Yet the agriculture industry is being tantalized by new crops that could prevent some farmers from being uprooted from their land. That is how the modern farmer gains access to a patchwork of different properties on which he plants his crops, county agriculture extension agents say. So farmers lease acreage from big landowners, who have other jobs and are holding the land as an investment and need an agriculture exemption for a tax break. Farmers say that what they can earn selling crops...

While most of the major world staple food crops such as wheat, maize and rice are in fact wind-pollinated, the majority of the foodstuffs that make eating interesting and enjoyable, such as fruits and nuts, require insects for pollination - the transfer of pollen from the male to the female parts of a flower - to set fruit or seed. While most of the major world staple food crops such as wheat, maize and rice are in fact wind-pollinated, the majority of the foodstuffs that make eating...

The Ministry of Trade & Industry (MTI) announced last month that it had reached a deal with the ministries of petroleum and electricity to establish a new pricing policy for energy to alleviate the burden on the national budget and reduce operating inefficiencies. The Ministry of Trade & Industry (MTI) announced last month that it had reached a deal with the ministries of petroleum and electricity to establish a new pricing policy for energy to alleviate the burden on the national budget...

It s a little crunchy, needs water, but it is safe, unlike chemical fertilizers, he said. Chester Mandrik, co-owner of Yard Spice, demonstrated how safe the fertilizer his company uses is by scooping a handful and taking a bite. Mandrik said he didn t give chemical gardening a second thought until he took an environmental science class while finishing a bachelor s degree program about six years ago at Daniel Webster College. I was taking an environmental science class, and it shook me up a...

To answer this question, ISU researchers compared several insecticide seed treatments in 2005 with several foliar carbamate and organophosphate insecticides applied when aphid levels met the 250-per-plant economic threshold level. Meanwhile, all foliage broad-spectrum insecticides tested in 2005 provided greater control and protected yield potential. Although timing may be perfect for the glyphosate, it's too early for the insecticide if aphid levels have not reached the economic threshold...

Standard methods for collecting fingerprints at crime scenes, which involve powders, liquids or vapors, can alter the prints and erase valuable forensic clues, including traces of chemicals that might be in the prints. Now researchers find tape made from gelatin could enable forensics teams to chemically analyze prints gathered at crime scenes, yielding more specific information about miscreants' diets and even possibly their gender and race. The gel tape can gather prints from a variety...