FARM NEWS - BIOTECHNOLOGY DAILY

Aggressive plant fungus threatens wheat production

Feb 27, 2015 (SPX)

The spread of exotic and aggressive strains of a plant fungus is presenting a serious threat to wheat production in the UK, according to research published in G...

Australia to tighten food labelling laws after China scare

Feb 26, 2015 (AFP)

Australia is set to strengthen food labelling laws after a series of hepatitis A infections were linked to frozen berries from China, Prime Minister Tony Abbott...

Regulating genome-edited crops that aren't GMOs

Feb 26, 2015 (SPX)

A survey of rice, wheat, barley, fruit, and vegetable crops found that most mutants created by advanced genetic engineering techniques may be out of the scope o...

Gene may help reduce GM contamination

Feb 23, 2015 (SPX)

Genetically modified crops have long drawn fire from opponents worried about potential contamination of conventional crops and other plants. Now a plant gene di...

Farmers can better prevent nutrient runoff based on land characteristics

Feb 23, 2015 (SPX)

Farmers on a quest to keep more fertilizer on their fields--and out of Iowa's waterways--may have an easier time finding a solution, thanks to new research from...

High seas fishing ban could boost global catches, equality

Feb 23, 2015 (SPX)

Closing the high seas to commercial fishing could be catch-neutral and distribute fisheries income more equitably among the world's maritime nations, according ...

Toxic 'Tet' kumquats highlight Vietnam's pesticide problem

Feb 19, 2015 (AFP)

At Lunar New Year, most Vietnamese families buy a kumquat tree -- a symbol of prosperity -- but where once its fruits were candied and enjoyed as a delicacy, no...

World crop diversity survives in small urban and rural farms

Feb 18, 2015 (SPX)

As much as 75 percent of global seed diversity in staple food crops is held and actively used by a wide range of small farmholders -- workers of less than three...

Large scale study warns of unsustainable ecological decline in rural China

Feb 18, 2015 (SPX)

The agricultural development of a region of eastern China is ecologically unsustainable and actions are needed soon to reverse its decline, according to a new s...

Australia mulls tougher food screening after China hepatitis scare

Feb 18, 2015 (AFP)

Tougher food screening measures could be introduced in Australia with frozen berries from China linked to a growing number of hepatitis A infections, Agricultur...

Australians get hepatitis A from Chinese berries

Feb 17, 2015 (AFP)

Nine Australians have contracted hepatitis A linked with eating contaminated berries from China, with the importer apologising Tuesday as the food scare spreads...

Scientists sound storm warning on African climate change

Feb 17, 2015 (AFP)

On a typical February day in west Africa, Cape Verdeans are taking time to cool down as the island nation is buffeted by a rare unseasonal downpour. For the sci...

China approves Asian bid for Australian food group

Feb 16, 2015 (AFP)

China has given the green light to a Aus$1.34 billion (US$1.04 billion) takeover of Goodman Fielder by an Asian consortium, the Australian food manufacturer sai...

Climate change hampering world food production: scientists

Feb 16, 2015 (AFP)

The acceleration climate change and its impact on agricultural production means that profound societal changes will be needed in coming decades to feed the worl...

Study recommends closing the high seas to fishing

Feb 15, 2015 (SPX)

SFU biologist Isabelle Cote has co-authored a new study that finds little would be lost by eliminating high seas fishing. The high seas globally should be close...

USDA approves new biotech apple for growth in U.S.

Feb 13, 2015 (UPI)

They say an apple a day keeps the doctor away, but a new genetically modified variation of the fruit -- approved Friday for growth in the United States -- also ...

What's next in diets: Chili peppers?

Feb 11, 2015 (SPX)

Don't go chomping on a handful of chili peppers just yet, but there may be help for hopeful dieters in those fiery little Native American fruits. A large percen...

New tools to breed cereal crops that survive flooding

Feb 10, 2015 (SPX)

Scientists at The University of Nottingham hope new research could lead to the introduction of cereal crops better able to tolerate flooding. They have identifi...

'Stressed' young bees could be the cause of colony collapse

Feb 10, 2015 (SPX)

Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) is a major threat to bee colonies around the world and affects their ability to perform vital human food crop pollination. It has...

Fighting animal cruelty in LatAm, one tweet at a time

Feb 10, 2015 (AFP)

Veterinarian Carmen Soto is gently swabbing what is left of Grecia the toucan's bright beak, preparing to fit him with a prosthesis to replace the part hacked o...