Survival Homestead

Minds rest easier with grain storages
Edmond Sun, OK - Apr 30, 2008
I heard a radio host mention a virulent type of wheat fungus that started nine years ago in Uganda, UG99, and has spread to other wheat-producing nations in …

Op-Ed Contributor Stem Rust Never Sleeps
New York Times, United States - Apr 25, 2008
The new strains of stem rust, called Ug99 because they were discovered in Uganda in 1999, are much more dangerous than those that, 50 years ago, …

Placing the Terrorist Threat to the Food Supply in Perspective
Rright Side News, GA - Apr 23, 2008
Crop diseases such as Ug99 fungus or molds also pose a threat to supplies. Attacks designed to poison people could also be further divided into two general …

Wheat fungus fear in Pakistan
OneWorld.net, UK - Apr 23, 2008
Concerns over a possible attack of Ug99 on wheat crops in Pakistan is soaring high. But officials in the country have said the globetrotting infectious …

World food crisis threatens rich nations (that's us), too
Vancouver Sun,  Canada - Apr 16, 2008
A strain named Ug99 emerged in Africa in 1999. Despite containment efforts, winds carried spores to the bread baskets of the Middle East. …
Genetic research key to solving food crisis The Columbian
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