National survey shows more farmers choose conservation
Midwest Messenger Tue, 14 Dec 2004 6:50 AM PST
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Today there is more conservation in agriculture than ever before. More American farmers are choosing environmentally responsible management, protecting the land and improving the efficiency of their operations while adding to their bottom line. |
Funding available for weed control work
Montana Standard Tue, 14 Dec 2004 6:19 AM PST
Money to help area ranchers combat weeds, and for timber owners improve forest health, is available from the Department of Agriculture. Other eligible projects include stock water development and improved grazing control through such measures as installation of cross fencing. |
Crops for astronauts
Gainesville Sun Tue, 14 Dec 2004 3:03 AM PST
University of Florida Food and Agriculture Sciences professor Wayne Nicholson shows a piece of granite Thursday that will be attached to a test rocket to see if bacteria inside the rock can withstand the launch at the NASA Kennedy Space Center Space Life Sciences Lab in Titusville. |
Little fly being used to control fire ants' spread
WPMI 15 Mon, 13 Dec 2004 9:42 AM PST
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Someday, maybe in your back yard, a fire ant will be toiling, lugging a grain of sand from the mound. Happy as an ant can be. Then it feels a dart of discomfort, over in a tenth of a second, and knows something is wrong. Its legs tap the soil. |
Community colleges adapt to changes in farm size
Iowa Farmer Mon, 13 Dec 2004 7:41 AM PST
Agriculture is not just farming any more. And, farming is not just growing corn and raising cattle. "We've seen agriculture grow and expand in its definition,'' says Jerry Bolton, dean of ag sciences at Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids. |
Copper mine waste boosts crop yield
The Hindu Mon, 13 Dec 2004 10:54 AM PST
COPPER Ore Tailing (COT), the left over waste from copper that is extracted from mines, and dumped at mine sites, has turned out to be beneficial for agriculture. |
Groups step up calls for changes in CRP
AgWeb.com Tue, 14 Dec 2004 6:35 AM PST
via a special arrangement with Informa Economics, Inc. Major grain, milling and processing groups want to see the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) reformed in the future. |
Advisory council ok's projects: seeks proposals
Montana Standard Tue, 14 Dec 2004 5:51 AM PST
DILLON The new Madison-Beaverhead Resource Advisory Committee has been busy since forming last summer and has approved over $20,000 in projects to improve range land management, keep bears out of trouble, and improve recreation facilities in Madison and Beaverhead counties. |
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