Critics also realized that absence of proof that GMOs are harmful is not proof of absence, especially since the Biotech companies are in charge of doing and releasing the research and there are major issues with potential allegens, superweeds, and health effects. Could it be that genetic engineering, like so many things in life, is not black-and-white but many shades of gray? I don t like being pressured to sit on one side of the fence or the other, to make a choice between us and them....

Democrats and Republicans on the Agriculture Committee, backed by crowds of lobbyists, are pulling out all the stops to pass a $288 billion, five-year farm bill, expanding an archaic system of subsidies that government economists say is rapidly shifting billions of dollars to the largest farm operations. And still other senators mock the opponents of the bill that would send $32 billion over five years mostly to large farmers of a few crops during one of the biggest grain price booms on record.

Middle Tennessee's #1 Online News Source. Tennessee cattle farmers who sold off part or all of their herds this year because of the drought's damage to livestock food and water supplies may be enjoying a brief windfall now, but the wrath of the Internal Revenue Service looms unless careful plans are made before 2008, experts say. Tennessee cattle farmers who sold off part or all of their herds this year because of the drought's damage to livestock food and water supplies may be enjoying a...

Commenting on the sharp rise in prices of basic food items, the Prime Minister made it clear that the increases were the result of a hike in the prices of oil and other items, such as wheat and corn on the international market. He said the suggestion that the Government should subsidise basic food items to reduce the burden on the consumer was not possible. Golding, speaking yesterday to supporters at the Jamaica Labour Party's (JLP) 64th annual con-ference at the National Arena, said that...

In several areas, cotton acres had corn growing on them this summer or were reserved for winter wheat planting because of high prices for grain. For a larger perspective, according to information from the group, the 4.13 million bales to be harvested on the South Plains would make it the seventh largest cotton producing country in the world. The gin, now in its third season of processing, also is seeing high quality fiber from the crop. Cotton prices are good with the price per pound for a...

The Food Bank of Northwest Louisiana would appreciate any of the following donations: Peanut butter Pop-top canned food Beef jerky Cereal (single-serving packages) Fruit cups Raisins Pudding cups Juice boxes Milk (shelf-stable aseptic boxes) Granola bars Call the food bank at (318) 675-2400 to learn more. The Food Bank of Northwest Louisiana would appreciate any of the following donations: Peanut butter Pop-top canned food Beef jerky Cereal (single-serving packages) Fruit cups Raisins...