U.S. studies big farm impact on health, environment
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Former U.S. government officials,   environmentalists and industry leaders have launched a two-year   study into health and environmental impacts of large-scale   animal farms, a study group said on Tuesday.
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U.S. growers produce nearly $35  billion worth of marijuana annually, making the illegal drug  the country's largest cash crop, bigger than corn and wheat  combined, an advocate of medical marijuana use said in a study  released on Monday.
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By Debbie Gebolys, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio  Jun. 17--In the rolling landscape north of Scioto Downs, a colony of agricultural researchers and greenhouse entrepreneurs toils a short walk from their ecologically sensitive homes.
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Wide-open spaces, technological glitches and bitter cold all are potential obstacles to plans to track livestock and protect the food supply from disease and bioterrorism.
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What farmers choose to grow over vast tracts of land could have an effect on regional weather patterns. A NASA-funded study will attempt to figure out exactly what the impact is.
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A report to be released Monday found that people who live in areas with a high degree of sprawl are more likely to report chronic health problems such as high blood pressure, arthritis, headaches and breathing difficulties compared to residents in less
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On November 10, 2004, USDA announced that it confirmed a detection of soybean rust, a fungal disease of soybeans, in two plots associated with a Louisiana research farm near Baton Rouge.
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Air pollution caused by traffic and factories may cause heart disease, a US study says.
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The disclosure last month that American long-grain rice has become widely contaminated with traces of an experimental, gene-altered rice has provoked an economic crisis for farmers and reignited a long-smoldering debate over the adequacy of U.S. oversight of biotech food.
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By James Mayse, Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro, Ky.  Feb. 24--U.S. farm policy has reverberations that are felt across the globe, and often not in ways that are positive, a group of environmental and anti-poverty groups said Friday.   In particular, U.S.
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By John Stark, The Bellingham Herald, Wash.  Mar. 10--BELLINGHAM -- A study that advocates additional measures to preserve agricultural use on nearly 22,000 Whatcom County acres will be presented to the Whatcom County Council Tuesday.
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US soybean farmers bringing in a record harvest face a new risk: an aggressive form of fungus that could severely damage their crops next year and beyond.
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The recent scares over deadly bacteria in California produce might hurt farm programs aimed at restoring wildlife habitat and cutting water pollution.  Such environmental programs could be at odds with "clean- farming" techniques promoted by food processors.
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The American landscape is dotted with fewer farms as a result of consolidation and a movement of land to nonagricultural uses, the government said on Friday.
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11/11/2004 - The US Department of Agriculture&#39;s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service yesterday confirmed the presence of the countryâs first case of soybean rust, found on soybean leaf samples taken from two plots in Louisiana.
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A new report adds to the mounting evidence that relationships between plant and animal species can be far more complex than had been thought.
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A multiyear study involving more than 100,000 participants provides more support that eating lots of fruit and vegetables is good for the heart.