Agriculture NewsNews on Agriculture continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.Ag secretary, lawmakers discuss farmers' flood aid- June 27, 2008 The U.S. agriculture secretary says he is concerned that legal hurdles prevented much immediate federal help for Midwestern farmers faced with serious setbacks because of flooding."I think everybody is ...http://www.topix.net/science/agriculture/2008/06/ag-secretary-lawmakers-discuss-farmers-fl... More rains hit flooded Midwest- June 27, 2008 CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - More storms dumped crop-drowning rains on parts of the U.S. Midwest on Thursday, threatening strained levees and slowing recovery from a multibillion-dollar flood disaster ...http://www.topix.net/science/agriculture/2008/06/more-rains-hit-flooded-midwest?fromrss=1 Haiti halts gasoline subsidy; prices soar- June 27, 2008 Cuts in Haitian gasoline subsidies pushed the price of fuel to $6.14 a gallon on Thursday, further burdening an impoverished people as the government redirected money to other programs.The 80-cents-per-gallon increase was felt immediately in the struggling country where 80 percent of people live on less than $2 a day.Gasoline subsidies were implemented by President Rene Preval to prevent instability after April riots over the high cost of food that left at least seven dead and resulted in the...http://www.topix.net/science/agriculture/2008/06/haiti-halts-gasoline-subsidy-prices-soar?... Honey bee crisis could lead to higher food prices- June 27, 2008 Farmers and businessmen have been telling lawmakers on Capitol Hill that food prices could rise even more unless the mysterious decline in honey bees is solved.http://www.topix.net/science/agriculture/2008/06/honey-bee-crisis-could-lead-to-higher-foo... Mexico calls for reducing production of ethanol- June 27, 2008 Mexico's agriculture secretary says ethanol production is bankrupting cattle and poultry farmers and causing food prices to hit record highs around the world.http://www.topix.net/science/agriculture/2008/06/mexico-calls-for-reducing-production-of-e... Sweet deal: Companies and U.S. team up to map cocoa DNA- June 26, 2008 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chocolate maker Mars Inc, computer giant IBM and the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Thursday they would team up to map the DNA of the cocoa tree to try to sweeten the crop's $5 billion market."Sequencing the cocoa genome is a significant scientific step that will allow more directed breeding of cocoa plants and perhaps even enhance the quality of cocoa, the key ingredient in chocolate," privately held Mars said in a statement."The collaboration will enable farmers.http://www.topix.net/science/agriculture/2008/06/sweet-deal-companies-and-u-s-team-up-to-m... Project to dissect cocoa genome, protect crop- June 26, 2008 Sarah Levy, owner of Sarah's Pastries and Candies, prepares chocolate covered marshmallows in the kitchen of her store in Chicago, Tuesday, June 10, 2008.http://www.topix.net/science/agriculture/2008/06/project-to-dissect-cocoa-genome-protect-c... Kansas lifts wheat embargo, tests show grain safe- June 26, 2008 Kansas is lifting an embargo on 20 wheat fields and three grain elevators after test results showed no traces of a fungicide.http://www.topix.net/science/agriculture/2008/06/kansas-lifts-wheat-embargo-tests-show-gra... E.coli in beef linked to 19 illnesses in Ohio- June 26, 2008 CHICAGO (Reuters) - A sample of raw ground beef was found to contain the same harmful strain of E.coli O157:H7 bacteria that caused outbreaks in Ohio and Michigan and sickened 19 in Ohio in recent weeks, the state's departments of health and agriculture said in a statement on Wednesday."Information submitted with the positive beef sample indicates the product was purchased at the Kroger Marketplace in Gahanna. It is important for consumers to realize beef purchased from other sources may also...http://www.topix.net/science/agriculture/2008/06/e-coli-in-beef-linked-to-19-illnesses-in-... South Korea to implement US beef deal- June 26, 2008 South Korean protesters shout a slogan during a candlelight rally against U.S. beef imports in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, June 23, 2008.http://www.topix.net/science/agriculture/2008/06/south-korea-to-implement-us-beef-deal?fro... |