Soil News

Sunday, December 12, 2004 7:05 AM PST

Little fly being used to control fire ants' spread Miami Herald Sat, 11 Dec 2004 9:19 PM PST TAMPA, Fla. - 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. National survey shows more farmers choose conservation Iowa Farmer Sun, 12 Dec 2004 4:09 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. Community colleges adapt to changes in farm size Iowa Farmer Sun, 12 Dec 2004 4:08 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. Little fly being used to control fire ants' spread Gainesville Sun Sat, 11 Dec 2004 9:40 PM PST omeday, 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. It bends and twists, then it goes on doing what ants do. North Iowa Business Globe Online Sat, 11 Dec 2004 10:38 PM 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. DA backs use of hybrid fertilizer mix Philstar.com Sat, 11 Dec 2004 7:09 AM PST The Department of Agriculture (DA) is urging farmers to adopt its "Tipid-Abono" project to help them beat the rising cost of petroleum-based fertilizers. Seven-Year Drought Puts Afghanistan on the Brink New York Times Sat, 11 Dec 2004 12:37 PM PST Officials warn that despite the outside help and a good harvest last year, the country is living on the brink. South America Seeks to Fill the World's Table New York Times Sat, 11 Dec 2004 9:37 AM PST South America is turning the largely untapped frontier heartland of the continent into the world's new breadbasket.