WB to support agriculture
News From Bangladesh Wed, 15 Dec 2004 7:23 PM PST
The World Bank is willing to help Bangladesh develop its agriculture sector through crop diversification and increased productivity. World Bank Country Director Christine I Wallich said this during a meeting with Agriculture Minister MK Anwar at his office here Wednesday. |
Measures to amend Fertiliser Act by Uditha Kumarasinghe
Daily News Wed, 15 Dec 2004 11:54 AM PST
The Agriculture Ministry has made arrangements to amend the Fertiliser Act No. 68 of 1988 with a view to remedying its present draw backs and shortcomings and ensuring better use of fertiliser as a sustainable soil nutrient. |
Confirmation easy part for Johanns
Telegraph-Forum Thu, 16 Dec 2004 6:54 AM PST
A few days after his presidential nomination to replace Ann Veneman as secretary of agriculture, Nebraska Gov. Michael Johanns got a whiff of just how nightmarish his self-described "dream job" will be. |
Facing the Future
The Ledger Thu, 16 Dec 2004 3:10 AM PST
On today's farm, tractors and combines are bigger, faster and smarter. Soil tests and topography maps give farmers more information. Crops are more resistant to disease and pests. |
SEAIR's Diffusion Technology Gaining Acceptance in Golf Course Industry
CCNMatthews via Yahoo! Finance Thu, 16 Dec 2004 6:04 AM PST
EDMONTON, ALBERTA-- - SEAIR Inc. is pleased to announce the sale of its diffusion system technology to the Blackhawk Golf Club in Spruce Grove, Alberta. Blackhawk, recently ranked by Golf Digest as the second best new Canadian golf course, is the second Edmonton area course to adopt SEAIR's technology for improved turf management, increased growth rates and control of soil pH levels. |
Ag calendar
The Community Press Wed, 15 Dec 2004 1:03 PM PST
Deadline to make contract changes, new applications and premium deposits due for fruit insurance. Hastings Federation of Agriculture Monthly Meeting, Thurlow Community Centre, Honeywell Corners. |
Farming classes go high-tech
Arizona Daily Star Thu, 16 Dec 2004 2:25 AM PST
A plastic pig penis in his left hand and a tube of boar semen in his right, Andrew Acedo demonstrates how he artificially inseminates his sows. Acedo, a 17-year-old Amphitheater High School senior, |
South Perth, Western Australia December 15, 2004
SeedQuest Wed, 15 Dec 2004 4:09 PM PST
Department cereal breeding manager Keith Alcock said the new wheat, tested as WAWHT2499, is derived from Kalannie and has a very good market acceptance for flour yield, flour colour and end-products. |
Staring down the cold
St. Petersburg Times Thu, 16 Dec 2004 0:47 AM PST
The potential for frost puts farmers on the defensive. They stand sentinel at night, waiting to do battle for their crops. PLANT CITY - The alarm tripped about midnight, blaring a warning from the thermometer that Billy Simmons keeps outside his bedroom window. |
Crop Report: Pecan quality outstanding
Miami Herald Wed, 15 Dec 2004 9:50 AM PST
COLLEGE STATION, Texas - If good things come in small packages, then this year's pecan crop should be great, according to a Texas Cooperative Extension expert. |
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