Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) Director Joel Rudinas has upheld the permit for Monsanto's genetically modified corn MON863, assuring that the strictest tests and most stringent standards were applied by the BPI on the genetically-modified organism (GMO) corn MON863 before it was approved for entry and cultivation in the Philippines. Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) Director Joel Rudinas has upheld the permit for Monsanto's genetically modified corn MON863, assuring that the strictest tests...

Richardson, Maryland's secretary of agriculture, said the state's farmers and greenhouse operators are doing well overall because most spring planting hasn't happened yet - though some nurseries that supply garden stores have had to hold onto plants because customers aren't ready to buy. April is often the cruelest month for those who work the soil, and this spring has been especially brutal, with yesterday's low of 26 degrees at BWI Marshall Airport setting a record. Richardson,...

The agency will also intensify its palay and corn procurement during the next harvest season expected to begin later this month. The support price has improved their business condition, however private traders for a time have also contributed the farmers by buying higher price, the NFA said. As part of anti-poverty and hunger mitigation program of the government, the NFA said the Arroyo administration has been implementing the food-for-school program which provides rice to poor families...

Tuesday, April 10, 2007 Corn and soybeans - the dominant feedstocks for ethanol and biodiesel production in the United States grow well in the central regions of the country. Biochemist Mike Haas and biologist Karen Scott are working with the Philadelphia Fry-o-Diesel company to demonstrate that trap grease waste grease that restaurants and food companies collect from their drains can be converted into a clean-burning, renewable fuel source. Biochemist Mike Haas and biologist Karen Scott...

Apples Get Death Steve Reed Reporter Local strawberry and corn producers appear to have dodged a potential disaster, but apple growers in the western part of the state have been devastated by the Easter weekend freeze. Statewide The weekend's freezing weather appears to have destroyed this year's apple harvest in Henderson County, one of the largest apple-growing counties in the Southeast. Experts said growers throughout the mountain county reported a dire outlook for this year's harvest...