Three of the GMO products are maize types, two of them hybrids, and the fourth is a sugar beet. Since the EU's six-year unofficial moratorium on approving new GMO products was lifted in 2004, the Commission has authorized a string of GMOs in this way, outraging green groups. The decision is allowed under a legal default process that kicks in when EU ministers cannot agree among themselves after three months. Herculex is designed to protect against larval stages of corn rootworm, which eats...

When wildlife enthusiasts began a corncrake recovery programme in 1993 there were only 470 calling males in the whole of the UK and the species was heading for extinction, said bird protection body RSPB. Hard times for farmers are threatening a "spectacular" recovery in the number of corncrakes in Scotland, experts said. Birds threatened by farming changes. Numbers of the threatened species have fallen in most of western Europe except for Scotland which has more than 1,270 calling males....

But this year, obesity has become a national obsession just as Congress is embarking on one of its periodic overhauls of the nation's farm policy. In response to growing concerns about health, particularly children's health, the new five-year farm bill going before the Senate now provides a record $2 billion for specialty crops, including money to buy fruits and vegetables for school lunches and to assist organic agriculture. A kernel of truth? Nation's obese are corn-fed. The national...

Agricultural consultants and educators with questions about organic production or the process of certification may also be interested in this program. Agricultural consultants and educators with questions about organic production or the process of certification may also be interested in this program. One of the goals of the program is to inform people about the current situation and potential for organic farming in this region and help them decide if they would like to further explore the...

This is particularly meant to cater for people in dry areas that are not conducive for agricultural production but with a thriving wildlife resource base. Zimbabweans in arid and semi-arid areas can benefit from engaging in sustainable wildlife management following the formulation of a wildlife land reform policy. Parks and Wildlife Management Authority public relations manager Retired Major Edward Mbewe told Herald Business that the policy was in support of the objectives of the land...