Tyson, 76, is the largest individual shareholder of Tyson Foods, controlling 70 million shares of the company's stock. That cost reduction paid off as Tyson Foods reported profits in all segments of the company's business - poultry, pork, beef, and prepared foods. The Fort Smith-based manufacturer saw a 106 percent increase in its sales and an 84 percent increase in its net income during the first quarter. Real estate trends indicate buyer's market Average home prices rose a modest 1...

We expect the USDA to abide by the law and insure that American farmers are protected from genetic contamination. This is the first time in the United States that a court has stopped the planting of a commercialized genetically engineered crop. In today's decision, Judge Breyer affirmed his preliminary ruling, which upheld the Center for Food Safety s arguments in their lawsuit against USDA, that the crop could harm the environment and contaminate natural alfalfa. The judge ordered the...

The committee, largely of scientists, also argued that GM crops could become the only effective alternative to using oil for producing plastics and other chemicals. Advisers to the Government claimed yesterday that the farming regulatory regime is unfairly weighted against the growing of GM crops. ACRE's proposed radical overhaul of the way new farming practices are regulated would involve watering down the policing of GM, while introducing an assessment regime for other new farming...

Periods of very cold weather would become less common while periods of very hot weather more common. Four hundred of the report's authors argued through the night in Bangkok to finalise the study, with delegates admitting "major disagreements" over its content. Strong reservations were voiced by China, which repeatedly tried to tone down references to scenarios which it fears could affect its short-term economic growth. The IPCC scientists backed a major expansion of nuclear power, using...

Former ConAgra chief gives U of C's business school huge cash gift By Robert Manor Tribune staff reporter Published May 4, 2007, 7:40 PM CDT The man who brought you Healthy Choice meals after he suffered a heart attack is giving the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business one of the largest cash gifts in the school's history, the university announced Friday. Former ConAgra chief gives U of C's business school huge cash gift By Robert Manor Tribune staff reporter Published May 4,...

The report by Hillbeck and Schmidt examines the published literature on Bt toxins widely incorporated as a feature of GM plants- in scores of laboratory feeding studies. Any chronic, sublethal effects of this toxin in soil or plants on non-target predator species could severely damage the management methods of bio control where predator insects are used to manage prey pests, said Claire Bleakley of GE Free (NZ) in Food and Environment. Any chronic, sublethal effects of this toxin in soil...

He also drives the loader when we feed cattle and runs the sugar beet harvester, which is his favorite thing to do - he lives all year just to run the beet digger. Jim's wife, Shellie, is a part-time beautician in Worland and part-time farmer's wife, which involves picking up the slack wherever necessary. As he wraps up his senior year, Joey is contemplating his future - going to college or joining his father and uncles on the family farm. Right now, the Miller brothers are busy with...

Four-Cheese Risotto Is Recalled The following recall has been announced: updated: May 4th - 6:55pm Menu Foods Opts for Another Recall Pet food manufacturer Menu Foods expanded its recall Thursday because of possible cross-contamination between melamine-tainted products and other foods made in the same period. Four-Cheese Risotto Is Recalled The following recall has been announced: updated: May 4th - 6:55pm Menu Foods Opts for Another Recall Pet food manufacturer Menu Foods expanded its...

The technique, dubbed a 'particle gun', involves introducing foreign genes into regenerable soybean tissues by coating on carrier particles, which are physically accelerated into plant tissues. Firing line The application for the soybean patent was first submitted in 1988 by US biotech company Agracetus under the title 'Particle-mediated transformation of soybean plants and lines' Opponents complained that the patent gave Monsanto de facto control over all GM soybeans, and have been...