Agriculture
Pages
0
Scientists crack wheat's genetic code
Aug 27, 2010
British researchers have successfully mapped the genetic makeup of wheat. The BBC's Rebecca Singer reports now on how the scientific breakthrough could help wheat farmers worldwide.
0
On the lookout for cattle rustlers
Aug 25, 2010
Someone -- or some group -- is stealing cows from the Oregon backcountry, and ranchers and law enforcement are scrambling to protect their herds and catch the thieves.
5
How to recall half a billion eggs
Aug 24, 2010
The FDA has recalled half a billion eggs due to a salmonella outbreak -- no small amount. So how does the FDA go about collecting and destroying so many eggs?
2
Olive oil virginity is in question
Aug 19, 2010
The olive oil section at the market has a dizzy array of bottles. At the top of the heap are the extra virgin olive oils -- but there's some question as to whether that label actually corresponds to what's in the bottle.
5
Step away from the spatula
Aug 18, 2010
Large food recalls due to e.coli, salmonella or other bacteria seem to happen every few months. But actually, food recalls happen as often as once a week.
0
Big mining wants a part of big fertilizer
Aug 18, 2010
Europe correspondent Stephen Beard talks with Bill Radke about why BHP Billiton, the world's biggest mining company, is making a hostile bid for Potash Corporation, the world's biggest fertilizer producer.
1
Fertilizer will be big business
Aug 17, 2010
An Australian company offered billions to buy the largest producer of potash in the world -- a deal that the Canadian company declined. Why fertilizer? With growing middle classes in populous countries like India and China, fertilizer to grow all the food in those countries will soon be big business.
0
Wheat prices jumped 50%, but traders and politicians staying calm
Aug 16, 2010
The price for wheat per ton nearly doubled, due to drought in many of the wheat-producing parts of the world, but economists and analysts don't expect a worldwide panic.
0
Russian wheat ban raises price fears
Aug 16, 2010
Russian farmers can no longer sell their wheat outside of Russia because of a brutal heatwave and devastating wildfires there. The export limits have raised fears that global food prices may skyrocket as a result.
3
A new beginning for meatpacking plant
Aug 12, 2010
In 2008, federal agents walked into a kosher meatpacking plant in Iowa and walked out with almost 400 people. At the time it was the biggest immigration raid in U.S. history. For the tiny town of Postville and its main employer, it was devastating. Now, the plant is trying to get back on its feet. Jeff Horwich reports.
Pages
Buzzworthy
Recent comments on our stories..
Race on your resume: An invitation for discrimination?
You didn't mention the elephant in the room: age discrimination. Online applications are used to filter applicants for most openings. While...
pegordon | Apr 8, 2013 Moleskine notebooks seek growth in digital age
Listening to this segment on Marketplace put me in mind of a blog post I had posted in June, 2009. I feel compelled to post it here. It was...
sherril987 | Apr 2, 2013 Mind Games & Money: A guide to exploring your emotions in personal finance
I sign up today to let you know this article was great! It looked like a lot of work went in to building this one. In the past year this program...
rsnelso | Apr 1, 2013 The nurse practitioner will see you now
In my 33 years as a family physician I have taught nurse practitioners (NP’s) and have worked alongside of NP’s almost the entire time. It is...
jmessmer | Mar 25, 2013
