GM bans threaten agriculture: McGauran Thursday, 14 June 2007 State and territory moratoriums on genetically modified (GM) crops are placing Australia s agricultural sector at serious risk of being left behind by our international competitors, according to Federal Minister for Agriculture, Peter McGauran. GM bans threaten agriculture: McGauran Thursday, 14 June 2007 State and territory moratoriums on genetically modified (GM) crops are placing Australia s agricultural sector at serious...

Feedstocks forbioethanol production are much more diverse and higher yielding than theoilseed crops required for biodiesel production; thus bioethanol could be abetter solution and investment to address Europe's energy needs. As the biodiesel market reaches overcapacity, and producersstruggle due to pressure on feedstock prices, investment focus is beginningto turn to the relatively undeveloped bioethanol market. Highlights of the briefing include a technical overview ofbioethanol...

usDiggRedditYahooMyWebGoogleWhat's this? Print Email business Swift's workers wait for fallout with new owner By Greg Griffin, Denver Post Staff Writer Article Last Updated:05/30/2007 06:28:30 AM MDT Workers take a break Tuesday outside the Swift & co. meatpacking plant in Greeley. usDiggRedditYahooMyWebGoogleWhat's this? Print Email business Swift's workers wait for fallout with new owner By Greg Griffin, Denver Post Staff Writer Article Last Updated:05/30/2007 06:28:30 AM MDT Workers...

If someone believes they have a product that s affected by the recall, we encourage them to discard it, if they have other questions they re welcomed to call Tyson Foods, or Wal-Mart, or check with their local store. During an outbreak, carefully follow instructions provided by public health officials on what foods to avoid in order to protect yourself and your family from infection. Tim Shaver, a manager at the Sherman store, said they heard about the recall before the product ever made...

The one real concern is that plants grown for medicines might contaminate the food chain, something the US agricultural system has so far appeared powerless to prevent. THERE was a sense of dj vu this week with news reports of a US company that wants to plant strains of rice engineered to produce human proteins. Headlines such as "Human genes in your food?" and references to Frankenstein brought back memories of the late 1990s when much of Europe was swept by hysteria over the prospect of...

So now it's on to the summer crops, or at least the nearly foolproof, high-yield summer crops. It seems that growing spring lettuce and spinach in the Northwest is so easy that I'm pretty sure my cats could manage it if they put their walnut-size brains to it. The sugar snap peas are growing tall, if having some difficulty finding their way to the trellis they're meant to charmingly entwine. I sprinkled the seeds, considered and rejected the idea of watering regularly, and still the plants...