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• Monsanto's Back!
While agriculture is somewhat cyclical, the price Monsanto can charge for seeds isn't completely connected to the price farmers can get for the food they produce. Since Monsanto is constantly coming out with new, higher-yielding seeds, it can charge ...
• China finds no bird flu outbreak
YANJIAO, China - China's Agriculture Ministry said on Thursday that it had found no bird flu cases amongst poultry in Beijing or areas surrounding the city after a woman in the capital died of the H5N1 form of the virus. Experts had fanned out to ...
• Salmonella outbreak: 1 in 5 victims in hospital
Department of Agriculture cannot help track the original source, said U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, a Democrat who chairs the Agriculture-FDA appropriations subcommittee . "Any delays in these critical investigations can sicken more people," DeLauro said in ...
• Timber company drops plan for forest roads
Agriculture Undersecretary Mark Rey indicated as recently as last week that the changes negotiated privately by the Forest Service and Plum Creek would become final before he leaves office when the Bush administration ends this month. Rey, a former ...
• What does it cost to raise a child born in 2009?
Department of Agriculture estimates the cost of raising a baby from birth through age 17 ranges from $148,000 to nearly $300,000, depending on household income levels. It's estimated that raising a baby the first year alone costs about $11,000. "We're ...