Temperatures will be notably cooler through next week, but "little improvement to crop conditions will occur due to the persistent dryness," the firm said. There was little fresh news out, but fears about production problems due to drought in Ukraine and southern Russia remained supportive, analysts said. wheat futures rose to new contract highs Friday, as sellers sat on the sidelines amid ongoing concerns about tight global supplies and potential crop losses, analysts said. Seasonal...

Members of the public are being invited to celebrate World Environment Day on June 5 by attending a film showing and panel debate on genetic manipulation of food and crops. The film also explores alternatives to large-scale industrial agriculture, placing organic and sustainable agriculture as real solutions to the farm crisis today. Pro-GM lobbyists are attempting to hijack the debate about sustainable farming in Australia, with empty promises of drought/salt tolerant GM crops and greater...

Following comparative studies on social and economic condition of transgenic agricultural products in Iran and the world, the research arm of Iran?s legislature regretted that GM crops or foodstuffs containing them still find their way into the country. Expressing concern over adverse health impacts of consumption of GM foods, the center urged it is a must to ratify laws to regulate and draw up strategies to control (import) of transgenic products. The center further hailed successes...

Though farmers in the above regions follow conventional methods of onion cultivation (such as flat bed and broadcasting) for a long time they did not know that these practices may not always be successful and sometimes may even result in loss of quality and yield. Though farmers in the above regions follow conventional methods of onion cultivation (such as flat bed and broadcasting) for a long time they did not know that these practices may not always be successful and sometimes may even...

It exposes the inherent weaknesses of an industrial global food system designed to benefit multinational agribusiness companies at the expense of public health. Within the United States, food contamination incidents on one farm or processing plant have hit large parts of the country. The recent discovery of an industrial chemical in animal feed and pet food imported from China has added to the mounting criticism of U. They were only able to examine physically 1.3 percent of food imports...