FARM NEWS - BIOTECHNOLOGY DAILY

On the lamb: Pakistani officials recover kidnapped newborn sheep

Apr 07, 2016 (AFP)

Six endangered newborn Pakistani Urials stolen from their mother have been recovered, officials said Thursday, in a case that has left a pair of local policemen...

A lesson from wheat evolution: From the wild to our spaghetti dish

Apr 07, 2016 (SPX)

While wheat has been much maligned recently for it's gluten content, and new suspicions casted about as to its nutritional value, scientists have been eager to ...

Can urban gardeners benefit ecosystems while keeping food traditions alive?

Apr 06, 2016 (SPX)

When conjuring up an image of a healthy ecosystem, few of us would think of a modern city. But scientists are increasingly recognizing that the majority of ecos...

China arrests six over fake infant formula: government

Apr 05, 2016 (AFP)

Chinese authorities have arrested six people for making and selling fake infant formula as the popular US brand "Similac", marketing the counterfeit product acr...

Agriculture expansion could reduce rainfall in Brazil's Cerrado

Apr 04, 2016 (SPX)

Agricultural expansion is quickly chewing up native vegetation in the vast wooded savannas of Brazil's Cerrado biome, and a new study shows that those changes i...

Study finds wide-reaching impact of nitrogen deposition on plants

Mar 31, 2016 (SPX)

Scientists, including a University of California, Riverside professor, studied more than 15,000 sites in the United States and found that increased nitrogen dep...

Laser reveals water's secret life in soil

Mar 31, 2016 (SPX)

Most of us think nothing of rainfall or where it goes, unless it leads to flooding or landslides. But soil scientists have been studying how water moves across ...

McDonald's to add 1,500 outlets in China, Hong Kong, SKorea

Mar 31, 2016 (AFP)

McDonald's said Thursday it plans to open more than 1,500 restaurants in China, Hong Kong and South Korea over the next five years and wants partners in the Asi...

One crop breeding cycle from starvation

Mar 30, 2016 (SPX)

In the race against world hunger, we're running out of time. By 2050, the global population will have grown and urbanized so much that we will need to produce 8...

To protect modern wheat, scientists look to ancient grain genes

Mar 29, 2016 (UPI)

Grains are a dietary staple for much of world's population, and researchers at the University of Queensland want it to stay that way. To ensure modern wheat str...

ASU researcher improves crop performance with new biotechnology

Mar 29, 2016 (SPX)

With the world's population exploding to well over 7 billion, feeding the human race is getting even more challenging. Increasing the yield from crops such as w...

New 'smart' bottle helps uncorked wine keep longer

Mar 29, 2016 (AFP)

A US startup says it has created the world's first "smart" bottle which can keep wine as fresh as the day it was uncorked for up to a month. The Boston-based Ku...

Ecological collapse circumscribes women's work in Mesopotamian marshes

Mar 29, 2016 (SPX)

For thousands of years, the marshes at the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in modern day Iraq were an oasis of green in a dry landscape, hosting a...

Greenhouse gas mitigation potential from livestock sector revealed

Mar 25, 2016 (SPX)

Scientists have found that the global livestock sector can maintain the economic and social benefits it delivers while significantly reducing emissions, and in ...

Government use of technology has potential to increase food security

Mar 25, 2016 (SPX)

Acceptance of information technology can play a vital role in meeting the demand for food in developing countries, according to a new study by Iowa State Univer...

US senators see security risk in China's takeover of Syngenta

Mar 24, 2016 (AFP)

Top US legislators called Thursday for a national security assessment of a Chinese state company's planned takeover of Swiss agribusiness Syngenta, pointing to ...

Smaller corn size means more energy for pigs, lower costs for producers

Mar 23, 2016 (SPX)

The results of new research at the University of Illinois indicate that it is possible for producers to reduce feed costs if yellow dent corn, a staple of swine...

Production of butter from shea trees in West Africa pushed back 1,000 years

Mar 23, 2016 (SPX)

University of Oregon anthropologists have pushed back the history of harvesting shea trees in West Africa by more than 1,000 years earlier than previously belie...

China sales help Bordeaux wines turn around two-year slump

Mar 22, 2016 (AFP)

Bordeaux wine sales are beginning to recover from a poor harvest in 2013 thanks to robust sales to China, the industry said Tuesday. Exports were up 3.0 percent...

Cousteau warns of reef damage in Florida port project

Mar 22, 2016 (AFP)

Filmmaker and conservationist Philippe Cousteau has warned that a multimillion-dollar plan to deepen an international shipping port off south Florida could deva...