At the same time, it s becoming more costly for young people to go into farming, and many of them see that they can make a better living by leaving the rural areas. Farming s one of those things that gets in your blood, he said. farmers produce more food than any other country in the world and are tops in corn, soybeans, milk and cattle, according to a United Nations agriculture census. Within the next decade those older farmers will be looking for someone to take over their operations and...

Local residents can expect to see more crop-duster this year, says Brown By BRADEN WILLIS, Of The Times Staff Greg Brown, of Brown Feed and Chemical in Carmi, said Wednesday area residents may be seeing more crop-dusting airplanes over the next few days than what they may be used to seeing, and there's good reason for it. Local residents can expect to see more crop-duster this year, says Brown By BRADEN WILLIS, Of The Times Staff Greg Brown, of Brown Feed and Chemical in Carmi, said...

In early December 2006 chemical multinational BASF was granted permission by the UK government to conduct a five year research and development trial of GM blight resistant potatoes, at two locations, between spring 2007 and autumn 2011. However, after over two years of licking their wounds the biotech industry has reared its ugly head again. In April over 150 people attempted to disrupt the Hendon trial a field they thought was about to be planted with GM potatoes was sown with organic...

Not only do they overuse pesticides, but they're also just not that effective, they said. If spraying yourself with even benign chemicals makes you uncomfortable, there's a recent alternative: high-tech traps that lure the little bloodsuckers to their doom. Some companies sell yard-spraying systems that disperse insecticides, but both Conlon and Dini Miller, associate professor of urban pest management at Virginia Tech, gave them a big thumbs down. It's safe (as long as it isn't ingested),...

Bt crop varieties, such as cotton and corn, are modified through introduction of a Bt gene that causes the plants to produce a toxin that protects them from certain pests. Advertisement His concerns grew at a meeting run by the local church's Caritas social-service agency that highlighted the seeds' alleged environmental hazards. He claimed humans could ingest Bt toxin through cottonseed oil, used for cooking, and cited reports of skin inflammation caused by contact with the crop. Sadiq...

Strictly speaking, organic food is that which is grown without added pesticides, fertilizers, sprays or chemicals -- and the soil cannot contain them either (though organic versions of these additives are OK) For years, all government agencies and pretty much most of the scientific research have found little or no nutritional difference between organic and traditionally grown produce, meat, milk. The traditionalists say that it's all the same, while the naturalists dig in their...

Supervisor Sy Globerman, one of the four council members to vote for the rezoning, said the board was partially reversing a change in zoning in 1987 of about 500 acres to residential from light industrial. Shott, who could not be reached last week, bought his first 4 acres on Hardscrabble in 1979 and got approval for a business there in 1986 when it was zoned for light industry. For a time, the town considered rezoning a larger area for agricultural businesses but later dropped the idea,...

The figures are consistent with an extremely healthy period of growth for the UAE's beauty industry, with last year's cosmetics and personal care market reportedly worth over Dh1. Himalaya's captive farmlands grow the herbs used in the formulations organically, without the use of insecticides and pesticides. He said: "Himalaya is one of the fastest growing skincare brands in UAE, having more than doubled our sales within the last two years. The introduction of 'Neem' based herbal face...

STEPHENVILLE It has the makings of an environmental home run: A project that reduces global warming gases, provides a green alternative to fossil fuel, creates organic fertilizer and helps dairymen get their cow manure out of the polluted North Bosque watershed. STEPHENVILLE It has the makings of an environmental home run: A project that reduces global warming gases, provides a green alternative to fossil fuel, creates organic fertilizer and helps dairymen get their cow manure out of the...