Sentences with phrase «for big agriculture»

Ending the practice is another story — we'll have to keep our eyes peeled for any big agriculture ideas when Obama delivers the budget.

The loudest voices on the proponent side are typically cast as shills for Big Agriculture (some of them are), while the loudest on the anti-GMO side are typically cast as fear - mongering luddites (some of them are).

Not exact matches

China's imposition of tariffs of up to 25 percent for U.S. agriculture could be a big gain for Australia, particularly for wine and certain nuts and fruits.

«If we get people excited for agriculture and learning where food comes from, we could really start to change agricultural processes, and make a really big impact in the world,» she says.

Sure, NASA has a big advantage when it comes to generating viral hits due to its mission servicing the fundamental human need for exploration, knowledge, and new discovery (Department of Agriculture, eat your heart out), but even the most powerful content can get bungled in its execution and delivery.

Bayer AG cleared one big hurdle for its $ 66 billion takeover of Monsanto, winning European Union approval for the deal after agreeing to bolster BASF SE by selling it seeds, pesticides and digital agriculture technology.

The findings were announced by Professor Carlo Leifert of the Tesco Centre for Organic Agriculture based at Newcastle University, UK, who with his team are working on the EU funded project called the Quality Low Input Food (QLIF) project, the biggest ever to research the pros and cons of organic farming and food.

India is projected to become the world's biggest milk producer over the next decade, having tripled its output during the first quarter of this century, a report by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation (OECD) has revealed.

The proposed criteria 2.5 (agroforestry system for all crops) and 2.6 (protection of big trees) of the next Sustainable Agriculture Standard provide an effective framework for combining biodiversity protection on coffee farms with productivity targets.

Big Spoon owner Mark Overbay works with local and regional peanut farmers to be a positive force for sustainable peanut agriculture and transparent marketing.

Opposition to US agriculture giant Archer Daniels Midland's $ 3 billion bid for big grain handler GrainCorp has hardened among Nationals and country Liberal MPs, with some warning the sale could create a virtual monopoly that would hurt grain growers.

«He said that not only are our big export trade deals in Asia, China, Japan, Korea, opening up more markets for him and so many other Australian agricultural exporters - but also he praised the Department of Agriculture.

This family has been the biggest beneficiary of investors» lust for a stock that is exposed to all sorts of risks associated with agriculture including weather, food prices and increasing competition.

And our Big Government - hating new Agriculture Secretary is currently attempting to return deep fat fryers to our schools, an effort which scored big points for him on Fox News but might be a tad less beneficial for the 36 % of kids in my state who are already overweight or obeBig Government - hating new Agriculture Secretary is currently attempting to return deep fat fryers to our schools, an effort which scored big points for him on Fox News but might be a tad less beneficial for the 36 % of kids in my state who are already overweight or obebig points for him on Fox News but might be a tad less beneficial for the 36 % of kids in my state who are already overweight or obese.

Schools across the country have made big changes in the cafeteria as a result of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's updated nutrition standards for school meals.

«Looking forward, machine learning, big data and self - driving vehicles will further increase the potential for automation in both agriculture and manufacturing, reducing the need for human labour.»

You've heard us say many times before that agriculture is the state's largest industry, with farms both big and small providing jobs and of course food for New Yorks.

I think if you look back ten years ago, agriculture wasn't a big part of the conversation for our economy, and today food processing is one of the more important and growing elements of our regional economy.»

Among the biggest bureaucratic challenges faced by the UK Space Agency is its management of applications for new satellites, which are viewed as critical because of their ability to provide data on the environment, climate, weather, security agriculture, coastal management and disaster mitigation.

Dangote, whose cement unit is Nigeria's biggest listed company, has been investing in agriculture as the country's government seeks to diversify away from oil, which accounts for 90 percent of the nation's export earnings and the bulk of revenue.

The discovery had big implications for agriculture.

The authors, which included federal and academic scientists, found big changes in store for the $ 200 billion U.S. agriculture industry.

«The big news is that we now have evidence of a function for RNA that is being exchanged between dodder and its quarry,» said Jim Westwood, professor of plant pathology, physiology, and weed science in Virginia Tech's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, an author of the paper.

That hole at the bottom is big enough for a royal larva to fall through, confirms insect physiologist Steven Cook at the honeybee research lab in Beltsville, Md., run by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service.

The biggest opportunities for reforming agriculture's climate impacts can sometimes be found miles from where any food is grown.

In a new report entitled «Edible Insects: Future prospects for food and feed security ``, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) says that farmed insects could make a big contribution to our diets — they contain lots of protein and are cheap to produce.

Agriculture is one of the biggest sources of the anthropogenic greenhouse gases responsible for global warming.

McKibben: Well, it's not quite the same, because we're not, you know, we [wouldn't] try to, sort of, do a big political campaign around it, but it is the way that this, you know, the things like this locavore movement and local agriculture in general have spread very rapidly from local farmers» market [s] to the fastest growing part of the food economy in this country and have been for a decade now, they're just booming everywhere.

Forests are cut down for many reasons, but most of them are related to money or to people's need to provide for their families.The biggest driver of deforestation is agriculture.

The findings also have implications for the agriculture industry, which uses zinc supplementation to grow bigger animals, Skaar noted.

But if you want to argue for the moment that agriculture has a big cost to the environment and humanity (without qualifying that appropriately), then you have to stay away from meat, dairy and eggs more than ever — especially if you want to avoid war.

The Big History shows that civilizations flourished in favorable areas for agriculture and trade, such as river basins and coastal areas.

«There's a very big nationwide movement,» says Zenobia Barlow, executive director of the Center for Ecoliteracy, which produces free curriculum guides and resources on topics related to food and agriculture.

We are living in interesting times; in the long run, the development of the poorer areas of the world will be a big plus, particularly for US agriculture and resource extraction industries, but there will be bumps along the way.

For starters, read the Los Angeles Times article describing how his drought restrictions focus on urban water use while agriculture is by far the biggest water user.

This approach forces them to be more direct, more open and honest, about the values - based reasons they oppose GM food; that it fuels commercial scale agriculture, that it produces profits for big rich companies that are harming «nature,» etc..

While agriculture has been historically criticized for its large carbon footprint, carbon sequestration in soils has the potential to turn agriculture into climate's biggest asset.

Over the past 15 - 30 years, depending on the country, large - scale commodity production for urban and international markets has replaced subsistence agriculture as the biggest driver of tropical deforestation worldwide.

The biggest and most obvious cost was to human health: premature death — from heat stress or other climate - related impacts — would account for $ 120 billion; coastal losses would claim $ 42 billion and agriculture $ 18bn.

Half New Zealand's emissions come from agriculture and it is time the sector's leaders acknowledged there is a big potential for savings now instead of constantly claiming more time is needed for research.

DES MOINES (AP)-- Warmer and wetter weather in large swaths of the country have helped farmers grow corn, soybeans and other crops in some regions that only a few decades ago were too dry or cold, experts who are studying the change said... The change is due in part to a 7 % increase in average U.S. rainfall in the past 50 years, said Jay Lawrimore, chief of climatic analysis for the Asheville, N.C. - based National Climactic Data Center... Brad Rippey, a U.S. Department of Agriculture meteorologist, said warming temperatures have made a big difference for crops such as corn and soybeans... For example, data from the National Agricultural Statistics Service show that in 1980, about 210,000 soybean acres were planted in North Dakofor the Asheville, N.C. - based National Climactic Data Center... Brad Rippey, a U.S. Department of Agriculture meteorologist, said warming temperatures have made a big difference for crops such as corn and soybeans... For example, data from the National Agricultural Statistics Service show that in 1980, about 210,000 soybean acres were planted in North Dakofor crops such as corn and soybeans... For example, data from the National Agricultural Statistics Service show that in 1980, about 210,000 soybean acres were planted in North DakoFor example, data from the National Agricultural Statistics Service show that in 1980, about 210,000 soybean acres were planted in North Dakota.

LONDON, 8 February, 2016 − Here is the big challenge: can 21st - century agriculture deliver the right levels of nourishment for nine billion people by the end of the century, and at the same time protect nature, save on energy and soak up ever more carbon from the atmosphere to limit the impact of climate change?

The Department of Agriculture's biggest single incentive program for rural energy improvements, many Massachusetts farmers may be eligible for these funds.

Industrial agriculture is also a big threat, with several areas of the plateau suitable for oil palm plantations.

«The more the temperature rises, the bigger the benefits will be (for agriculture).

«With agriculture we think that's going to be a big benefit for

He's even filed a law suit against the U.S. Departments of Homeland Security, Interior, and Agriculture, as well as three U.S. timber importers for importing big - leaf mahogany from Peru, a violation of the U.S. Endangered Species Act.

Forests, Farming, Deforestation Malaysia's Big Agroforestry Fail: Land Converted to Rubber Plantations Still Classified as Protected Forest Slash - and - Burn Agriculture Isn't Great for Southeast Asia's Forests, But Monoculture Plantations are Even Worse Cattle Pastures in Deforested Amazon Now the Size of Iceland

Prince Charles has called them the «biggest environmental disaster of all time,» while agriculture industrialists like Monsanto swear they're safe for human consumption and a boon for the environment.

Above all, take this as a reminder that GM crops are far far more about big business and big profits for their developers than they are about increasing crop yields, feeding more people either in rich or poor nations, or developing climate - resistant agriculture.