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'Ghost fishing' major sea threat: UN report
Nairobi (AFP) May 6, 2009Lost or discarded fishing nets can continue to catch fish for years and are a growing threat to the planet's marine ecosystem, according to a United Nations report released Wednesday. "The report estimates that abandoned, lost or discarded fishing gear in the oceans makes up around 10 percent, (640,000 tonnes) of all marine litter," said a statement from the UN Environment Programme. ... more New And Improved Tomato Analyzer 
Wooster OH (SPX) May 07, 2009Tomatoes come in a variety of sizes and shapes, making them the perfect subject to test shape-analyzing software. The Tomato Analyzer is "rapidly becoming the standard for fruit morphological characterizations," according to a study led by Marin Talbot Brewer of The Ohio State University's Department of Horticulture and Crop Science. Details of the team's latest Tomato Analyzer resea ... more Helping Agriculture Reduce Air Quality Emissions 
Davis CA (SPX) May 07, 2009Farmers and ranchers interested in reducing air quality emissions from off-road mobile or stationary agricultural sources are invited to apply between April 30 and June 26, 2009, for funds made available under a new air quality provision of the 2008 federal Farm Bill. "The primary goal of this new portion of the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) is to help farmers and rancher ... more German court rules against US biotech giant Monsanto 
Berlin (AFP) May 5, 2009US biotech giant Monsanto lost a court battle Tuesday against a move by Germany to outlaw a type of genetically modified maize manufactured by the firm seen as a danger to the environment. The administrative court in the central city of Brunswick denied the company an emergency injunction against the ban on MON 810 maize, which Agriculture Minister Ilse Aigner introduced last month on enviro ... more Farm Sanctuary Releases Report On "Humane" Meat Labels 
Watkins Glen NY (SPX) May 07, 2009Farm Sanctuary has released a new report that thoroughly evaluates the animal welfare claims made by agribusiness industry groups, food retailers and third-party certification organizations. As the most comprehensive report of its kind, "The Truth Behind the Labels: Farm Animal Welfare Standards and Labeling Practices" analyzes the criteria used to define such commonly-used marketing phras ... more |
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St. Louis MO (SPX) May 05, 2009As people become more educated, studies have demonstrated that they tend to choose foods that are lower in calories but higher in nutrients. They also pay more. In a study published in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, researchers from the University of Washington compared the eating habits and food costs of a sample of 164 adults in the Seattle, Washington area. ... more Fertilization Intensifies Competition For Light And Endangers Plant Diversity 
Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) May 05, 2009When grasslands are fertilized their productivity is increased but their plant diversity is diminished. In the last 50 years levels of plant-available nitrogen and phosphorous have doubled worldwide. This additional supply of plant nutrients is predicted to be one of the three most important causes of biodiversity loss this century. The research, under the leadership of Professor And ... more Six-billion-dollar upgrade for Taiwan's sewers 
Taipei (AFP) May 4, 2009Taiwan Monday announced that it would spend more than 200 billion Taiwan dollars (six billion US dollars) on a six-year project to upgrade its sewerage systems. The project aims to divert wastewater from 35.77 percent of Taiwan's households for treatment before being released into the rivers and oceans, said the cabinet-level Construction and Planning Administration. Critics say Taiwan h ... more Indian Ocean buoys help predict monsoon: scientists 
Washington (AFP) May 4, 2009Scientists said Monday they had reached the halfway point in a project to set up buoys across the Indian Ocean, helping farmers predict the monsoon in some of the world's poorest areas. The buoys measure wind, rainfall, temperature and other figures around the Indian Ocean, which has lagged behind the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans in data collection. The international project, which began ... more RISAT Begins Sending Images: ISRO 
Kolkata, India (PTI) May 04, 2009The all-weather Radar Imaging Satellite (RISAT), launched on April 20, has begun sending images, a top official of Indian Space Research Organisation said here on Friday. "The RISAT has begun taking images since two days ago," ISRO chairman G Madhavan Nair said on the sidelines of an interactive session with members of the Calcutta Chamber of Commerce. He said that the RISAT would ta ... more |
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Toronto, April 29, 2009 Canadians living north and northeast of Toronto are being asked to help search for meteorite fragments from a fireball last month. In a release, the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto and the University of Western Ontario in London said analysis of a network of sky camera footage shows a slow-moving fireball swept eastward on March 15 at 8:37 p.m. near the small city of Newmarket. T ... more Dairy Better For Bones Than Calcium Carbonate 
West Lafayette IN (SPX) May 01, 2009A Purdue University study shows dairy has an advantage over calcium carbonate in promoting bone growth and strength. Connie Weaver, distinguished professor and head of the food and nutrition department, found that the bones of rats fed nonfat dry milk were longer, wider, more dense and stronger than those of rats fed a diet with calcium carbonate. Calcium carbonate is the most common ... more DTE Energy Offers Farm Safety Tips 
Detroit MI (SPX) May 01, 2009As another Michigan planting season gets under way, DTE Energy reminds customers to watch for power lines overhead and utility lines underground when working near the house or out in the field. "Operating large farm equipment near electrical lines and poles requires extra care," said Vince Dow, DTE Energy vice president of Distribution Operations. "When using elevated truck beds, rai ... more DNA Blueprint For Healthier And More Efficient Cows 
Australia, Canberra (SPX) May 01, 2009Ground breaking findings by an international consortium of scientists who sequenced and analysed the bovine genome, could result in more sustainable food production. The findings, published in two reports in the journal Science, will have a profound impact on Australia's livestock industry. CSIRO scientists were among the 300 researchers from 25 countries involved in the six-year Bov ... more Cattle Genome Sequencing Milestone Promises Health Benefits 
East Lansing MI (SPX) May 01, 2009The landmark sequencing of the domestic cattle genome, reported in the journal Science, could lead to important new findings about health and nutrition, a participating Michigan State University researcher said. Theresa Casey, a research assistant professor in the Department of Animal Science, joined 300 colleagues around the world in a six-year project to complete, annotate and analyze th ... more
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