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Humans carry more antibiotic-resistant bacteria than animals they work with

Aug 25, 2015 (SPX)

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are a concern for the health and well-being of both humans and farm animals. One of the most common and costly diseases faced by t...

Australian winemakers court Asian tastebuds

Aug 24, 2015 (AFP)

Wrapped tightly in sleeping bags to keep them from freezing in frigid conditions, Australian winemaker Sirromet's bottles slowly make their way across the vast ...

Work on barren soil may bear fruit

Aug 21, 2015 (SPX)

Australian and Chinese scientists have made significant progress in determining what causes soil acidification - a discovery that could assist in turning back t...

How clean is your spinach?

Aug 21, 2015 (SPX)

Ever wonder what that the words triple-washed or pre-washed on a bag of baby spinach mean? Not much according to engineers at the University of California, Rive...

More grasslands in Tibet could bring climate improvements

Aug 21, 2015 (SPX)

In the Arctic, warming increases like a spiral. Global warming means that the periods of growth are becoming longer and vegetation growth is increasing. At the ...

Better-tasting grocery store tomatoes could soon be on their way

Aug 21, 2015 (SPX)

Tomato lovers rejoice: Adding or rearranging a few simple steps in commercial processing could dramatically improve the flavor of this popular fruit sold in the...

Scientists turn oily soil into fertile ground

Aug 21, 2015 (SPX)

Rice University scientists are cleaning soil contaminated by oil spills in a way that saves energy and reclaims the soil's fertility. They use a process known a...

Researchers warn ranchers to be wary of toxic plants

Aug 20, 2015 (UPI)

During periods of drought and high heat, pressure on rangeland grass can mount. If ranchers aren't careful, desperate cattle may consume toxic plants. Researche...

Plant doctors get to the root of plant stress in rice

Aug 19, 2015 (SPX)

Sitting in an air-conditioned office at the Texas A and M AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Beaumont, it's obvious: People work better indoors when temp...

2 major US aquifers contaminated by natural uranium

Aug 18, 2015 (SPX)

Nearly 2 million people throughout the Great Plains and California above aquifer sites contaminated with natural uranium that is mobilized by human-contributed ...

German harvest battered by drought, heatwave: farmers' association

Aug 18, 2015 (AFP)

This year's grain, fruit and vegetable harvests in Germany have been reduced by droughts in key areas and by the long summer heatwave, the national farmers' ass...

Norwegian fund excludes four Asian companies over palm oil

Aug 17, 2015 (AFP)

Norway's gigantic sovereign wealth fund announced Monday it was divesting from four large Asian companies over the environmental damage their palm oil activitie...

Southern African leaders meet as region faces food crisis

Aug 16, 2015 (AFP)

Leaders of 15 southern African countries will gather for an annual summit on Monday as the region grapples with serious food shortages that have left a record n...

Carnivorous conchs are decimating oyster populations

Aug 14, 2015 (UPI)

In Florida, oyster reefs are shrinking. The mollusks' collapse is being a blamed on a rise in water salinity and an influx of a species of carnivorous conchs. A...

Keeping beef in the center of the plate

Aug 14, 2015 (SPX)

The United States' cow herd saw its highest numbers--132 million head--in 1975. Over the last 40 years those numbers have diminished, with the USDA reporting 89...

How fires from plantations affect air quality in Equatorial SEA

Aug 13, 2015 (SPX)

Researchers have combined satellite observations with atmospheric modelling to calculate how fires associated with industrial concessions in the Sumatra and Kal...

Atomic-level defense secrets of plant life revealed

Aug 13, 2015 (SPX)

Just as nations around the globe carefully guard their defense secrets, so do plants. New research in the current issue of Nature, however, has revealed the mol...

Devastating bird flu threatens US poultry farmers

Aug 12, 2015 (AFP)

Amish chicken farmer Ura Gingerich begins each day by lantern light, but his simple life of tradition is threatened by a modern scourge that has devastated the ...

Heatwave shrivelling French wine production: experts

Aug 11, 2015 (AFP)

A long period of hot weather threatens to hit the wine harvest in France's famous Burgundy and Beaujolais regions, experts told AFP on Tuesday. Production could...

Drought causes $100 million in crop losses in El Salvador

Aug 10, 2015 (AFP)

A drought cost nearly $100 million in lost corn and bean harvests in El Salvador in June and July, the government said Monday in announcing a plan to distribute...