FARM NEWS - BIOTECHNOLOGY DAILY

Light therapy could cure pesticide-poisoned bees

Nov 15, 2016 (UPI)

Light therapy offers protection to honey bees exposed to neonicotinoid pesticides, according to new research from University College London. In a new study, sci...

Pest control: Wicked weeds may be agricultural angels

Nov 14, 2016 (SPX)

Farmers looking to reduce reliance on pesticides, herbicides and other pest management tools may want to heed the advice of Cornell agricultural scientists: Let...

Chile's cold south makes wine in warming climate

Nov 13, 2016 (AFP)

A decade ago, no one would have thought of making wine in Chile's windswept southern Patagonia region. But now it is warming, and winemakers are seeking their f...

As Delhi chokes, farmers defend scorched earth policy

Nov 13, 2016 (AFP)

As he surveys his acres of charred farmland outside New Delhi, Ishwar Singh has little sympathy for people choking in India's capital or any reason to stop the ...

Agriculture victim of and solution to climate change

Nov 13, 2016 (AFP)

Diplomatic wrangling this week will make the headlines in the fight against climate change, but experts say a bigger but largely unseen battle is set to unfold ...

Chile's 'green gold' under threat: agar-agar algae

Nov 11, 2016 (AFP)

Farmers in southern Chile still remember when they could make a living just by picking up seaweed at the beach. Not just any seaweed, but the red algae used to ...

Study finds link between pesticide exposure and microbiome changes

Nov 11, 2016 (UPI)

The oral microbiome of farmworkers are markedly different than other humans, and pesticide exposure explains why, new research shows. To measure the impact of p...

Supermarket demands fuelling food waste crisis: UN

Nov 10, 2016 (AFP)

Supermarket obsession with perfect looking produce and the use of arbitrary "best before" labels are causing massive food waste that if reversed could feed the ...

Drought-hit Zimbabwe farmers look to science to save crops

Nov 10, 2016 (AFP)

Under the scorching Zimbabwean sun, cattle seek shade among stunted thorn bushes in the drought-prone district of Zaka, where crops wither due toincreasing temp...

Model predicts elimination of GMO crops would cause hike in greenhouse gas emissions

Nov 09, 2016 (SPX)

A global ban on genetically modified crops would raise food prices and add the equivalent of nearly a billion tons of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere, a study ...

To beer or not to beer: Belgium fears for brewing crown

Nov 08, 2016 (AFP)

Belgium is historically one of the world's top beer countries but Thomas Costenoble, organiser of the Brussels Beer Challenge, fears that trouble is brewing. Th...

How the chicken crossed the Red Sea

Nov 08, 2016 (SPX)

The discarded bone of a chicken leg, still etched with teeth marks from a dinner thousands of years ago, provides some of the oldest known physical evidence for...

Controlling plant regeneration systems may drive the future of agriculture

Nov 07, 2016 (SPX)

The ability to self-repair damaged tissue is one of the key features that define living organisms. Plants in particular are regeneration champions, a quality th...

Rain, hail and drought: organic French winemakers feel the pinch

Nov 06, 2016 (AFP)

"This isn't so much a harvest, as a hunt for grapes," said French winemaker Jean-Jacques Robert, with a rueful laugh as he unloaded grapes still warm from his v...

Forests, locals harmed in Mexico's avocado boom

Nov 04, 2016 (AFP)

Liliana Carmona misses the lush pine forest on the hills overlooking her village in western Mexico. She now stares at vast avocado orchards that feed a massive ...

Soil could become significant CO2 contributor in near future: Study

Nov 03, 2016 (UPI)

Earth's soil currently absorbs and stores more carbon than it emits, but that could soon change, according to a new paper published in the journal Scientific Re...

Scientists calculate carbon footprint of breakfast, lunch and dinner

Nov 02, 2016 (UPI)

"Local" and "sustainable" are just a couple of the buzzwords thrown around by trendy new restaurants, signifiers of an eatery's commitment to quality and enviro...

3,000 Italian farms 'need quake help'

Nov 01, 2016 (AFP)

Some 3,000 farms in the earthquake-hit region of central Italy are in danger of being abandoned and need urgent help, the main Italian farming union said on Tue...

ChemChina extends Syngenta offer after EU launches probe

Nov 01, 2016 (AFP)

China's state-owned chemical corporation (ChemChina) said Tuesday that it had extended its $43 billion offer for Swiss seed giant Syngenta until January 5, afte...

The buzz about edible bugs: Can they replace beef

Oct 31, 2016 (SPX)

The idea of eating bugs has created a buzz lately in both foodie and international development circles as a more sustainable alternative to consuming meat and f...