Agriculture

  1. Agriculture

    Herbal Herbicides

    Scientists are tapping plants, and the self-defense chemicals they make, for new weed killers, many of which may find use in organic farming.

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  2. Agriculture

    Ethanol Juggernaut Diverts Corn from Food to Fuel

    Corn feeds the production of meat and dairy goods in the United States, so those products are likely to increase in price as ethanol fuel demands more of the country's corn supply.

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  3. Agriculture

    Cloned Meat and Milk Are Safe, but They Won’t Hit Stores Soon

    A Food and Drug Administration analysis concludes that food from cloned animals is safe, but the effort and expense involved in creating these animals means that products from them won't be in markets anytime soon.

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  4. Agriculture

    Big footprints

    Livestock production carries surprisingly high, and largely hidden, environmental costs.

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  5. Agriculture

    Wheat gone wild

    Researchers have identified a gene responsible for boosting the protein, iron, and zinc content of some varieties of wild wheat by 10 to 15 percent.

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  6. Agriculture

    Organic Dairying Is on Upswing, But No Panacea

    Some small dairy farms are making the switch to organic operations to increase profits and distinguish their products from undifferentiated commodities.

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  7. Agriculture

    Cow Power

    To improve the dire economics of dairying, some farmers are looking to generate commercial quantities of electric power.

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  8. Agriculture

    Demand for Ethanol May Drive Up Food Prices

    The production of ethanol from corn and other crops for fuel could drive up food prices.

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  9. Agriculture

    Farm Fresh Pesticides

    For people who live near croplands, traces of agricultural chemicals can find their way into homes by hitchhiking on windblown dust.

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  10. Agriculture

    Biotech cotton: Less spray but same yield

    The way farmers grow transgenic cotton in Arizona lets them skip some of their regular spraying but end up with the same yield as traditional farmers, as well as the same impact on ants and beetles.

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  11. Agriculture

    Organic Doesn’t Mean Free of Pesticides

    Even organic produce, especially root crops, can carry trace residues of long-banned pesticides.

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  12. Agriculture

    Wheat Warning—New Rust Could Spread Like Wildfire

    A new, yield-slashing wheat blight has emerged in East Africa and could spread far beyond that part of the world.

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