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Could More Efficient Crops Feed a Growing, Warmer World?
2013-09-04 01:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Scientific American: In the shadow of a boisterous debate about the safety of growing crops that have been genetically modified, otherwise known as GMOs, the potential of good old-fashioned crossbreeding has been making quite a stir in the agricultural community. A group of researchers recently took a closer look at the genome of sorghum, a drought-tolerant grass crop that feeds half a billion people in Asia and parts of sub-Saharan Africa. Unlike its super-cultivated cousins--corn, rice and soy--sorghum still grows...
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Formulating Feed with Opportunity Ingredients
2013-08-29 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
CANADA - Feed represents the greatest single expense associated with raising pigs to market weight. Over the past two years the cost to feed a pig in the grow-finish phase has essentially doubled. While there looks to be some reprieve in feed prices starting in late 2013, producers always need to investigate new opportunities to reduce feed cost.
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Thai Feed Industry Head Calls for End to Food Price Freeze
2013-08-28 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
THAILAND - The country's feed association is calling for a return to a free market in food prices so that livestock and shrimp producers can cover their increasing costs.
Are We Wasting Resources That Could Feed Hungry Children?
2013-08-27 19:22:00| Beef
Jude Capper On her blog bovidiva.com, Jude Capper poses the question, Can we really afford to lose the sustainability advantages that productivity-enhancing tools provide? read more
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Farm Progress Show: Economist Explains China's Strategy to Feed Population
2013-08-27 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
ANALYSIS - Farmers came out today in the 90-degree temperatures to see what information and innovations were on display at the Farm Progress Show, held in Decatur, Illinois, US, reports Sarah Mikesell, ThePigSite senior editor, live from the show.
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