March 10 at 7:34 a.m.
Filed under:
Agriculture/Farming
By Associated Press
Food prices still are skyrocketing, yet the rally for one key component — fertilizer — might be petering out. Farmers’ fields are saturated, making it difficult for fertilizer producers to hike prices, one analyst wrote Wednesday. Meanwhile, share prices in fertilizer companies have doubled since July.
Citigroup downgraded top producers Potash Corp. and The Mosaic Co. to “hold” from “buy,” Wednesday, and reduced his price targets for their shares. Get the full story »
Sep. 20, 2010 at 9:58 p.m.
Filed under:
Food,
Updated
By Associated Press
AquaBounty salmon, rear, have an added growth hormone gene from the Chinook salmon to a normal Atlantic salmon, front, that results in a transeni salmon that grown to market size in about half the time as a normal salmon. (AquaBounty/MCT)
Genetically engineered salmon that grows twice as fast as the conventional fish appears to be safe, an advisory committee told the Food and Drug Administration Monday. But they argued that more testing may be needed before it is served on the nation’s dinner tables.
