Jatropha biofuel 'produces six times greenhouse gas emissions of fossil fuels' - Telegraph

Plantation of a shrub once hailed as the great new hope for biofuels will result in up to six times the greenhouse gas emissions of fossil fuels, according to a new report.

Winter freeze kills crops south of the border - Mexico

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service, as much as 90 percent of Sinaloa's winter corn crop—about 90,000 hectares—may have been damaged in the cold snap. Winter corn accounts for about 25 percent of Mexico's total corn crop, and 75 percent of it is grown in Sinaloa.