Saturday, February 22, 2014

Food Crops News 202





Food Safety News

Food Processing License Revoked, Supporting Specialty Crops & Hard Cider Workshop
After numerous Washington State Department of Agriculture inspections Mu Kung Hwa Oriental Food, a producer of traditional Korean rice cakes ...
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There is unjustified opposition to GM crops in India: Kush
New Delhi: There is unjustified opposition for growing of genetically modified crops in India in spite of their benefits, world food laureate Gurdev S ...
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Washington Post

Zimbabwe farms swap food for cash crops
Farms turn to tobacco crops to make money, leading to food shortages in ... with promises of increased production, food and wealth for the people.
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Livemint

El Nino threatens to return, hit global food production
A strong El Nino can wither crops in Australia, Southeast Asia, India and Africa ... Other agricultural commodities could follow that lead higher if El Nino ...
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Rees explains GMO crops at Women in Ag Conference
KEARNEY — Farmers need to know the basic biotech crop science to educate ... “A lot of the food we eat has been modified over years and years by ...
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US national inventory created for wild relatives of important crops
US national inventory created for wild relatives of important crops ... are to crops, especially those grown for food; their availability in gene banks or ...
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PHL a bit slow in addressing Yolanda victims' farming needs – UK parliamentarian
The government should be helping them with crops that can be grown quickly in order to provide an income and provide food,” said McConnell.
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Support GMO food-labeling in NJ: Letter
Industry-paid scientists claim that genetically engineered crops, or GMOs, ... practices destroying 6 pounds of soil for every pound of food produced.
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Concise Analysis of the International Agrochemicals Market - Forecast to 2018
Asia-Pacific is expected to remain the largest market in the near future owing to the increasing demand for food crops from its key countries-China and ...
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Gardeners event crops up March 1
Beginners and avid gardeners alike will be able to share everything from seeds and techniques at the third annual Food Gardeners' Gathering from ...
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Breakthrough in drought tolerant crop research
FRESNO, Calif. -- A three-year drought has farmers and food companies seeking new strategies in securing a stable food supply. The work of a ...
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Project seeks crop systems to profit farmers, clean air
AMES — Cropping systems that are profitable for farmers and balance societal needs for food, feed, fuel, energy and clean air and water are the focus ...
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San Francisco Chronicle

Locally-grown food trend aids agriculture; still, third of all farmers are more than 65 years old
WASHINGTON — The number of American farms is declining even as the value of their crops and livestock has increased over the past five years, ...
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EU scientists' biofuels warnings were ignored
Other documents released in the trawl show that the JRC expected this update to increase emissions estimates for food crops such as sugars, cereals ...
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Project battles slugfest in field crops
Slugs are one of the most challenging pests faced by no-till field crop ... avoids NSTs and uses rye cover crops to provide an alternative food source for ...
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UPOV Divides Canadian Farmers on GMO Seed
Canadian Agricultural Minister Gerry Ritz is leading the controversy, ... Centuries-old Indian agricultural methods, such as terrace-farming and crop ...
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Apple, cherry, mango brought under crop insurance: Mir
He also informed the House that apple, cherry and mango crops were ... The minister said that enhancing production and productivity of food grains ...
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Cornell University The Cornell Daily Sun (blog)

Cornell Professors Weigh In on Agricultural Act
The Agricultural Act of 2014 — which includes changes to agricultural policies such as restrictions in the food aid budget and changes in crop ...
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Drought forcing growers to give up on some crops
Residents relied on food giveaways and other relief, and it's likely they will ... Growers are going what they can to keep crops and communities alive.
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Pee Dee agriculture took a hit from Old Man Winter
When the ice and snow from last week's winter storm thawed it saturated the ground. It has caused a slight delay for winter crop plantings like collards, ...
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ECNmag.com

Nitrogen-tracking tools for better crops and less pollution
This means that on the scale of food crops, adding significant levels of nitrogen to the soil through fertilizer presents a number of problems, particularly ...
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Soil health integral to crop production
Many of us see crops growing in a field just as food for people and animals. The reality is that these crops would not exist if it wasn't for the support of ...
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Science World Report

Viruses and Infections in Honeybees Are Endangering Bumblebees
They provide pollination to a lot of the world's flowers as well as foods, helping produce 87 of the leading food crops worldwide. If they were lost in ...
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Oregon Natural Resources Report

Senate moves crop donation tax credit
A bill allowing food banks and farmers to put more food on kitchen tables was unanimously approved on Friday. Senate Bill 1541, containing a crop ...
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Breakthrough in drought tolerant crop research
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A three-year drought has farmers and food companies seeking new strategies in securing a stable food supply. The work of ...
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New Era

Crops Succumb to Severe Drought
Most subsistence crop farmers say their crops have wilted, because the ... If they come we give them more food and tins of fish and beans, we do not ...
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Forcing GM Crops on Europe
The only “justification” for his patently anti-democratic behaviour is that the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has deemed the crop to be safe.
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Old tech expected to up global crop yield by 2050
The study, released on Wednesday, finds global crop yield could be increased by 67 percent with more agricultural technologies already being ...
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Rabobank Report: High Crop Production to Again Challenge Brazil's Infrastructure
In the report, the bank's Food & Agribusiness Research team says it expects another year of record production for several of Brazil's major agricultural ...
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Sen. Cantwell conspires to get healthy food in kids at Seattle event
Cantwell conspires to get healthy food in kids at Seattle event .... (USDA) to invest $10 million through 2017 to purchase pulse crops to use in school ...
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The Malay Mail Online

US food companies find going 'non-GMO' no easy feat
U.S. food companies are rushing to offer consumers thousands of products ... Eighteen years after GMO crops were introduced to help farmers fight ...
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Science Codex

Nitrogen-tracking tools for better crops and less pollution
This means that on the scale of food crops, adding significant levels of ... to develop increased crop yields and decrease fertilizer-caused pollution.".
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BlackburnNews.com

Technology Can Help Increase Global Crop Yields, Says New Report
The report, entitled "Food Security in a World of Natural Resource Scarcity: The ... The study profiles 11 agricultural innovations -- crop protection, drip ...
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TakePart

Genetically engineered crops spread: Your Say
Crops grown from seed genetically engineered to withstand pesticides ... The recent column "General Mills caves to the food police" questioned the ...
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www.worldbulletin.net

CAR minister warns of 'severe' food shortage
"There are only a few farmers who have continued to produce food crops during the conflict, and it's not enough to cater to the entire nation," Koyara ...
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Food art exhibit plays off biotech's scary potential
Monsanto and other giant agricultural conglomerates might feel wounded, but ... of genetically modified organisms have been spliced into food crops.
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Washington Post

Farm bill: Why don't taxpayers subsidize the foods that are better for us?
Read the farm bill, and a big problem jumps right out at you: Taxpayers heavily subsidize corn and soy, two crops that facilitate the meat and ...
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The Final Compromise
New block grants for specialty crops totaling $375 million over the bill's intended five-year span will provide growers with funding for food safety and ...
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Erie region's farmers consider energy crops
The benefits of converting crops to energy include reduced reliance on ... for marginal and abandoned land not suited for traditional food or feed crops...
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Commission must not 'take risk' with 'untested' GM crop
Yet, there is no demand for GM crops. Genetically modified crops have been overwhelmingly rejected as food and all leading European supermarkets ...
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WA's canola case shows GM crops are still being demonised
Organic crops do not receive anything like to same attention. A US Centres for Disease Control project found that people who eat organic food are ...
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Siliconindia.com

New reports show GM crop usage, benefits and role in future food security
The Australian Biotechnology Council of Australia (ABCA) has advised that two key agricultural biotechnology resources released globally last week ...
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IPPmedia

Cassava joins list of Tanzania's main cash crops
In these places, where the main occupation for almost every household was farming in small scale, peasant farmers made it a rule to munch the food ...
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Grow vegetables, fruits: rice breeder tells Punjab farmers
Punjab-born Khush, who has bagged several awards including World Food Price in 1996, also batted for genetically-modified (GM) crops and ...
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Ghana's GMO debates: beyond the sticking points (3)
You may be surprised to hear that many of the food crops we eat today are not their original selves. They are products of years of conscious and ...
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Farm bill adds $135 million to pulse research
Pulses date back to biblical times, he said, “but we just haven't studied them very much as a food group.” The initiative will also evaluate the crop's use ...
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Awoko

Sierra Leone News: Maize, Cassava Identified As West
A new study released recently by the Food and Agriculture Organization ... with the means to boost the yields of staple food crops is not just enough.
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Forming a local food network
Early planted crops will be ready for the Keokuk Farmers Market season that starts in mid-May, but food growers already have planted some of their ...
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OZY

The OZY Connection
OZY
Because if we're going to double the world's food production by 2050, then we ... A new generation of smarter crops could also increase food security ...
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Nigerian Observer

Food Security And National Development
It has been predicted that there would be a catastrophic widespread food ... The staple major food crops include yam, cassava, corn, plantain, rice, ...
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Indian Express

Tobacco is Leaving Millions of People Without Food
Because of this, non-food crops like tobacco could end up being banished from fields as it's using land that could be used to feed the masses.
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Manyara expects good harvests this season
MANYARA Region expects to harvest about a million tonnes of crops in the coming season. Out of the total 735,000 tonnes will be food crops and the ...
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Food security under threat despite surplus food
LAHORE - Despite the country is enjoying surplus crops especially of wheat and rice, the food security seems extremely chaotic, as high inflation, ...
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Daily Mail

Go for the ripe stuff! Nothing beats the homely tomato, so start sowing them right now
PERHAPS you have space for just one food crop. If so, make it tomatoes. They're easy to grow, highly productive and surprisingly beautiful. A single ...
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Nearly 432 million acres planted to biotech crops in 2013
“Accumulated hectarage of biotech crops planted worldwide to-date stands at ... from the approval of biotech traits for rice, the staple food crop in Asia.
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Live Trading News

Farm Profits To Decline 27%
Washington — A waning boom in U.S. crop prices will cut annual farm profits ... Income for major crops including corn, soybeans and wheat will be $189.4 ... according to the USDA, with another 13.9 million in food-related industries.
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Times of Oman

Agriculture is key to economic prosperity: Asoka Girihagama
We were able to become self sufficient in our staple food, rice, due to ... our next target to achieve self-sufficiency in all other supplementary food crops ...
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Locals embrace farm bill
The whole-crop insurance policies will cover multiple types of crops within the ... Another addition is $200 million to create the Foundation for Food ...
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Polish farmers 'grassroots rebellion'
... prevent any planting of GM crops; and repeal oppressive food regulations that prohibit local sales. Since 2013, farmers have been drawing attention ...
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Stabenow announces federal funds for 'hoop house' construction to support Detroit agriculture
... is providing $150,000 to support local food cultivation in the Detroit area. ... They protect crops from severe weather, reduce the need for pesticides, ...
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