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Transgenic plants have been engineered to possess several desirable traits, such as resistance to pests, herbicides, or harsh environmental conditions, improved product shelf life, and increased nut...

Farmers, Campbell Soup give food bank peachy help

A New Jersey food bank has found a new way to try to feed the hungry and help farmers: Selling salsa.The Food Bank of New Jersey and the Campbell Soup Co., announced the plan Wednesday, hoping it can...

101 Mobility Opens Franchise in Roanoke/Lynchburg Market

Roanoke, VA (PRWEB) June 18, 2012 Jack and Ann Shoemaker, a husband-and-wife team, are the owners/operators of 101 Mobility’s latest Virginia franchise, serving Roanoke, Lynchburg, and surroun...

Farmers Turn To Operating Heavy Machinery As They Get Older, Raising Their Risk Of Injuries And Fatalities

Older North American farmers work fewer hours than their younger peers but spend more time operating heavy machinery and equipment - raising their risk of serious injury, according to new research fro...

Farmers Capital Bank Corporation Announces Fourth Quarter Earnings

Nonperforming Assets Decline 9.1% During Quarter Termination of Regulatory Agreement at Bank Subsidiary FRANKFORT, Ky., Jan. 23, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Farmers Capital Bank Corporation (Nasda...

Automated weather stations drive groundbreaking low-cost micro-insurance plan for Rwanda's farmers

(Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture) On Thursday, Oct. 11 over 20,000 farmers in the southern and western provinces were the first farmers in Rwanda to be covered under a new low-cost agr...

Hawaii seed farmers set the record straight

Farmers on the Hawaiian island of Kauai recently took out an ad in the local newspaper to answer questions about the genetically engineered crops they raise. “We want to set the record straight abo...

Hawaiian seed farmers set the record straight

Farmers on the Hawaiian island of Kauai recently took out an ad in the local newspaper to answer questions about the genetically engineered crops they raise. “We want to set the record straight abo...

Bill Gates speaks up for farmers’ choice of farming methods

“Often lost in the debate about GMOs is the need for poor farmers to have choices in the face of hard conditions.” With those words, the world’s greatest philanthropist and one of...

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Farmers' perceptions of safe use of pesticides: determinants and training needs.

PURPOSE: With focus on the impact of age, farmers' perceptions of importance and competence on pesticide safety measures as well as factors that influence these perceptions were explored in Fars Provi...

Asthma increase among farmers: a 12-year follow-up.

Abstract Respiratory disease is a well known health hazard for farmers, but the long-term prognosis is less well known. This is a 12-year follow-up of an investigation of Swedish farmers, most of them...

Psychological Morbidity of Farmers and Non-farming Population: Results from a UK Survey.

The relatively high rate of suicide among UK farmers suggests that they may suffer greater mental health problems than the general population. This paper provides a comparison of the psychological mor...

Musculoskeletal disorders among Irish farmers.

BACKGROUND: Farming is an occupation that predisposes individuals to health problems including musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs). There is limited research regarding MSDs among farmers especially in Ir...