1. Intensive agriculture produces huge quantities of farm chemicals. 2. As a result, Monsanto shares are behaving more like those of a biotech highflier like Amgen Inc. than a prosaic maker of farm chemicals. 3. As a result, shares of the company are behaving more like those of a biotech highflier like Amgen Inc. than a prosaic maker of farm chemicals. 4. Beijing would also suspend imports of U.S. movies and entertainment software, and stop approving applications from U.S. companies to import farm chemicals and drugs. 5. Disease was also a concern, with livestock carcasses rotting, and sewage overflow, fuel, farm chemicals and manure fouling the water. 6. University of Georgia researchers say precision applications of farm chemicals promise to be especially beneficial in intensively farmed Southern crops, like peanuts and cotton. 7. Blind dolphins found in two Indian rivers are being wiped out by farm chemicals, fine nylon fishing nets and dams, a zoologist said Tuesday. 8. Blind dolphins that live in two Indian rivers are being wiped out by farm chemicals, fishing nets and dams, a zoologist said Tuesday. 9. Consumers have been gobbling up organic products at an unprecedented rate, apparently worried about farm chemicals and genetically altered crops. 10. Farm chemicals have more than doubled in price. |