Among 10 commodities and services used in calculating consumer price index, food and foodstuff saw respective price hikes of 15. Vietnam's consumer prices experienced a year-on-year increase of 9.34 percent in October, partly driven by higher costs of foods, foodstuffs, construction materials, and pharmaceuticals, according to the country's General Statistics Office. The higher consumer prices are mainly due to the impacts of flooding, diseases, and increased costs of some imported...

Goodman, executive dean of agriculture and natural resources at Rutgers. was one of the most significant public health events of the past quarter-century," said Robert M. In addition, Rutgers scientists will collaborate with officers from Monmouth and Mercer County Mosquito Control Agencies to use education and community involvement, as well as mosquito surveillance and control to systematically attack all life stages of this invasive pest. In addition, Rutgers scientists will collaborate...

For those who strive to save natural areas, one of the most-repeated battle cries is to save the Earth's beauty and splendor for our children and grandchildren. But the Committee on Allerton Park deflated the Oakley Dam project (named for the small town of Oakley, east of Decatur) with solid science, showing the environmental damage to the bottomland forest, fish and other aquatic species in the Sangamon River, along with the likelihood of bank erosion and siltation problems. Some 40 years...

Department of Agriculture warning about fatal food-dwelling bacteria. And before you eat, don't forget to bow your head for the traditional prayer of thanks (''We thank Thee for this bountiful meal and ask Thine forgiveness for the fact that we hath ordered pizza'') I am frankly wondering if stuffing should be regulated, like assault rifles, to prevent it from falling into the wrong hands. SQUANTO: I'm going to show you how to plant maize and beans using alewives, shad or menhaden as...

Chemical margins improved from 23 percent in the third quarter of 2006 to 31 percent this quarter primarily due to the realization of Royster-Clark chemical rebate synergies. The significant increase was largely a result of improved fertilizer margins, synergies achieved through the integration of the former Royster-Clark operations, and growth in our South American retail operations. Our chemical business was aided by the stronger application of preventative fungicide treatments and...

Converted into chemicals, the oil and gas become petrochemicals that are used to develop plastic, polyester, rubbers, detergent, and chemical fertilizers and other pesticides. The rocketing price of crude oil is not only sharply hiking the costs of fueling the car and heating the home, but is bidding up prices on the raw materials that go into goods from produce to perfume. At the same time, the push to develop ethanol as an alternative fuel through corn and similar products is inflating...