A ConAgra spokeswoman says the company decided to remove the butter flavoring from its popcorn because of the risk the chemical presents to workers who handle large quantities. The decision by ConAgra Foods comes after it was revealed that a leading lung research hospital had written federal regulators to warn that consumers may also be in danger from fumes from the buttery flavoring. Last week, Weaver Popcorn said it would replace the butter flavoring ingredient because of consumer...

Armour-Eckrich packaged meats brands from ConAgra Foods inc. was almost entirely responsible for a 28 percent jump in pounds sold of packaged pork products, the company said. The Smithfield-based company is the world's largest pork processor and producer, with $12 billion in annual sales. Smithfield's recent acquisition of Premium Standard Farms alone accounted for a 27 percent rise in hog production, the company reported. For its international operations, the company reported a nearly $15...

These findings, from a recent survey of grower attitudes to genetically modified crops, throw the current reviews of the State government moratoria on production of GM canola into stark relief. It is believed Australian canola production may increase if herbicide tolerant GM varieties replace the conventionally-bred triazine tolerant (TT) varieties that are popular in Australia but have lower yield potential. Australia August 31, 2007 More than 80 per cent of Australian canola growers and...

The company, which owns Cudahy meatpacker Patrick Cudahy inc., is also the leader in turkey processing, cattle feeding and several packaged meats, and the fifth-largest beef processor. Someone who bucks the trends, Nasgovitz has identified a number of consumer staples companies panned by Wall Street that he expects will turn in better-than-expected performances. In fact, consumer staples - which include essentials such as food, gasoline and drugs - have been the best-performing consumer...

Louis, MO -- Cotton farmers in Mexico first planted transgenic cotton crops in 1996, and have since reduced pesticide applications by more than 50 percent and generated annual benefits of US$27 million. We don t have to check it all the time, because we re certain that the cotton is safe, continues Dom nguez Arreola, who plants insect-protected transgenic cotton crops containing a protein from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) that protects cotton plants from specific lepidopteron insect pests....

La Coste a, a brand synonymous with canned produce in that country, will shortly offer a product line produced at a state-of-the-art plant in Tucson, where it is not only paying wages substantially higher than in Mexico, but higher even than those prevailing in southern Arizona. News Column Story Tools del. American company saves money by sending jobs abroad, often to Mexico. Well, leave it to a debt-free, privately held 80-year-old Mexican company to turn this paradigm "patas para arriba"...

Tools DEPENDING on your point of view, it's either a neat ruse to help keep genetically modified crops out of Europe, or an unfair barrier to farmers who want to benefit from GM technology. The money collected, around 13 per hectare, will be used to compensate organic or conventional farmers who can't sell produce at its usual price because of contamination from a GM farm nearby. From New Scientist Print Edition. Denmark last week became the first country in Europe to tax farmers who grow...

So is the ad that shows a kid, holding what looks like a sugar beet, talking about making fuel out of the thing he's holding, and replanting it year after year. If every acre of productive land in America were converted to growing corn, sugar beets, or other so-called renewable fuel, it would not come close to meeting the demand. The farmer-type guy who stands there and talks about how wonderful it would be if you could grow a crop that you could convert to fuel to put in your tractor to...

More in-depth information is readily available through your veterinarian, one of the many rabbit sanctuaries in the United States, rabbit breeders or a library. Doing your homework prior to an impulse bunny purchase at a pet store can help reduce your pet-related headaches and heartaches. It would be fun to suggest that this is a "hare-raising" article but we will be dealing with rabbits, not hares, and you are far too smart to let that difference slip by unnoticed. Rabbits are social...