spend $20 billion during the next three years on food security projects across the developing world that improve small farmers' access to seeds, training, and markets. Methods that combine traditional agricultural techniques, such as natural regeneration, with modern technologies are more likely to become a larger component of the food security ...
It's not your grandpa's farm. Not with a solar-powered water pump and heat-tolerant, drought-resistant grass for livestock grazing. To Ron Wallace, fancy farm technology is just a more sensible way of getting back to his farm-boy roots. His hilly, 185-acre farm in East Knoxville abuts 1,000 feet of the Holston River, which flows from the mountains of Virginia to merge with the French Broad ...
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