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Paraguay battles foot-and-mouth

(BBC News) Paraguay has begun the slaughter of around 1000 cattle in an attempt to eradicate an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease. Soldiers have been destroying the animals with rifles and burying them in deep trenches. The outbreak has caused concern throughout …

September 26, 2011
| Filed under North America, South America, and Agriculture
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Brazil Approves Biotech Dry Beans

(Truth about Trade & Technology) Brazil is the world's second largest producer of biotech crops and the Brazilian National Technical Commission on Biosafety has just approved a biotech dry bean for human consumption that is resistant to golden mosaic virus. …

September 23, 2011
| Filed under South America, Agriculture, Biotechnology, and Research
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Brazil, Argentina Block Paraguayan Beef on Foot and Mouth

(Bloomberg) Brazil and Argentina suspended beef imports from landlocked Paraguay, the world's seventh-largest shipper, after an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in cattle in the neighboring …

September 21, 2011
| Filed under South America and Agriculture
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A Call to Arms for Synthetic Biology

(Media Newswire) This achievement represents a significant advancement for the field of synthetic biology–an emerging field in biology addressing the design and construction of new biological functions and systems not found in nature. Although researchers at the J. …and more »

September 20, 2011
| Filed under North America, Agriculture, and Research
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Paraguay detects foot-and-mouth, halts beef exports

(AFP) ASUNCION — Paraguay ordered an immediate halt to beef exports after detecting foot-and-mouth disease in cattle from a farm northeast of Asuncion, in a potentially devastating blow to its cattle industry. The outbreak sent tremors through a region …