Agriculture & Livestock

Magazine articles on agriculture, livestock, and genetically engineered foods.

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Geotimes November 2003 Rickman et al.	Precision Agriculture: Changing the Face of Farming Commercial farms around the world are changing, and remote sensing is beginning to play a large role. A new suite of technologies promises to help farmers better manage their crops at the scale of individual fields.
Science News October 4, 2003 Janet Raloff	Calling All Cows A prototype package of biological and location sensors is part of a system that could compile a medical history and keep it with an animal throughout its life.
Science News August 30, 2003 Janet Raloff	Spying Genetically Engineered Crops Environmental Protection Agency scientists are exploring the use of satellites to monitor genetically engineered crops.
Inc. September 2003 Amy Gunderson	Grants for Rural Biz States with lots of farms and fields are making more grants available to businesses.
CIO August 15, 2003 Matt Villano	Reaping IT At Royster-Clark, Robert Paarlberg cultivates innovation one step at a time. Two recent IT innovations at the agribusiness giant, a CIO 100 honoree, are very impressive.
Inc. August 2003 Jess McCuan	Failure of Genius The founders of Future Beef were the smartest, most forward-thinking people in the beef business -- and if you didn't believe it, they'd tell you twice. So when the company went down, a lot of people wondered: How did these genius cattlemen blow it so badly?
Science News August 2, 2003 Janet Raloff	Local Foods Could Make for Greener Grocers Items that travel the least and end up on the dinner table quickest tend to taste the best and harbor the fewest germs. But there's another reason to select locally grown foods: It generally takes considerably less fuel to ship them to groceries, restaurants, and other buyers.
Outside August 2003 Patrick Symmes	River Impossible Everybody loves the Klamath. Everybody wants a piece of it. And they're willing to go to war to get it.
Outside August 2003 Misty Blakesley	Ecotourism Adventure Travel - Water in the Balance Water issues chronically become water wars. Here are some collisions in progress--from bang-ups over how to divide spoils to clashes over big cleanups--that need to be resolved in the years ahead.
BusinessWeek July 21, 2003 Kerry Capell	A Food Fight the U.S. Is Sure to Lose Once again, Europe and the U.S. are at loggerheads. This time, they're fighting over food, not foreign policy. On July 2, the European Parliament passed legislation calling for detailed labeling of genetically modified (GM) food products.
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