Maui County voters are being asked to vote on a controversial issue during the November 4 ballot. Their votes will decide whether or not to move ahead with the process of approving a law that would put a ban on growing, reproducing, or testing genetically modified organisms (GMOs) until an environmental public health study is completed.

A grant of more than $54,000 has been approved by Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring for North Dakota's Agriculture in the Classroom program.

Goehring believes that the programs will provide immense help to teachers to make agriculture part of students' everyday learning by getting access to lesson materials and other tools.

The department of Agriculture of Washington has ordered shoot-at-sight for nutria found around Olympia, WA's Capitol Lake. This move comes as a timely measure being taken up to avoid these rodents fully taking over the state's lake.

On Thursday, an international team of scientists disclosed the genetic blueprint of wheat in an attempt to direct the development of varieties of this vitally important food crop.

According to a recently released World Bank report, Africa holds approximately 50 percent of the world's total uncultivated land, including land which is suitable for cultivation of food crops.