Tag: agriculture
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Protecting A Modern Agricultural Business
Protecting your agricultural business takes a lot of effort, but with the tech currently available on the market, you’ve got a chance.
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FDA Chief Calls Teen Vaping an “Epidemic”
The commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration warned that the sharp rise in teen electronic cigarette use is an epidemic threatening the public health.
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Farming in the Agricultural Industry of Tomorrow
As the population grows, the need for increased agriculture grows, but the demands placed on farmers in this marketplace are evolving as a result.
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Anti-Inflammatory Human Protein Produced in Plants
Researchers in Canada genetically engineered tobacco plants to economically produce large quantities of a human protein with anti-inflammatory properties.
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Genetic Engineering, Silencing Boost Plant Output
An agricultural research lab uses genetic engineering and gene silencing to produce crop plants that increase their yields by more than 40 percent.
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Univ. Spin-Off Developing High-Nutrition Corn
A company spun-off from a university agriculture research lab is developing a variety of corn with more vitamin A and other nutrients missing from most other types.
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Book Review – The Fifth Risk
Michael Lewis describes in a gripping narrative some of those critical life-protecting functions the federal government performs in his new book The Fifth Risk.
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Relying on Tech to Feed India, Africa, and China
The quest is on for new technologies, food production techniques, and behavioral change in developed countries that will help us feed everyone.
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Engineered Hens Produce Human Proteins in Eggs
An animal biology lab in Scotland developed genetically engineered chickens that efficiently produce human therapeutic proteins in their eggs.
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Designing Strawberry Varieties for Japanese Farms
An agricultural genomics company in Israel and auto maker Toyota began a joint project to design new varieties of strawberries to grow on Japanese farms