By The Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Agriculture futures fell in midday trading Thursday on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Agriculture futures fell in midday trading Thursday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for March delivery lost 10.75 cents to $5.090 a bushel, while March corn dropped 6.75 cents to $3.415 a bushel and March oats slipped 3.75 cents to $2.1725 a bushel.

Agriculture futures fell in midday trading Thursday on the Chicago Board of Trade.

The problem of global warming calls for a stronger involvement of agriculture and farming communities, as well as forestry and forest users in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Thursday. “Agriculture and deforestation are major contributors to climate change, but by the same token farmers and forest users could become key players in …

Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) — Stanley Fink , who left Man Group Plc six months ago, plans to start a private equity fund with as much as $5 billion for investments in agriculture, renewable energy and other so-called sustainable investments.

A committee has been formed to conduct a national search to fill the dean of the Arthur Temple college of forestry and agriculture position at SFA. The current dean, Dr. Scott Beasley, is retiring after leading the college since 1992.

SHAH ALAM: The state Forestry Department will launch an operation at the Raja Muda Musa forest reserve in Tanjung Karang today to rid it of trespassers.

Up to 26 million hectares of agricultural land could become attractive for forestry under land-use changes promoted by carbon trading, an ABARE study has found.

Forestry Tasmania insists it's getting a fair price for the wood promised to Gunns' proposed pulp mill, despite the supply deal never going to tender.

Dr. Chris Herd with the U of A’s Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences is reflected in a polished piece of a meteor that was discovered near Whitecourt in 2007.