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Tuesday, March 02, 2010
EU Members Can Choose over GM Crop CultivationEU - The European Commission has announced its upcoming proposal on choice for Member States to cultivate or not genetically modified organisms (GMO) and approves five decisions on GMOs.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
NFU CONFERENCE - Opposition Launches New Agenda for AgricultureUK - A shake up of the food and agriculture industries has been promised following the forthcoming general election in the UK if the opposition Conservative party wins control, writes TheCropSite...
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
NFU CONFERENCE - Fighting the British Corner in EuropeUK - The voice of British farmers has to be heard in the forthcoming negotiations over the Common Agricultural Policy in Europe, writes TheCropSite senior editor, Chris Harris.
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
NFU CONFERENCE - Farming for the FutureUK - Food production should be on the front pages of all political agendas, not a footnote to them - this was a key message from the president of the National Farmers Union, Peter Kendall, writes...
Friday, February 19, 2010
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Grain Harvests IncreaseNEW ZEALAND - Wheat, barley and maize grain harvests in New Zealand increased in the year to the end of June 2009, it has been announced.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Grain Export Package AnnouncedRUSSIA - Russia is to unveil a $170 million (£108 million) package to support grain exports and reduce the country's stockpile.
Friday, February 12, 2010
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Wednesday, February 03, 2010
Corn Futures Present Opportunity for Pork ProducersUS - With corn futures retreating in recent weeks, pork producers may see an opportunity to lock in production profits. Some industry observers say if the opportunity is there, it is something...
Longer Lasting Maize Weed Control Herbicide UnveiledUK - Syngenta has unveiled a new pre-emergence herbicide to give maize growers longer-lasting residual control of weeds.
Tuesday, February 02, 2010
Sorghum Feeds Africa and is Important to USUS - Sorghum, a main food crop in many African nations and the second most important animal feed crop in the United States, has the potential for expanded food and fuel uses both here and abroad,...
Friday, January 29, 2010
New Crop Fertiliser to Boost Plant ImmunityCHINA - A new liquid-based fertiliser released by the China Green Agriculture Company has been designed specifically for use in farmland irrigation systems.
Wednesday, January 06, 2010
Increasing Wind Turbine ReliabilityDENMARK - Funding has been granted for a new centre at Risø DTU to increase the operating reliability of wind turbines: The Danish Council for Strategic Research's Programme Commission on...
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Potential for Bioenergy Sufficient to Meet DemandGLOBAL - A position paper by World Bioenergy Association (WBA) based on a report by the Department of Energy and Technology at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) shows that...
2009 a Good Year for Wind PowerEU - European wind power experienced an amazingly robust ride in 2009 even though the year began with an ongoing global recession and ended with continued inertia caused by political leaders...
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Ethics Body Asks: How Green are New Biofuels?UK - The UK Nuffield Council on Bioethics is calling for the public's views on the potential of new types of biofuels, such as fuel produced by algae, to provide us with a greener source of renewable...
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
New Enzymes to Engineer Plants for BiofuelsUS — Scientists at the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have created a new enzyme and demonstrated its potential ability to interfere with the production...
Monday, December 21, 2009
Solar Could Meet 15 Per Cent of US ElectricityCOPENHAGEN - Leaders representing the US solar energy industry reported the potential of solar energy to meet 15 per cent of US energy needs by 2020 at an UNFCCC press briefing in the Bella Center,...
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
US Combat Climate ChangeUS - The US Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack spoke yesterday (15 December) at the key note event, Clean Energy Investments: Creating Opportunities for Rural Economies, at the climate change...
Friday, December 11, 2009
$5.3 billion for North African Solar PlantsAFRICA - Solar power plants which will save 1.7 million tonnes of carbon emissions - the equivalent of taking 600,000 cars off the road - are to be built across North Africa.
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Study into Sustainable Production of BioenergyAUSTRALIA - Public perception of bioenergy around the world ranges from "environmental saviour" for the role it plays limiting greenhouse gas emissions and reducing our reliance on oil, to "global...
Wednesday, December 09, 2009
Agriculture Part of Climate Change SolutionUK - Agriculture can and will be part of the solution to climate change; this is the message that the National Farmers' Union is taking to the Copenhagen Climate Change summit this week.
Monday, December 07, 2009
Government Cash for Biorefinery ProjectsUS - A total of 19 integrated biorefinery projects in the US are to receive up to $564 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to accelerate the construction and operation of...
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Report Calls for Livestock Production CutsUK - A new report in the medical journal The Lancet has called for a 30 per cent reduction in livestock production to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and meet the UK emission targets for 203...
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
EU Joins IRENAEU - Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs and the Swedish Secretary of State Ola Alterå have signed the Statute of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in Berlin.
Shadow Green Policies PraisedUK - The British Renewable Energy Association has praised a commitment from the shadow Conservative government to introduce a green investment bank and to cut government emissions by 10 per ...
NASA Algae Technology at Hamburg CongressGERMANY - NASA has been applying space technology to a process that links the production of algae-based fuel with an inexpensive method of sewage treatment.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
KLM Takes Strides in Sustainable Air TransportNETHERLANDS - KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has operated its first ever passenger flight powered by sustainable biokerosene.
Monday, November 23, 2009
Technical FaultEarlier today our dedicated web server, which is based in Telehouse in London, suffered a major failure which caused an outage on ThePoultrySite.com and other 5M web sites.
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