FARM NEWS - BIOTECHNOLOGY DAILY

Jul 28, 2015 (SPX)

A bacterial signal that when recognized by rice plants enables the plants to resist a devastating blight disease has been identified by a multi-national team of...

From building sites to cabbage patches in Spain's crisis

Jul 28, 2015 (AFP)

Five years ago, during Spain's housing boom, Felix Jumbo worked as a builder. Now he digs pumpkins and cabbages in a district where construction cranes once swu...

Benefits of strip-till surface after five-year study

Jul 27, 2015 (SPX)

How does style of tilling make a difference in crop success? The blades on a till don't simply chop up soil and move it around. They blend dead plant material l...

Soybean oil causes more obesity than coconut oil and fructose

Jul 27, 2015 (SPX)

A diet high in soybean oil causes more obesity and diabetes than a diet high in fructose, a sugar commonly found in soda and processed foods, according to a jus...

Uganda's farmers battle palm oil Goliaths for land

Jul 25, 2015 (AFP)

Even before the bulldozers arrived life was tough for John Muyiisa, scratching a living from a rented farm on Lake Victoria's Kalangala island. Now he has almos...

Researchers identify plant cultivation in a 23,000-year-old site in the Galilee

Jul 24, 2015 (SPX)

The Middle East is called the "Cradle of Civilization" because it is where our hunter-gatherer ancestors first established sedentary farming communities. Recent...

Remy Martin to export 'smart' cognac to China to stop fakes

Jul 22, 2015 (AFP)

Chinese consumers concerned about counterfeit cognac will soon be able to verify the authenticity of a bottle of Remy Martin via their cellphone, the French cog...

Scientists create low-methane rice

Jul 22, 2015 (AFP)

Scientists said Wednesday they had created a rice variety with starchier grains that emits less methane, a step towards the twin goals of feeding more people an...

Clemson scientists stopping small insects from doing big damage to corn

Jul 21, 2015 (SPX)

There are almost 275,000 acres of corn planted in South Carolina, with an economic impact of approximately $130 million. Though this is dwarfed by Midwest state...

Global study of seed consumption uncovers wider risk to plant species

Jul 21, 2015 (SPX)

The first worldwide study of animals and the seeds they eat has overturned a long-held assumption - that large animals mainly eat large seeds. The finding by UN...

3D-printed 'smart cap' uses electronics to sense spoiled food

Jul 21, 2015 (SPX)

It might not be long before consumers can just hit "print" to create an electronic circuit or wireless sensor in the comfort of their homes. Engineers at the Un...

Australia opens door to major live cattle trade with China

Jul 21, 2015 (AFP)

Australian farmers Tuesday welcomed a breakthrough which paves the way towards exporting up to one million live cattle to China each year, with the government s...

Insects may be the answer to consumer demand for more protein

Jul 16, 2015 (SPX)

The growing consumer demand for protein--and the lack of new farmland to raise more livestock--could make insects an attractive alternative to traditional prote...

Smart cornfields of the future

Jul 16, 2015 (SPX)

The world population, which stood at 5 billion in 1950, is predicted to increase to 10.5 billion by 2050. It's a stunning number since it means the planet's pop...

Ghana bans sale, movement of live poultry to stop bird flu spread

Jul 16, 2015 (AFP)

Ghana has banned the sale and transport of live poultry after the H5N1 virus killed thousands of birds, while there has been no record of human infection, the m...

Potential of blue LEDs as novel chemical-free food preservation technology

Jul 15, 2015 (SPX)

A team of scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has found that blue light emitting diodes (LEDs) have strong antibacterial effect on major ...

After China woes, Vietnam's lychee farmers head to new markets

Jul 15, 2015 (AFP)

A bevy of workers are carefully sorting and grading an enormous pile of lychees at a packing house in northern Vietnam. The best of the bunch will go to China. ...

Researchers say seaweed tastes like bacon

Jul 15, 2015 (UPI)

Having trouble getting your kids to eat vegetables? A new strain of designer seaweed might be just what you're looking for. Scientists at Oregon State Universit...

3-D printers poised to have major implications for food manufacturing

Jul 15, 2015 (SPX)

The use of 3D printers has the potential to revolutionize the way food is manufactured within the next 10 to 20 years, impacting everything from how military pe...

Oregon study suggests organic farming needs direction to be sustainable

Jul 15, 2015 (SPX)

Large-scale organic farming operations, based on a review of almost a decade of data from 49 states, are not reducing greenhouse gas emissions, says a Universit...