Amid all sorts of defiance to biofuel production practices by the staunch enviro-thinkers worldwide, the researches are doing well to pacify their doubts regarding the land use and energy conversion ratio. Earlier, the University of...

Ever year the U.S. Department of Agriculture calculates the cost of raising a child born in that respective year. Known as the “Cost of Raising a Child Calculator,” the Ag Department estimates food, housing, education and other...

In the past one year, due to tainted food, some three people have died and more than 1,000 have fallen. Not only humans’ tainted food has killed thousands of pets too. The Food and Drug Administration, the U.S. agency for ensuring food...

At last, the farmers and ranchers in the United States got a weapon to kill the plaguing red fire ants. Thanks to a naturally occurring virus that kills these devastating ants, and also to the U.S. Department of Agriculture researchers in Florida...

Crop residues like corn stover and cover crop remaining on the land is capable of maintain soil organic carbon, sustaining their production. But, what is needed is to know the amount of these residues actually needed to maintain the required...

Satisfaction of consumers lies not just on the assured quality of food staffs, but also on being informed of the region it is grown. To allow US consumers to be able to differentiate between U.S. and imported food, a small farm-group coalition has...

Percentage of household classified as having ‘very low food security’ in America is as follows: * Americans, who are worried about running short of food before they got money: 98 percent. * Americans, who cannot afford balanced meals:...

Relieving the environment of the increasing burden of non-biodegradable and toxic wastes, scientists have come up with a new way that can help the world from relying on petroleum - making plastics from high-fructose corn syrups or other...

Nanospheres are here to revolutionize the way of producing biodiesel. A new, high-tech catalyst, the researchers are after, is only 250 billionths of a meter in diameter, but can produce biodiesel in large amount. The Iowa State scientists,...

With the rising prices of oil, production of ethanol, based on corn is booming. Amid this, lawmakers from sugar-producing U.S. states are hoping that growers of beet and cane will soon shift o producing renewable fuel. But, how viable will...