Agriculture News Agriculture News Rss feed

  • Centre asks farmers to protect plant varieties for quality agriculture produce

    The Centre on Wednesday asked the farming community to protect and conserve plant varieties to achieve higher and quality production in the agriculture sector. Conferring the Plant Genome Saviour Community Award 2011-12 here today, Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Processing Industries, Tariq Anwar called for improvement and preservation of genetic resources of economic plants and ...

  • Common food supplement made from beef oysters fights degenerative brain disorders

    Phosphatidylserine - a natural food supplement produced from beef, oysters, and soy - improves the functioning of genes involved in degenerative brain disorders, including Parkinson's disease and Familial Dysautonomia (FD). This is the finding made by a team headed by Prof. Gil Ast and Dr. Ron Bochner of Tel Aviv University's Department of Human Molecular Genetics. Widely available in ...

  • Centre extends RTI e-filing facility to MHA Agriculture Ministry

    In a step towards enhancing transparency, the Central Governmnet has extended the facility of e-filing of RTI applications to ministries of Home Affairs and Agriculture. The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), which acts as nodal ministry for implementation of Right to Information Act, has launched www.rtionline.gov.in to facilitate e-filing of applications and payment of fees. The ...

  • Four farming groups to receive 2013 Plant Genome Saviour Community Awards

    Agriculture and Food Processing Industries Minister Sharad Pawar will confer awards on four farming communities for their outstanding work in conservation of genetic resources, in a ceremony here today. These awards, carrying a cash prize of Rs. 10 lakh each, have been instituted by the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Right Authority (PPV and FR). In addition, 10 farmers will ...

  • Are GMO Crops Producing Health-Compromising Fake Hormones in Your Body

    Prison Planet.com May 22, 2013 If you've been following NaturalSociety, then you're probably aware of chemicals known as endocrine disruptors. While we naturally produce hormones, there are various chemicals and agents that disrupt this production. Unfortunately, lurking in many of our food crops is something called a xenoestrogen (foreign estrogen) which mimics the real deal in our ...


cloudy
Tuscaloosa Weather
71.5°F Overcast
Winds: From the WNW at 3.0 MPH Gusting to 7.0 MPH
Thu
tstorms
84° 64°
Fri
chancetstorms
86° 63°
Sat
clear
81° 52°
Last Updated on May 22, 4:40 AM CDT
Weather sourced from Weather Underground

Movie Review

The Simpsons Movie

The Simpsons Movie

After 18 years on the small screen, confined within the parameters of the squarish 4:3 aspect ratio and restricted to 22 minutes of narrative development, there is something just slightly wrong about seeing The Simpsons on the big screen (in the 'Scope aspect ratio, no less). There is ... ...

On Facebook

  • California-based Foster Farms recalls grilled chicken breast strips

    California-based chicken producer Foster Farms is recalling about 6,165 pounds of its ready-to-eat grilled chicken breast strips because the strips contain wheat and soy — known allergens — which are not listed on the labels of its packages, federal agriculture officials with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service said on Tuesday. There have been ...

  • Spring grass poses acidosis risk for dairy cows

    Provimi's ruminant technology manager Philip Ingram says because spring grass is rapidly digestible, fermentation acids are produced much faster than the digestive system can clear them. He says this can result in acidosis as well as an upset in normal intake patterns. This is a major contributory cause of reduced butterfat at grass, but it can also lead to lameness and poor fertility, he ...

  • Rural broadband funding deadline extended

    The deadline for the third and final round of applications for the Rural Community Fund has been extended from 24 May to 17 June - giving rural communities and local authorities extra time to apply for support. The joint DEFRA/Broadband Delivery UK Fund aims to help hard-to-reach rural communities with limited or no internet, to access superfast broadband to give their businesses and communities ...

  • Winter barley a better bet than a second wheat

    WINTER feed barley has the potential to deliver better returns than feed wheat in the second cereal position. That is according to seed breeding business KWS, which has unveiled results from a three-year study into growing winter barley and its benefits.Speaking at a technical briefing, KWS product development manager John Miles said the mean annual price of feed barley prices had tracked feed ...

  • Baku to host international food agriculture and packaging exhibitions

    Baku will host WorldFood Azerbaijan-2013, Agrihort Azerbaijan 2013 and 2nd Caspian International "Packaging, Tare, Label and Printing" Ipack Caspian 2013 exhibitions, AzerTAc reports. Speaking at a press conference, Azerbaijani deputy Minister of Agriculture Ilham Guliyev said 179 companies from 31 countries would participate in this year`s WorldFood Azerbaijan-2013 exhibition. On ...

More Agriculture News