Life on the farm may not be so healthy
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NEW YORK  - Farm workers seem to have an elevated risk of developing a serious lung condition more typically seen in smokers, a study has shown.
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Farmed salmon have been found to accumulate much higher levels of chemical flame retardants than their wild counterparts, raising alarm that they might pose an increased cancer risk.
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By Steve Dube  Western Mail  Farmers involved in organic production are younger and more optimistic about the future of their industry, according to a new study.
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Media & professional: Â· Shortage of labour threatens crisis for farmsÂ· Squeeze may put more imported fruit on shelves
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By Joyce Lobeck, The Sun, Yuma, Ariz.  Feb. 19--Possible neighbors of the proposed hog farm in eastern Yuma  County aren't quite ready to accept an animal feeding operation in their  backyard even though the company intends to break ground this week.
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Farmworkers exposed to high levels of pesticides, as well as home gardeners who use these chemicals to kill insects and fungus on their house plants, run a higher risk of brain cancer, according to a study released on Tuesday.
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While environmentalists applaud some measures, farmers are concerned about financial curbs.
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Â· More digestible feedstuff reduces production of gasÂ· Farmers could switch to different grass varieties
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By Dan Buglass rural affairs editor  THE days when farmers paid scant regard to the environment and their custody of the countryside are long gone.
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By JOHN DOBBERSTEIN World Staff Writer  Natural methods slow to catch on in Oklahoma   Stubbornness drove Sam Jorgenson into organic farming.
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By Gardner Chris  Dirk Seiling wonders whether some of his fellow dairy farmers care about keeping dairy effluent out of streams.
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Poor harvests caused by bad weather could hurt farmers more than the foot-and-mouth outbreak, the government's rural adviser warns.
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Across the globe, huge demand for biofuels has created tension between using land to produce fuel and using it for food.
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By Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash.  Feb. 18--A proposed federal farm bill could see some local farmers losing their subsidies and others gaining much needed dollars for research, development and marketing.
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Some farmers suggest that the FDA's warning stemming from an E. coli outbreak is too broad.
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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 GALLOWAY, Jill  There's a lot of stuff you don't want to tell people, say hill- country farmers the Raineys.