The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy anticipates that the incoming Trump Administration will pose immediate and ...

"Historic evidence shows that Basmati is a distinctive cultivar developed by the farmers of India and Pakistan at least 250 years ago, and grown in many parts in these two countries ever since," says ...

Large parts of the world's agricultural soils are deficient in minerals such as zinc. This limits food and feed production and leads to nutrient deficiency diseases in humans and livestock. In the ...

Michael Andreas, 49, on leave as executive vice president of ADM; Terrance Wilson, 60, retired head of ADM's corn-processing unit; and former ADM biochemist Mark Whitacre, 41 have been convicted by a ...

David Frenk, Better Markets, Inc. Frenk et al review both the methodology and the data of a Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development preliminary study by Irwin and Sanders that purports ...

The Government has decided to accede to the Paris Convention for the protection of industrial property and its facilitation treaty, the Patent Co-operation Treaty (PCT). This is expected to provide a ...

Fresh fears over the safety of genetically modified foods surfaced faced yesterday after new research revealed that food allergies relating to soya increased by 50 percent last year. A study by Europe ...

The Sustainable Woods Cooperative (Spring Green, Wisconsin) has many activities already planned for this year - including a workshop about controlling invasive plants, a spring wildflower hike, a ...

In Japan it is called "teikei," meaning "putting the farmers' face on food." Here, the moniker is Community Supported Agriculture, and Jeanne Byrne is the farmer whose boxes of fruits and vegetables ...

A landmark trial in Canada will set a precedent for Monsanto's ability to protect its patents on genetically modified crops, says Scott Morrison. Monsanto, the US life sciences group, has been having ...

Delegates at last month's IPPA meeting (previous item) also targeted packers and price discrimination as key issues for further discussion at next month's Pork Forum. Judging from impassioned floor ...