(Natural News) Right now, more than 20 bulk carriers loaded with corn from the United States are en route to China, which continues to rely heavily and almost exclusively on our own Midwestern states for the crop. The first-ever carrier filled with Brazilian corn, however, also just arrived in Singapore for transfer into China – […]

(Natural News) A recent study published in the journal Nature Food has theorized that over five billion people could starve to death following a nuclear war between the United States and Russia. The prevailing notion about a nuclear war is that most deaths would be inflicted directly by the nuclear weapons. But the study conducted by scientists at […]

(Natural News) A Brazilian agriculture ministry official said on Thursday, July 14, the country’s corn may only be exported to China next year because of demands made by Beijing concerning trade protocols. According to Jose Guilherme Leal, agriculture defense secretary at the ministry, Beijing has requested the monitoring of a few weeds and fungi in […]

(Natural News) A modern-era crisis is looming with global prices for fertilizer tripling and food production dwindling. Articles about the twin issues have come out, but the corporate media in the United States are downplaying them despite their probable catastrophic impact worldwide. Experts have already warned about the crisis, and a European CEO even told the […]

(Natural News) Do you grow your own produce? If you do, then you might want to help nature along by introducing good bacteria to your plants that can boost their growth. But first, you will need a good carrier for the bacteria. Researchers from Chungbuk National University in South Korea discovered that chitosan, a polysaccharide obtained from the exoskeleton of […]

(Natural News) Researchers from Chungbuk National University in South Korea investigated chitosan and its potential as a carrier of bacteria that promote plant growth. The results of their study were published in the journal Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science. In the study, the researchers immobilized Methylobacterium oryzae CBMB20 – a promising plant growth-promoting bacteria and a […]

(Natural News) The potato is an important food plant around the world, especially in Saudi Arabia. Given the limited amount of arable land, improving the yield of the food crop is important. Saudi researchers went through the effort of compiling a soil and water quality index (SWQI) that helps determine the best mix of soil […]