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New Farming Method To Reduce Greenhouse Gases, Increase Farm YieldsColumbia MO (SPX) Jan 17, 2011 U.S. agricultural practices create 58 percent of nitrous oxide in the world, which is the third most prevalent greenhouse gas in the atmosphere. Scientists believe nitrous oxide contributes to global warming about 300 times more than carbon dioxide. New practices and products have been introduced to address this issue, but farmers do not have the time or profit margins to experiment with ideas that may ultimately hurt the "bottom line." Now, researchers at the University of Missouri have fou ... read more |
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 Chickens modified to halt bird flu British scientists say they have created the first genetically modified chickens that do not spread bird flu. ... more | .. |
Germany shuts 934 bird farms, piggeries after food scare Germany has closed 934 poultry farms and piggeries after a dioxin food scare, the agriculture ministry announced on Saturday. ... more | .. |
India to try growing salt-tolerant crops India says it will initiate a pilot project to see if salt-tolerant cash crops can be grown in the country's salty coastal areas. ... more | .. |
Argentina uneasy over La Nina hit on crops Argentina is feeling the effect of La Nina weather phenomenon on cash crops that are likely to have sharply lower yields because of low rainfall totals. ... more |
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States, cities to pursue Asian carp study Great Lakes cities and states are fast-tracking research on blocking the invasive Asian carp from invading Lake Michigan, a consortium of officials said. ... more | .. |
World agriculture threatened by water gluttony: report World agriculture employs more than one billion people but is in trouble because it's the biggest consumer of ever scarcer water and a huge producer of greenhouse gas emissions, a new report said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
China bans German pork, egg imports Germany's dioxin problems deepened Wednesday as China banned pork and egg imports and it emerged that tainted meat may be in circulation, adding to pressure on Berlin's embattled agriculture minister. ... more | .. |
Germans go organic in dioxin scare At the popular Bio Company store in Berlin's Kreuzberg district, the shelves are virtually bare, as demand for organic meat and eggs spikes amid a dioxin crisis that has shaken Germans' faith in food. ... more |
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  Under Pressure: Stormy Weather Sensor For Hurricane Forecasting It's hard to believe that, in this day and age, we don't have a way to measure sea-level air pressure during hurricanes. NASA researchers, however, are working on a system that will improve forecast ... more | .. |
German pig cull after dioxin find German authorities ordered the slaughter of hundreds of pigs on Tuesday after finding high levels of dioxin in pork for the first time since shutting down thousands of farms for tests last week. ... more | .. |
Study: Ancient Croatia was farming gateway Archaeologists digging in southern Croatia say the area was a hub for early farmers who spread their sedentary lifestyle from the Middle East into Europe. ... more | .. |
 NASA Image Shows La Nina-Caused Woes Down Under The current La Nina in the Pacific Ocean, one of the strongest in the past 50 years, continues to exert a powerful influence on weather around the world, affecting rainfall and temperatures in varyi ... more |
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  Igloo-Shaped Poo-Gloos Eat Sewage Inexpensive igloo-shaped, pollution-eating devices nicknamed "Poo-Gloos" can clean up sewage just as effectively as multimillion-dollar treatment facilities for towns outgrowing their waste-treatmen ... more | .. |
  S. Korea battles renewed spread of bird flu, foot-and-mouth South Korea confirmed three new cases of bird flu on Sunday as the outbreak that began last month further hits farmers who are also battling the nation's worst-ever outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease. ... more | .. |
Global fears rise over German meat Global fears mounted on Saturday over the safety of German meat due to contaminated animal feed, with South Korea banning pork imports and Slovakia suspending poultry sales. ... more | .. |
 Statistical Analysis Can Estimate Crop Performance Scientists at Rothamsted Research, United Kingdom, in collaboration with the International Center for Agriculture Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Syria have developed a method of accounting for ... more |
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 Study Establishes Methods To Assess Recycled Aquifer Water The Australian Government National Water Commission funded a study to establish an approach to assess the quality of water treated using managed aquifer recharge. Researchers at Australia's CS ... more | .. |
 Germany re-opens farms and vows action after dioxin scare About 3,000 German farms have been given the green light to re-open as the government vowed Sunday to toughen up on a dioxin poisoning scare that sparked import bans on some of its farm products. ... more | .. |
 Germany seeks to learn dioxin lessons Germany's dioxin scare eased Monday as thousands of farms banned from selling their produce began operating again but the government pressed the animal feed industry to clean up its act. ... more | .. |
Germany closes 4,700 farms as dioxin crisis widens German officials said Friday they had shut 4,700 farms and destroyed more than 100,000 eggs, as a widening crisis over tainted animal feed rocked the country, with authorities suspecting illegal activity. ... more |
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Germany closes 4,700 farms in dioxin scare A food scandal in Germany deepened Friday, as regional authorities shut down more than 4,700 farms after tests showed animal feed had been contaminated by a chemical that can cause cancer. ... more | .. |
 Filtering Kitchen Wastewater For Plants Water is a precious commodity, so finding ways to re-use waste water, especially in arid regions is essential to sustainability. Researchers in India have now carried out a study of various waste wa ... more | .. |
 Organic Onions, Carrots And Potatoes Do Not Have Higher Levels Of Healthful Antioxidants With the demand for organically produced food increasing, scientists are reporting new evidence that organically grown onions, carrots, and potatoes generally do not have higher levels of healthful ... more | .. |
 Crop failure impels Indian farmer suicides As more crops fail in India, the rate of suicides among farmers is climbing. ... more |
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