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Agriculture's Next Revolution - Perennial Grain - Within SightPullman WA (SPX) Jun 29, 2010 Earth-friendly perennial grain crops, which grow with less fertilizer, herbicide, fuel, and erosion than grains planted annually, could be available in two decades, according to researchers writing in the current issue of the journal Science. Perennial grains would be one of the largest innovations in the 10,000 year history of agriculture, and could arrive even sooner with the right breeding programs, said John Reganold, Washington State University (WSU) Regents professor of soil science and lead ... read more |
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Ontario, Canada (SPX) Jun 25, 2010Consumers shouldn't assume that, because a product is organic, it's also environmentally friendly. A new University of Guelph study reveals some organic pesticides can have a higher environmental impact than conventional pesticides because the organic product may require larger doses. Environmental sciences professor Rebecca Hallett and PhD candidate Christine Bahlai compared the effective ... more  
Beijing (AFP) June 24, 2010Heavy rains lashed south China Thursday as the government set up emergency response headquarters to combat floods and landslides that have killed over 200 people and forced millions to evacuate. The scale of the disaster prompted Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao to fly to hard-hit Jiangxi province to inspect rescue and relief operations - his second visit to a flood-hit area in one week, state ra ... more 
Hong Kong (AFP) June 23, 2010Agricultural Bank of China's initial public offering, set to be the world's largest, has drawn 11 heavyweight investors who have stumped up 5.45 billion US dollars for the sale, a report said Thursday. Shares in the company's Hong Kong listing will be set between 2.88 and 3.48 Hong Kong dollars (37 and 44 US cents) ahead of their trading debut next month, Dow Jones Newswires said, citing a c ... more |
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German Radar Satellite TanDEM-X Launched SuccessfullyOberpfaffenhofen, Germany (SPX) Jun 22, 2010 Germany's second Earth observation satellite, TanDEM-X, was launched successfully on 21 June 2010 at 04:14 Central European Summer Time (CEST, at 08:14 local time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Atop a Russian Dnepr rocket, the satellite, weighing more than 1.3 tons and five metres in length, started its journey into orbit. At 4.45 CEST first signal was received via Troll ground station in the Antarctic. The German Aerospace Center manages TanDEM-X (TerraSAR-X add-on for Digital ... read more |
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