Friday, August 31, 2012

Food Crops News 100

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Food for Thought Going to Seed
Weekly Alibi
As your plants fill out and crowd together, they won't be able to grow as
large as they would if they had more room. If your singular goal is to pull
as many pounds of food from the garden as possible, then letting plants
bolt might not be the game for ...
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New Food Plant Boosts Valley Farms
CBS 47
The company plans, White Oak Frozen Foods, plans to supply hundreds of jobs
and buy locally grown crops. "We supply ingredients to these companies. For
instance tomatoes on the top of this pizza are products that we process,"
said White Oak Sales Vice ...
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Wheat harvest in Mattole Valley kicks off Local Food Month
Times-Standard
In the last few years Hindley has been working to revive a traditional crop
that hasn't been seen in the Mattole for decades -- wheat. This Saturday,
which is also the first day of Local Food Month in Humboldt County, Hindley
will harvest the second ...
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Study shows hope of greater global food output, less environmental impact of ...
Phys.Org
Mueller and colleagues used management and yield data for 17 major crops to
take a big-picture look at how much water and nutrients it would take to
bring underperforming farmlands to meet their food production potential.
They also looked for places ...
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Global survey reveals routes to boosting crop yields
Nature.com
But an analysis published today in Nature1 suggests that strategies already
exist that could shrink the 'yield gap' — which they define as the
difference between attainable and actual yields of food crops. Assembling
the most comprehensive global data ...
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UNR's Michael Helmar: Get ready for another round of higher food prices
Reno Gazette Journal
While food commodity prices at the farm gate increased 4 percent last
month, grains and oilseeds saw double-digit price increases, setting the
stage for much higher-priced processed products. These crops are so widely
used in our everyday processed ...
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Poll Says Increased Feed Costs, Food Prices
AgWired
Our poll results: Thirty-eight percent said feed costs; thirteen percent
said food prices; eleven percent said fuel costs and crop insurance,
respectively; nine percent said crop inputs; eight percent said land costs;
and five percent said tillage ...
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Now, food prices to take toll on Britons
SME Times
The cost of basic food products is rising because of a drought in the US
and poor crops in Russia and eastern Europe, Daily Express reported.
According to Jose Graziano Da Silva, head of the UN Food and Agriculture
Organisation, food prices could reach ...
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VIDEO: Keep soybeans out of edible bean crops
Manitoba Co-operator
Farm production advisor Dennis Lange, of Manitoba Agriculture, Food and
Rural Initiatives' GO centre at Altona, considered that topic among others
at the Crop Diagnostic School, in this eighth of a series of nine videos
hosted for the Manitoba Co ...
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Food Crops News 99

FOOD CROPS Food Crops News 99 (Bản tin Cây Lương thực Quốc tế)
Green Super Rice Trials in Long Phu, Soc Trang, Vietnam. Photo Hoang Long
UN food agency says hunger worsens in Zimbabwe, less staple food crops set to ...
Washington Post
HARARE, Zimbabwe — The United Nations food agency says hunger is
worsening in Zimbabwe after erratic rains, shortages of seeds and
fertilizer and “poor agricultural practices” in the troubled economy
led to a reduction in fields planted with the main ...
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/un-food-agency-says-hunger-worsens-in-zimbabwe-less-staple-food-crops-set-to-be-harvested/2012/08/28/0ab6d260-f137-11e1-b74c-84ed55e0300b_story.html>
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G20 to wait for US crop report before food price action
Reuters
Officials decided to wait for USDA data-French farm min. * Leaders could
convene emergency meeting but tools limited. * No threat to world food
security - farm min statement. * USDA monthly report due on Sept. 12. *
French farm min calls for taxes to ...
<http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/28/france-grains-g-idUSL6E8JS51420120828>
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Deadly Maize Disease Threatens Food Supplies in Kenya
Voice of America
Paul Omanga is a crop production officer with the United Nations' Food and
Agriculture Organization. He says a study in July found that maize lethal
necrosis had affected more than sixty-four thousand hectares. Up to eighty
percent of the crop was ruined.
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Rep. Blumenauer to Congress: Stop Subsidizing Junk Food
The Skanner
It covers food stamps as well as crop insurance, incentives to keep water
supplies clean, and research grants for food production. Oregon Rep. Kurt
Schrader, who serves on the House Agricultural Committee, says the Senate
already has passed a Farm Bill ...
<http://theskanner.com/article/Rep-Blumenauer-to-Congress-Stop-Subsidizing-Junk-Food-2012-08-28>
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G20 to wait for US crop report before food price action
MSN Money
PARIS (Reuters) - G20 nations taking stock of the third global food price
surge in four years will wait for September's crop report from the US
Department of Agriculture before deciding whether to take joint action on
the issue, France's farm minister ...
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Ethanol industry hits back over food price claims
EurActiv
Europe's biofuel producers are hitting back at claims that they are at
fault for this summer's high food prices and challenge assertions that
crops grown for fuel production are a threat to food supplies. Food prices
rose 6% overall last month, driven ...
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How Much Food Do You Waste?
Consumer Freedom
Yet the report itself discusses several scenarios and tests that include
crop yield increases and increased food trade. Before you're scared into
becoming an herbivore, consider some of the advancements and challenges in
the food industry. Rather than ...
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Georgi Ralchev: There are spoiled crops of corn and sunflower, but the balance ...
Focus News
Georgi Ralchev, Head of a Unit in the Plant-Growing Directorate with the
Bulgarian Ministry of Agriculture and Food, in an interview for Radio
Focus' broadcast This is Bulgaria. Focus: The high temperatures and draught
caused severe harm to the crops ...
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SA raises 2012 maize output forecast
Independent Online
In the agricultural heart of Argentina, one of the largest exporters of
food products, farmers are attending daily to the deterioration of their
crops due to lack of rain caused by the La Nina phenomenon. Farmers heavily
invested in their crops could ...
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Nanomaterials contaminating soil, food crops? - hiindia.us
Man-made nanomaterials (MNMs), used in popular cosmetic products such as
shampoos, gels, hair dyes and sunscreens, may also be contaminating the ...
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Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Food Crops News 98


FOOD CROPS Food Crops News 98 (Bản tin Cây Lương thực Quốc tế)
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UN Food Chief Calls For Coordinated G20 Response To Rising Prices
Huffington Post
STOCKHOLM, Aug 27 (Reuters) -- The Group of 20 nations must agree on
coordinated action to ease worries about food prices as they account for
most of the production of the crops at the center of concern, the head of
the U.N.'s food agency said on ...
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The Outlook for Food Crops - Procurement Issues and Problems Ahead?
Spend Matters UK/Europe
Whilst it has moved down the headlines somewhat, the drought in parts of
the USA – and extreme weather in other parts of the world – will have
an effect on commodity and food prices for some time to come. My own
micro-commodity intelligence source (my ...
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Family food bills to soar: British shoppers face paying more for bread, pasta ...
Daily Mail
Families face punishing food price rises triggered by a catastrophic U.S.
drought, experts warned yesterday. They said the American crisis is forcing
up the global price of crops used to make staples such as bread and pasta.
Meat is also tipped to cost ...
<http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2194436/Family-food-bills-soar-British-shoppers-face-paying-bread-pasta-meat-devastating-drought-ravages-crops-U-S.html>
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Expanding food production in a carbon constrained future
The Hill (blog)
We recognize that water scarcity is going to get more common and widespread
and will threaten key U.S. crop production regions. Technologies and
policies must be put in place to reduce water utilization and increase
efficiency. Agriculture must address ...
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Scientists look at genetic crops to beat drought
Summit Daily News
Colorado State University professor Phil Westra says attitudes are changing
toward crops that have been altered to resist drought and pests because of
a continuing drought that has slashed harvests and increased the price of
food. Westra said a new ...
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GE crops backfire, campaign says
Voxy
Consumers are also being exposed to increased toxins as crops for food and
clothing become increasingly loaded with the very same pesticides
originally positioned to be a way of reducing chemicals, and as a way of
saving farmers time and money.
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UN food chief warns high and volatile prices here to stay
Globe and Mail
... better co-ordination,” said Mr. Graziano. He urged countries to
discontinue using food crops such as corn to produce fuels, but said such a
problem could be avoided in the future as the biofuel technology advances
and non-food crops are ...
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Withering crops lead to soaring issues
Royal Gazette
Recently the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) reported that only 49
percent of the crops were either in “good” or “very good”
condition. Yields per acre may hit the lowest levels since 1995.
Seventy-five percent of the corn and soybeans used in food ...
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Prevent food shortages, eat less meat: report
GlobalPost
Animal protein-rich food consumes five to 10 times more water than a
vegetarian diet. One third of the world's arable land is used to grow crops
to feed animals. Other options to feed people include eliminating waste and
increasing trade between ...
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Sharad Pawar suggests alternate crops for Punjab and Haryana
Economic Times
NEW DELHI: Depleting water table and worsening soil health in key food
grain growers Punjab and Haryana have prompted agriculture minister Sharad
Pawar to explore possibilities of introducing alternative crops such as
pulses, oilseeds, fodder crops and ...
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