www.dailyreckoning.com: Soybeans Poised to Make Investors Rich in 2007.
BALTIMORE, Jan. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- As the commodities bull market rolls into 2007, fund managers and private investors are scrambling to pick the next under-priced natural resource. Commodities guru Kevin Kerr says soybeans could be the new year's next great agricultural trade. "Soybean prices could double this...

Land: birdsong regained; Paraguay Government bends to farmers' demands.
FEDERICO DUARTE and his eight young children used to wake up to the chirp of birds in the forested farmland of Alto Parana in eastern Paraguay. While living in an inner-city park in the capital Asuncion, at the beginning of this year, the sound of birds was drowned out...

Historic Seed Delivery Made in Illinois for First New Soybean Varieties With the Greater Yield Potential of Roundup Ready 2 Yield(TM).
Asgrow Seed Customer Receives First Shipment of Soybeans with the New Monsanto Roundup Ready 2 Yield Trait ST. LOUIS, Feb. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Illinois, a state that hosted the first field trial of biotechnology crops more than two decades ago, made history again this week with the...

The Amazon: it's what's for dinner: the spread of soy plantations poses a new threat to the rainforest.
Edilberto Sena is a priest in the liberation theology mold. After running a community development project deep in the Amazon for six years, he now manages Radio Rural, a Catholic radio station in the Amazonian city of Santarem. He uses the post to advocate for the rainforest and its...

Smaller but cheaper. (Scoop: health/fitness/nutrition/diet/supplements/personal care/environment).
Growing agricultural crops without pesticides may produce smaller yields, researchers at the University of Minnesota have found, but the reduced costs of organic farming offset the difference. The results of the 10-year study of corn and soybean production, published in the March/April 2003 Agronomy Journal, means that farming organically...

Frost & Sullivan Lauds Rainbow Nation Renewable Fuels' Achievements, Presents Company With South Africa Biofuel Feedstock Market Share Advancement Award.
LONDON, Dec. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2008 Frost & Sullivan South Africa Biofuel Feedstock Market Share Advancement Award is presented to Rainbow Nation Renewable Fuels (RNRF). The company is building the biggest soybean processing facility in Africa, a particularly strategic choice of location since South Africa has the greatest...

Stuffed and starved; the hidden battle for the world food system.
9781933633497 Stuffed and starved; the hidden battle for the world food system. Patel, Raj. Melville House Publishing 2008 398 pages $19.95 Paperback HD9000 Patel investigates why so many people are starving...

Big enough God.
You Don't Have to Be Wrong for He to Be Right: Finding Faith Without Fanaticism. By Brad Hirschfield. Harmony, 288 pp., 524.95. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Religion possesses unbelievable power. It can offer meaning, shape culture and transform lives in the best of...

Soy May Reduce Risk of Colorectal Cancer.
Research suggests soyfoods may lower risk among postmenopausal women ST. LOUIS, Feb. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- A new study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition explores how soyfood consumption may lower the risk of colorectal cancer, or cancer of the colon or rectum, in postmenopausal women....

Monsanto's Success in Seed and Trait Technologies Leading The Way Toward 2012 Gross Profit Goals.
Monsanto CFO to Tell Investors about Company's Robust Product Pipeline, Strength in Key Markets and Solid Financial Discipline NEW YORK, Feb. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The determined focus of Monsanto to successfully execute its industry-leading seeds and traits strategy is the key to helping the company achieve 20...