European food makers are finding out what some American brands like Sunkist learned many years ago – the Chinese will steal the names of your products. Death’s Slow Recovery The “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico is the largest ever, creating a slew of media stories, and thus calls for action. Agriculture accepts some responsibility for its existence and has taken steps to reduce the leaching of nitrogen and phosphorous from farmland into the adjacent waters. Calls to do more should be informed by a University of Waterloo study that cautions against a “rush to judgment.” The authors’ study found that it can take decades (30-40 years) for the nutrient management efforts to have positive impact hundreds of miles away on the algal source of t...

TAGS – Farm Inputs, Asia, North America