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...

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...

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...

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...

Percentage of household classified as having ‘very low food security’ in America is as follows: * Americans, who are worried about running short of food...

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...

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...

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...

With a chicken firm or a poultry house nearby, it is really stinking and irritating at times to inhale the odor from the operations. So, the farmers usually have to...

The leftovers of oranges, after their juice is extracted are generally dumped just to be headed for the landfill jus to rot polluting the environment. USDA researchers...

The meat industry is showing a downward trend as the people have started to pursue a more balanced approach in their food habits. Generally, till recently, people used...

Michelle Bohan, a student of Iowa State University is on the way to find a link between obesity and hormones that stimulate appetite! She is working on the project with...

An Oklahoma-based company has recollected 156,235 pounds of ground beef products. These are said to be contaminated with E. coli bacteria. It was discovered through...

The U.S. government has approved a biotech alfalfa that — according to critics — will spell havoc for farmers and the environment. A coalition of farmers,...

The decision that allowed three foreign-owned processing plants to continue slaughtering horses for meat runs counter to a measure signed into U.S. law last November....

The report was released just before Christmas. It mentioned that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s investigative arm disclosed that it failed to monitor...

This long-standing conundrum has been decoded using genetic evidence from more than 20 species of locusts. Thanks to the scientists from the Universities of Toronto,...