Agriculture Groups Embrace Study ; Findings Show Positive Impact On Enviroment.

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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) -- Advances in conventional agriculture have dramatically slowed the flow of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, in part by allowing farmers to grow more food to meet world demand without plowing up vast tracts of land, a study by three Stanford University researchers has found.

The study, which has been embraced by many agricultural groups but criticized by some environmentalists, found that improvements in technology, plant varieties and other advances enabled farmers to grow more without a big increase in greenhouse gas releases. Much of the credit goes to eliminating the need to plow more land to plant additional crops.

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Agriculture Groups Embrace Study ; Findings Show Positive Impact On Enviroment.

The study's authors said they aren't claiming modern, high- production agriculture is without problems, incl...

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