Some farmers called the threat crude propaganda and continue to send their crops for animal use.
Ground crews determine if seeds are germinating and how damaged the crops might be.
Commodity futures trade on what parties assume the year-end tally for certain crops will be.
Ronald says that genetically modified crops have proved remarkably safe for both people and the environment.
Wambugu concedes that GM crops are experimental but insists the potential good far outweighs the risks.
The European Union estimates the number of GM traits in crops will quadruple to 120 by 2015.
Their goal: crops that limit the use of pesticides and fertilizers while delivering more food per acre planted.
Their plans would cost no more of their crops, even though that was hard to believe.
The government launched a series of nationwide public consultations on GM crops earlier this month.
Elsewhere, some growers who have not been able to switch crops are leaving their cornfields fallow.
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Millions of acres of fertile farmland has been flooded, livelihoods ruined, crops destroyed, and homes lost.
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"We saw the direction that our cash crops such as coffee and tea went, " he says.
It needs so little irrigation to thrive compared to the crops grown for other spirits.
Huang says this allows farmers to use that herbicide to protect their crops, raising yields.
The EU moratorium will not apply to crops non-attractive to bees, or to winter cereals.
That way, he could ensure adequate irrigation water for his crops during the dry summer months.
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We can produce another 1 billion barrels of biofuels with crops like corn, soybeans and canola.
At midday, farm sheds burst into flames in a clearing amid rows of crops.
Green groups would rather government money went into protecting the environment than producing crops.
It is a mixed farm, with arable crops and a 40-strong herd of beef cattle.
Usually he'll grow other food crops corn, cassava, peanuts to feed his family.
More than a hundred different crops have been recorded in their diet so far.
Soon she was raising indigo, which became one of the most profitable crops in the South.
The plan also involves developing crops resistant to environmental stresses, particularly drought and salinity.
Oilseed rape, millet, pulses and sugar cane are among the crops to be investigated.
Because the trees initially grow slowly, there is little competition between them and the crops.
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At the beginning of the rains, both food crops and leguminous trees are planted.
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Crops don't do especially well, and foraging in the jungle is a day-by-day gamble.
But again, Wheeler sees the choice of crops as part of an evolutionary process.
They say wealthier nations put them at a competitive disadvantage when they subsidize their own crops.
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