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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.
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 ...
The National Farmers Union and the American Farm Bureau Federation are differing on climate change legislation pending before the U.S. Senate, though both organizations are making sure agriculture's interests are protected.
BLOOM TOWNSHIP -- Chastity Marsh was a member of the Future Farmers of America for just a short time, but she quickly embraced the mission of the program.
( University of Arizona ) A $1.3 Million grant from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will fund the next phase of research that is critical to global food security.
Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Monsanto Co. , reeling from its first market-share losses to DuPont Co. in a decade, may be losing the confidence of some investors based on early results from the new modified seeds it’s counting on to beat competitors.
If you’re struck down with H1N1, you might want to spare a bit of care for your favorite furry friends. Though local veterinarians and national health organizations agree it’s unlikely Fido or Mr. Pickles will come down with the creeping crud, it appears ferrets and cats, at the least, can get the illness. But you probably won’t be getting it from them. So far, the U.S. Centers for Disease ...
For nine days, two Vienna, Mo., brothers were able to catch up with each other in the Afghanistan province of Nangarhar. Older brother Sgt. John Green returned home Friday with the Missouri National Guard's Agribusiness Development (ADT) Team II.
Michael Johnston submits: Innovation is certainly nothing new in the ETF industry, as the last several years have seen the introduction of numerous asset classes, investment strategies, and geographies to the exchange-traded structure. The rise of the ETF industry has made exposure to commodities available to almost every investor, and innovation in the space has presented them with a number of ...
The USDA announced more than $19 million in grants have been awarded to universities across the country, including to Iowa State University, to solve critical organic agriculture issues through the integration of research, education and extension projects.
Colleen Cashell, executive director of USDA's Farm Service Agency in Washington County, announced that the 2009 FSA county committee elections started Friday.
The Agriculture Department says warm, dry weather has given a boost to North Dakota farmers hoping to finish their harvest.
A new audit shows some famous Fisherman's Wharf restaurants failed to turn over almost $600,000 in parking revenue to the Port of San Francisco over a two-year period, a discovery that has prompted a probe into whether the eateries pocketed millions of public...
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Grist - By Tom Laskawy - Oct. 09 (Opinion) - Big Ag has clearly ...
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