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Buffer Zone Guidelines May Be Inadequate to Protect Produce from Feedlot Contamination
Dec. 23, 2014 — The pathogen Escherichia coli O157:H7 can spread, likely airborne, more than one tenth mile downwind from a cattle feedlot onto nearby produce, according to a new paper. "The high percentages of ... full story -
The Business-Minded Veterinarian
Dec. 23, 2014 — The interaction between animals and humans secures the continuous demand for practicing veterinarians, and the fewer veterinarians we have, the larger potential for catastrophic disease. But, newly ... full story -
Oil Palm: A Modeled Crop
Dec. 19, 2014 — Scientists have developed a model for oil palm cultivation, aimed at helping growers of the crop maximize the yields of their plantations, while minimizing detrimental environmental ... full story -
A Vegetarian Carnivorous Plant
Dec. 19, 2014 — Carnivorous plants catch and digest tiny animals in order and derive benefits for their nutrition. Interestingly the trend towards vegetarianism seems to overcome carnivorous plants as well. The ... full story -
How Will Climate Change Transform Agriculture?
Dec. 18, 2014 — Climate change impacts will require major but very uncertain transformations of global agriculture systems by mid-century, according to new ... full story -
Deforestation Threatens Species Richness in Streams
Dec. 18, 2014 — With a population of 1.3 billion, China is under immense pressure to convert suitable areas into arable land in order to ensure a continued food supply for its people. Accordingly, China is among the ... full story -
Clearing Tropical Rainforests Distorts Earth's Wind and Water Systems, Packs Climate Wallop Beyond Carbon
Dec. 18, 2014 — A new study released today presents powerful evidence that clearing trees not only spews carbon into the atmosphere, but also triggers major shifts in rainfall and increased temperatures worldwide ... full story -
Researchers' Recipe: Cook Farm Waste Into Energy
Dec. 17, 2014 — Researchers are studying how to make biofuels from farm waste, especially 'wet' waste, such as corn husks, tomato vines and manure, that is typically difficult to use. They have developed a ... full story -
Not Just for the Holidays, Mistletoe Could Fight Obesity-Related Liver Disease
Dec. 17, 2014 — Mistletoe hanging in doorways announces that the holidays are just around the corner. For some people, however, the symbolic plant might one day represent more than a kiss at Christmas time: It may ... full story -
Can Returning Crops to Their Wild States Help Feed the World?
Dec. 16, 2014 — To feed the world's growing population -- expected to reach nine billion by the year 2050 -- we will have to find ways to produce more food on less farmland, without causing additional harm to ... full story -
Tracking the Eyes: The Keys to Consumers' Plant Preferences
Dec. 16, 2014 — Your eye movements and gazes tell researchers what you value in plant purchases - the plant itself, how it was grown or price. "Investigating the link between consumers' visual behavior and ... full story -
Discovery Aims to Fight Destructive Bee Disease
Dec. 16, 2014 — Researchers hope their new discovery will help combat a disease killing honeybee populations around the world. The researchers have found a toxin released by the pathogen that causes American ... full story -
Dental Plaque Reveals Key Plant in Prehistoric Easter Island Diet
Dec. 15, 2014 — A student analyzing dental calculus from ancient teeth is helping resolve the question of what plant foods Easter Islanders relied on before European ... full story -
Research on Farmers' Markets Shows Presence of Salmonella, E. Coli
Dec. 15, 2014 — A study on the presence of Salmonella and E. coli on certain herbs sold at farmers' markets has been published. Of the 133 samples tested from 13 farmers' markets, 24.1 percent tested ... full story -
Reshaping the Horse Through Millennia: Sequencing Reveals Genes Selected by Humans in Domestication
Dec. 15, 2014 — Whole genome sequencing of modern and ancient horses unveils the genes that have been selected by humans in the process of domestication through the last 5,500 years, but also reveals the cost of ... full story -
Ancient Wisdom Boosts Sustainability of Biotech Cotton
Dec. 15, 2014 — Advocates of biotech crops and those who favor traditional farming practices such as crop diversity often seem worlds apart, but a new study shows that these two approaches can be compatible. ... full story -
Do You Speak Cow? Researchers Listen in on 'Conversations' Between Calves and Their Mothers
Dec. 15, 2014 — Researchers have been eavesdropping on ‘conversations’ between calves and their mothers — measuring the process of how cows communicate using detailed acoustic analysis for the first ... full story -
Toxic Nectar Affects the Behavior of Insect Pollinators
Dec. 11, 2014 — Natural toxins in nectar and pollen can poison insects and affect their memory, behavior and reproductive success, researchers have found. Toxins in lupin pollen cause bumble bees to produce fewer ... full story -
Home on the Range: Cattle Ranching in the Amazon
Dec. 11, 2014 — With more and more rainforest giving way to pasture and grazing land every year, the practice of cattle ranching in the Amazon has serious implications on a global scale. At the same time, however, ... full story -
New Insights Into Origins of Agriculture Could Help Shape Future of Food
Dec. 11, 2014 — Agricultural decisions made by our ancestors more than 10,000 years ago could hold the key to food security in the future, according to new research. Scientists, looking at why the first arable ... full story
- Buffer zone guidelines may be inadequate to protect produce from feedlot contamination
- The business-minded veterinarian
- How will climate change transform agriculture?
- Deforestation threatens species richness in streams
- Clearing tropical rainforests distorts Earth's wind and water systems, packs climate wallop beyond carbon
- Researchers' recipe: Cook farm waste into energy
- Not just for the holidays, mistletoe could fight obesity-related liver disease
- Can returning crops to their wild states help feed the world?
- Tracking the eyes: The keys to consumers' plant preferences
- Discovery aims to fight destructive bee disease
- Dental plaque reveals key plant in prehistoric Easter Island diet
- Research on farmers' markets shows presence of Salmonella, E. coli
- Reshaping the horse through millennia: Sequencing reveals genes selected by humans in domestication
- Ancient wisdom boosts sustainability of biotech cotton
- Do you speak cow? Researchers listen in on 'conversations' between calves and their mothers
- Toxic nectar affects the behavior of insect pollinators
- Home on the range: Cattle ranching in the Amazon
- New insights into origins of agriculture could help shape future of food
- Water’s role in the rise and fall of the Roman Empire
- New insights into the origins of agriculture in the Fertile Crescent
- More holistic approach needed when studying diets of our ancestors
- Fungus-growing ants selectively cultivate their crops
- Can organic crops compete with industrial agriculture?
- Poppies fade from Flanders fields as Europe's plant life changes
- Toxic fruits hold the key to reproductive success, for fruit flies
- Modeling the impact of a regional foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in livestock
- Bougainvillea's response to deficit irrigation tested
- Organic mulch lets insect pollinators do their job
- High tunnels found effective for finishing cold-tolerant annuals
- Machine harvesting may increase apple supply for hard cider market
- Ever tried a 'laser delicious' apple? Laser biospeckle method to harvest fruits at precise peak in ripeness
- Koalas selective about eucalyptus leaves at mealtime: Koalas selected leaves with more nitrogen, fewer toxins
- Fish farming: High survival rate for post-smolt in closed facilties
- Cover crops can sequester soil organic carbon
- Nutrition, safety key to consumer acceptance of nanotech, genetic modification in foods
- Better benefits and less smell from slurry with new technologies
- Unbelievable underworld and its impact on us all
- Protecting rainforest through agriculture, forestry
- Conserving soil, water in world's driest wheat region
- Grasshoppers signal slow recovery of post-agricultural woodlands, study finds
- Primates indispensable for regeneration of tropical forests
- Dizzying heights: Prehistoric farming on the 'roof of the world'
- Bacterial slime: It's what's for dinner
- Boosts in productivity of corn and other crops modify Northern Hemisphere carbon dioxide cycle
- 'Green Revolution' changes breathing of the biosphere: Stronger seasonal oscillations in carbon dioxide linked to intensive agriculture
- Climate change in drylands studied
- Seed dormancy, a property that prevents germination, already existed 360 million years ago
- Pesticides linger longer in greenhouse crops
- Age matters: Young larvae boost pollen foraging in honey bees
- Helping wheat defend itself against damaging viruses
- Using sewage sludge to obtain bioenergy
- Software to improve sustainability in horticultural, grape and wine-growing, and sugar beet production
- Effective method against bee-harming pest
- Viruses impaired if their targets have diverse genes
- Three popular daffodil varieties determined to be highly salt tolerant
- Protecting forests alone would not halt land-use change emissions
- Insect-resistant maize could increase yields and decrease pesticide use in Mexico
- Plants have little wiggle room to survive drought, life scientists report
- Promising technology to expand hard cider industry
- How Campylobacter exploits chicken 'juice' highlights need for hygiene
- Switching on a dime: How plants function in shade, light
- Live longer? Save the planet? Better diet could nail both
- Insights into plant growth could curb need for fertilizers
- Farmers, scientists divided over climate change
- Weeds yet to reach full potential as invaders in United Kingdom, after centuries of change
- Anti-organic: Why do some farmers resist profitable change?
- Explosive compound reduced blood pressure in female offspring of hypertensive rats
- 'Big data' takes root in world of plant research
- New strategies to reduce use of plant protection products in winemaking
- Diet affects pesticide resistance in honey bees
- MRSA bugs linked to livestock found in hospitals, study finds
- Science casts light on sex in the orchard
- Restoring wetlands can lessen soil sinkage, greenhouse gas emissions, study finds
- Maasai of Tanzania facing severe food insecurity, chronic child malnourishment
- Genome sequencing of the jujube tree completed
- Salt-loving plants may be key to global efforts for sustainable food production
- Chimps plan ahead for a good breakfast
- What's in a name? Everything, if you're a fruit fly
- Earthworms, ants, termites: The real engineers of the ecosystem
- No-till agriculture may not bring hoped-for boost in global crop yields, study finds
- Mature forests store nitrogen in soil: May help protect waterways from excess nitrogen from industry
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