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• The Food Chain: Drought Resistance Is the Goal, but Methods Differ

  Scientists are trying to create varieties of corn, wheat and other crops that can thrive with little water. Read More... Posted Oct 23 2008, 06:49 AM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Agriculture, Wheat, Corn, Genetic Engineering, Drought

• Shortages Threaten Farmers’ Key Tool: Fertilizer

  Population growth, shrinking world grain stocks and a growing appetite for meat, particularly in the developing world, has collided with a shortage of fertilizer. Read More... Posted Apr 29 2008, 09:48 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), Agriculture, Economic Conditions and Trends, Environment, Corn, Biofuels, Fertilizer, Vietnam, Sachs, Jeffrey D, United Nations, Iowa, World Food Program

• The Food Chain: As Prices Rise, Farmers Spurn Conservation Program

  Farmers are taking their fields out of a government conservation program that pays them not to cultivate. Read More... Posted Apr 09 2008, 11:03 AM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), Agriculture Department, Agriculture, Wheat, Environment, Soybeans, Corn, Conservation of Resources

• Food Prices Rise, Farmers Respond

  Farmers say they intend to significantly cut corn acreage this year in favor of soybeans, which may help alleviate global shortages that have hit poor countries hard. Read More... Posted Apr 01 2008, 08:39 AM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), Agriculture, Economic Conditions and Trends, Soybeans, Corn, Third World and Developing Countries