Farmers vs. Hollywood: Corn farmers launch online campaign against Food Inc. Oscar nomination The corn industry is lashing out at an Oscar-nominated documentary that has grossed out grocery shoppers, saying the film is unfair to many of the nation's farmers and shouldn't ...
Flood of post-quake donated and subsidized US rice dismays Haitian farmers Haiti's rice farmers are dismayed. It's nearly harvest time in this fertile valley where the bulk of Haiti's food is grown, and they're competing once again with cheap U.S. imported rice. ...
<div id="subtitle">Battered by the elements, Oklahoma winter wheat harvest to be less than 2008</div><div><p>Battered by drought, a late freeze and flooding rain, Oklahoma's winter wheat harvest may produce only half of what was yielded last year, officials said.</p><p>With ...
<div id="subtitle">CFTC chief: agency 'seriously considering' index trading limits amid concern over wheat prices</div><div><p>Federal regulators are "seriously considering" restrictions in the wheat futures market being urged by lawmakers concerned over speculation they say has artificially inflated prices, hampering risk management by farmers ...
<div><p>HONG KONG (Reuters) - Researchers in Japan have identified two genes that make rice plants grow longer stems and survive floods, and hope this will enable farmers to grow high-yielding rice species in flood-prone areas.</p><p>The long-stemmed deepwater rice varieties grown at present ...
<div id="subtitle">Nature: Scientists develop high-yield rice that can grow in deep water</div><div><p>A team of Japanese scientists has discovered genes that enable rice to survive high water, providing hope for better rice production in lowland areas that are affected by flooding.</p><p> ...
<div><p>India will import lentils, edible oil and other staples to cope with any shortfalls caused by a widespread drought that has badly hurt crops, the finance minister said Friday.</p><p>The statement by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee came as the country of nearly 1.2 ...
<div><p>SEOUL (Reuters Life!) - South Korea's government is planning to tell the people that it is their patriotic and historic duty to put down the sandwich and pick up the rice bowl as the country tries to grapple with a huge surplus.</p><p>South ...
<div id="subtitle">US rice crop projected to be up nearly 3 pct from a year ago, but some weather risks remain</div><div><p>Rice growers are projected to have a 2009 yield nearly 3 percent greater than a year ago, even though the heart of the ...
<div><p>BEIJING (Reuters) - China's imports of U.S. DDGS, a by-product of corn ethanol, have surged and the pace is expected to remain strong this year as long as U.S. corn prices remain significantly below that of Chinese corn, industry officials said.</p><p>China's own ...
