Australians will have to accept genetically modified food if the agriculture industry is to continue in an era of climate change, an Adelaide expert says. Prof Tester said he understood current opposition to GM crops because the public could not see any benefit but technological improvements would produce better crops for the future with less stress on the environment. Prof Tester said a current GM study focused on improving the "toughness" genes of plants so they could survive in extended...

Lack of rain raises spectre of drought May 02, 2007 By Jack Elliott Special to the Times With very little precipitation in 2006 continuing on into the winter and early spring of 2007, the west end of Rainy River District faces the spectre of a continuing drought into the growing season. Lack of rain raises spectre of drought May 02, 2007 By Jack Elliott Special to the Times With very little precipitation in 2006 continuing on into the winter and early spring of 2007, the west end of Rainy...

Angolan Finance minister, Jos Pedro de Morais, admitted, in Huambo province (centre) the possibility of a rapid integration of the region's high production into the commercial network of the "Nosso Super", currently being implemented by the Government in the country. Angolan Finance minister, Jos Pedro de Morais, admitted, in Huambo province (centre) the possibility of a rapid integration of the region's high production into the commercial network of the "Nosso Super", currently being...

The crop insurance program has been a big question mark in the debate over the 2007 Farm Bill. In USDA's farm bill proposal, it recommended "gap coverage," a new crop insurance policy to cover deductibles. House Subcommittee Reviews Crop Insurance Compiled By Staff. The House Agriculture Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management held a hearing Tuesday to review the crop insurance industry. House Ag Committee Chairman Rep. In testimony before the subcommittee, USDA Chief...

Officially, the company denies that, with a spokeswoman in Dublin pointing out that permission for the trials, granted in 2006 by the Irish Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), despite angry public protests, covers a five-year period. A major selling point for the project is that the potatoes would be resistant to blight, a disease that wiped out the national crop in the 19th century and led to a famine that decimated the population. For the second year in succession, BASF, the German...