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Deaths, Injuries Among U.S. Grain Workers Hit Record

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Accidents in grain silos, storage bins and other facilities killed and injured a record number of workers through October this year, a study by Purdue University showed. The October study showed 46 deaths and injuries so far in 2010, exceeding the previous record of 42 documented cases in 1993 from 16 U.S. states. Of the
Crops

Vietnam Aims To Boost Rice Crop For Food Security

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Vietnam vowed to maintain current rice crop areas and boost yields to ensure supplies remain adequate in the face of demand pressures from a fast-growing population as well as the effects of climate change. The government’s pledge of security of food supplies touched a key agenda topic at two conferences that opened in Hanoi recently,
Crops

Aeration Key To Storing 16 To 20 Per Cent Moisture Corn

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Corn harvested at moisture contents up to 20 per cent can be stored safely during the winter with aeration, North Dakota State University’s grain-drying expert says. Corn at 20 per cent moisture has an allowable storage time of about 25 days at 15.5 C, 50 days at 10 C, 90 days at 4.4 C and
Crops

China Faces 2010-11 Corn Deficit Of Up To Seven Million Tonnes

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China could face a corn shorfall of up to seven million tonnes this year, a leading industry analyst said Oct. 21, after sharply cutting his estimate of the coming year’s harvest. Purchases by the world’s second- largest corn consumer of as much as 1.3 millions tonnes this year, its biggest imports in 15 years, have
Crops

New Method Yields More Rice With Less Water

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Rice farmers could boost their yields by 50 per cent with a new method that uses less water, Oxfam America said Oct. 20 as climate change and drought threaten the staple crop. Growing rice – considered the major calorie source for about half the world’s population – is water intensive, accounting for as much as
Oilseeds, Opinion

China Turns Into A Regular Corn Importer

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China’s major foray into the global corn market this year could become routine as it strives to fend off the threat of animal feed price inflation, which Beijing worries could send household food bills soaring. With feed demand in the world’s second-biggest corn consumer rising by nearly eight per cent a year over the past
Cereals, Crops

Ancient Seeds In Mexico Fight Warming Effects

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More than 500 years after Spanish priests brought wheat seeds to Mexico to make wafers for the Catholic Mass, those seeds may bring a new kind of salvation to farmers hit by global warming. Scientists working in the farming hills outside Mexico City found the ancient wheat varieties have particular drought-and heat-resistant traits, such as
Country Crossroads

Decorative Corn Perfect For Fall Displays

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I have often admired decorative corn in catalogues and at some garden markets in the fall but I had only attempted to grow it once a number of years ago. It requires a long growing season and a hot summer to enable it to mature before fall frost strikes. My experiment was unsuccessful as the
Cereals, News

World Bank Urges Transparency In Foreign Farmland Deals – for Sep. 16, 2010

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The World Bank is urging greater transparency in land investment transactions to protect local land owners as the volume of foreign farmland investment in poor countries swells. Foreigners investing in agricultural land in developing countries should be open in their transactions and recognize the rights of existing owners to avoid weak governance, the World Bank

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