Agriculture & Livestock

Magazine articles on agriculture, livestock, and genetically engineered foods.

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Chemistry World May 21, 2008 Richard Van Noorden	Rice Studies Highlight Inconsistent Arsenic Standards Measurements of potentially dangerous amounts of arsenic in rice show food regulations in the EU and US are outdated and lag far behind the stricter controls on arsenic in water, say UK chemists.
Wired May 19, 2008 Spencer Reiss	Superefficient Frankencrops Could Put a Real Dent in Greenhouse Gas Emissions Food can be genetically altered to be more nitrogen-efficient and decrease the need for carbon based processes.
Wired May 19, 2008 Joanna Pearlstein	Surprise! Conventional Agriculture Can Be Easier on the Planet When it comes to greenhouse gases, organics can be part of the problem.
Popular Mechanics June 2008 Joe Pappalardo	AquaDome Feeds Boston Bass With Solar Dinner Bell It may not be sporting, but researchers at the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole, Mass., are training fish to swim into nets -- and doom themselves to the lemon-and-capers treatment.
Reason May 2008 Ronald Bailey	Papers Please! The U.S. Department of Agriculture is rolling out its National Animal Identification System to tag and track every farm animal in America.
Chemistry World May 2008 Mark Peplow	Editorial: Reap what you sow The biofuel backlash is in full swing. It's being driven by rising food prices; farming subsidies that look more suspicious by the day; and a general feeling that people have been conned.
Chemistry World May 2008 Jeremy Tomkinson	The biofuel backlash The author argues that legitimate concerns about sustainability should not derail the whole biofuel enterprise.
The Motley Fool April 30, 2008 Matthew Reilly	The Chickens Ate My Profits! Overall, Tyson made money in its pork business and lost money in its cattle and flagship chicken operations.
The Motley Fool April 29, 2008 Toby Shute	Archer's Blazing Arrow The firm's agricultural services segment was simply smoking in the quarter, with operating profit up eightfold. The ADM trading desk played this volatile market like a Stradivarius violin.
The Motley Fool April 25, 2008 Toby Shute	The Goddess of Fertility Prices are soaring for potash, phosphate, and nitrogen. Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan happens to produce all three.
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