Cricket And Chemistry Combine To Provide New Understanding Of How Fats Work
...sist with the quality control processes of Italian producers of extra virgin olive oil.......cracy and the majorchemical companies, who are the producers of real pesticides. The consequenceof this policy will, without question, be greater public exposure to syntheticchemical pesticides in the coming decades." "If it can't be supported by the economics, if it isn't supported by thescience, and...First Salmonella Vaccine For Poultry To Be On The Market Soon
...called avian pathogenic E. coli (APEC). They hurt producers in production units, where the sick birds spread the disease and die, and at the processing plants, where E. coli-infected carcasses are condemned by inspectors. Each year, millions of chickens are lost to E.coli. "We're able to take the geneticall...Crop Devastation To Be Discussed At National Head Blight Forum
...consin,Michigan, New York, and Ontario. Ohio wheat producers lost anestimated $100 million due to reduced yields, lower prices receivedfor remaining bushels and the added cost of grain cleaning. Wheatproducers in Illinois and Indiana estimated losses at about $38million, while Michigan reported losses of $56 m...Careful Honeybee Breeding Combats Tracheal Mite Pests
...g generations. Cobey wants to organize queen producers on a national level to promotebee breeding. She offers a summer class in bee breeding to encourage beekeepersto establish their own breeding programs. Cobey warned that bee breedingrequires patience and a long term commitment because results aren&#...Purdue Research Helps Keep Phosphorus Out Of Surface Water
... giving good crop yields. The guidelines will tell producers how much manure they can spread on land without ov...manure by changing animals' diets. Because Indiana producers are high on raising hogs, that's where they've turned their attention. Sixty percent to 80 percent o...Salmonella Vaccine Now Available For Poultry
...accine is aremarkable tool which will help broiler producers reach their goal of 0 %contamination." says David Zacek, President of Megan Health Animal HealthDivision. The new vaccine, more than 4.5 years in development, is the invention of RoyCurtiss III, Ph.D., professor of biology at Washington University ...Clemson Fire Ant Research Uses Biological Approach
...ce specialists to educate homeowners, agricultural producers and others onthe various methods and regulatory requirements for controlling fire ants....National USDA Center For Food Gene Data
... on key crops and to enable important advances for producers andconsumers." Samuel Cartinhour, a USDA-ARS molecular biologist with expertise in informatics,has been named director of the new genomics center. "Bringing Cornell's TheoryCenter, Cornell's Department of Plant Breeding and the ARS together on thisc...Aluminum Wastes Could Soon Be Converted To Commercial Use
...rocess. Getting rid ofthe salt cake costs aluminum producers millions of dollars in land filling andexposes them to environmental liabilities as well." Hwang said he and his colleagues view salt cake not as a waste product,but as raw material that with further processing can be used to createvalue-adde...Whitehead Receives $35 Million Grant From National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
...ly earlier than expected. The five major sequence producers in the international consortium will be threeU.S. laboratories funded by NHGRI (the Whitehead Institute, WashingtonUniversity School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri, and the Baylor College ofMedicine in Houston, Texas); the Joint Genome Institute ...LSU Ag Center Brucellosis Specialist May Help Stem Bison Controversy
... important role -- asa disagreement between cattle producers and environmentalists is creatingnational interest in the bison herd in Yellowstone National Park. Dr. Philip Elzer, an assistant professor in the LSU Ag Center'sDepartment of Veterinary Science, is one of the few U.S. researchersspecializing...Research Reveals Environmental Injustice In N.C. Communities With Large Hog Farms
... expanded largeroperations and smaller independent producers went out of business. Althoughprevious reports have shown that hog production is greater in counties withlarger black populations, the extent to which operations were disproportionatelylocated in poor and non-white communities was not known." ...Baby Grain Bins Help Purdue Researchers Tackle Big Problems
...ng lab as well as a trainingcenter where students, producers and researchers could gain hands-on knowledgefrom Purdue's post-harvest research....Research Bears Fruit, And Patents
...ng is not yet complete for all regions, West Coast producers werequick to plant Lauren, says Stiles. However, he adds that "Commercial or home garden utility of these cultivars canbe expected to vary among locations, and among different cultural systems withinregions." At Pennsylvania State University, Anne......d with untreatable bacteria? Who'ssusceptible? Can producers raise livestock without antibiotics? Will the USfollow Europe's lead and ban livestock-fattening antibiotics also prescribed ashuman drugs? Several of the world's top experts on antibiotic resistance will answer thesequestions, delve deeply into the...LSU Ag Center researchers look for better ways to assess pollution in Tangipahoa River
... wastes to reach waterways. They also wantto help producers continue grazing their cattle without affecting water quality. "We want to create an atmosphere where dairying and recreation can coexist,"Drapcho says. Drapcho's work focuses both on identifying and assessing non-point sourcepollution and on ...New DNA vaccine could fight fish disease
North American salmon and trout producers are keen to begin using a newantiviral vaccine. But because the vaccination involves injecting DNA into fish,there are fears that fish treated in this way will provoke more food scares inEurope and Japan. The new vaccine provides nearly total...Tiny mites protect vineyards from mildew
...o California in wine production. Thestate's grape producers harvest 350 million pounds of grapes annually, worthabout $40 million. With over 100 million bottles of wine made each year in thestate, ringing up $500 million in sales and about $85 million in state and localrevenues, scientists must pay attention...Top scientist, regulator and European economist to address GMOs in IFT video conference
...ent? Should food containingGMOs be labeled by U.S. producers for domestic sale and/or exportation? Why areEuropean consumers and policy-makers more hesitant to accept GMOs thanAmericans? Addressing these and other questions, the Institute of FoodTechnologists (IFT) will present the video conference "Geneticall...