Agriculture for urbanites
The Morning Sun Fri, 07 Jan 2005 11:03 PM PST
TOLEDO, Ohio - Inside a greenhouse here, high school students studying hydroponics are growing lettuce and basil without soil. In Philadelphia, teenagers tend to a herd of cows. And in Minneapolis, students are researching how grass grows in different kinds of soil. |
Project promotes ag education
Fairmont Sentinel Fri, 07 Jan 2005 10:25 PM PST
EAST CHAIN -- Tired of children's books that do not accurately depict modern agricultural production practices and marketing, the Minnesota Department of Agriculture wants to help change that. |
Pheasant Fest supported by conservation agencies
Green Island Independent Fri, 07 Jan 2005 10:42 PM PST
OMAHA -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) and Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) are key habitat sponsors for the National Pheasant Fest 2005, which is set for Jan. 14-16 at the Qwest Center in Omaha. |
Stop patronizing chemical fertilizers, farmers told
Sun Star Fri, 07 Jan 2005 9:03 AM PST
LEBAK, Sultan Kudarat -- Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap strongly urged farmers in this remote coastal town and in other parts of Mindanao to resort to organic farming in lieu of the practice of utilizing expensive chemical fertilizers for better farm yields. |
2005 EQIP sign-up underway for Minnesota producers
Tri-State Neighbor Fri, 07 Jan 2005 9:33 AM PST
The Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) is a voluntary conservation program from the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. It supports production agriculture and environmental quality as compatible goals. |
Functional Analysis of Methylthioribose Kinase Genes in Plants1
Red Nova Sat, 08 Jan 2005 1:10 AM PST
Through a biochemical and a genetic approach, we have identified several plant genes encoding methylthioribose (MTR) kinase, an enzyme involved in recycling of methionine through the methylthioadenosine (MTA) cycle. |
Good snowpack raises hopes of end to drought
North County News Sat, 08 Jan 2005 2:22 AM PST
SALT LAKE CITY -- The abundance of snow piling up is leading to hopes that Utah's six-year drought might be over. But officials say final snowpack totals won't be compiled until April 1, and much can still happen before then. |
Paying the price for growth
Toronto Star Sat, 08 Jan 2005 2:07 AM PST
POMAIRE, ChileâAs Chile forges ahead with new free trade deals, resulting in an exponential increase in its exports, the added production has put more pressure on the lands and the people that supply the bulk of the agricultural stuffs on which this South American nation thrives. |
Salt-resistant rice variety to be tried on tsunami coastline
Outlook India Sat, 08 Jan 2005 2:59 AM PST
Armed with indigenously developed salt resistant rice varieties, agricultural scientists here are all set to turn green the tsunami-devastated paddy fields dotting the Andaman and Nicobar islands rendered unfit for cultivation due to high salinity. |
| |
|
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home