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Bees are being kept awake at night by pesticides used to protect crops from insects — and this is lowering their survival rates, a study has warned. Researchers from Bristol warned that — just like us humans — the vital pollinators need a good night’s rest in order to function properly. However, exposure to so-called … Read more
Frankenstein foods created by editing genes in crops and livestock could be on the plate in future as the government opens a consultation into uses of the technology. Gene editing is a process that enables changes to the traits of plants and animals more quickly than traditional selective breeding – which has been used for … Read more
Crops grown near Chernobyl are still contaminated, more than three decades after the worst nuclear disaster in history. Almost half the grain analyzed by scientists in Ivankiv, about 30 miles from the power plant, showed levels of strontium 90 far above recommended levels. It was also present at unsafe levels in firewood and wood ash … Read more
With gardening, as in life, pride usually precedes a whopping great fall, so I’m tempting fate in saying I’ve learned how to grow chillies well. But it has taken a while and was preceded, if not by failure, by very average results. Nowadays I have a great supply and that, in itself, is a cause … Read more
Cream of the summer crops: Slip into trousers that will show off this season’s erogenous zone – the ankle Anna Pursglove reveals how the pedal pusher was the best thing in the 1980s She said modern version is slightly longer but every bit as versatile as original Crops are more flattering than shorts and easy … Read more
MasterChef star Emelia Jackson CROPS fan favourite Poh Ling Yeow out of cast photo – even though she remains in the competition By Ali Daher For Daily Mail Australia Published: 13:02 BST, 7 June 2020 | Updated: 13:02 BST, 7 June 2020 Poh Ling Yeow is the fan favourite who many believe has what it … Read more
A farmer who started the asparagus harvest with 50 British workers but now has just six left has blasted the Government as ‘deluded’ for not doing more to help. Seasonal workers from Romania were due to fly out to help UK farmers pick their asparagus crop this weekend, but had their flights cancelled when their … Read more
Scientists improve wheat yields by up to 65 percent using fertilizer created from processed human waste Researchers from Federation University studied ways to improve local soil They treated Australia’s clay-heavy farmland with fertilizer from human waste They found wheat yields increased between 55 and 65 percent in two locations By Michael Thomsen For Dailymail.com Published: … Read more
Farmers who have received death threats for flying in potato pickers from Eastern Europe hit back today, saying ‘What else could we do – British people haven’t wanted this sort of work for decades.’ Fearing spuds, strawberries, plums, parsnips, rhubarb and other crops will rot in the fields, planes were chartered to bring Romanian workers … Read more
Billions of locusts have laid waste to 500,000 acres of Ethiopian cropland and unleashed a food crisis. A United Nations report found that the devastation caused by the swarms have left millions of citizens in need of emergency food aid. The findings from the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, which recently concluded a joint assessment … Read more